Career Tips -Top 10 mistakes to avoid while creating resume
Sally Croft 
October 5th, 2010 
14 Comments Your resume is your first impression on the prospective employer so you need to use it as a valuable instrument. Statistics indicate that you have only about 10 seconds to impress the hiring team and your resume should be compelling enough to attract and retain their attention.
There are many common mistakes made by job hunters which should be avoided to ensure better response from the prospective employers.
1. Your resume should be well written without any spelling or grammatical errors. Make sure that the font is neither too big nor too small – use Arial or Times New Roman with 12 font size, avoid using fancy colorful fonts as they look highly unprofessional on a resume.
2. The format of resume is very important. It should be precise and reader-friendly without excessive formatting and fancy designs. Preferably it should have four sections namely objective, summary, earlier work experience and job profiles as well as educational qualification.
3. The resume must be to-the-point and avoid elaborate sentences. Instead of writing long paragraphs about experience or achievements, it is better to stick with concise points in bullets.
4. The resume should provide a brief account of the kind of work you are capable of doing but it should not look like your advertisement or your life story. Instead of focusing only on your job responsibilities, you should mention your strong points like your achievements and/or any special training. Mention your achievements in a manner that they complement your job responsibilities.
5. Do not stick to one format for all employers. Some employers might want your professional details whereas some might want details of your skills. Alter your resume according to the job requirement and highlight your skills, education or any other aspect keeping in view the job description.
6. Unless asked, do not attach your photo on resume.
7. Do not include the remuneration you are expecting from the prospective employers, of course, unless you are asked to do so.
8. Do not exaggerate about your performance or achievements. Avoid using words like ‘outstanding performance’ or ‘excellent ability’; instead, you can just write ‘good working knowledge’.
9. Do not include references in the resume. References should be provided after your first interview. If you include reference in the resume for the initial interview, then there is a possibility that referee might not be prepared to give details about you. Therefore, it is better to brief them after your initial interview so that they can be prepared and give good feedback.
10. Your resume should not be unreasonably lengthy. Keep it concise and simple and avoid putting extra details in it. These details can be put across during the interview. You should keep in mind that the employers receive huge number of job applications and might not have patience and time to read lengthy resumes.
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Good Luck to all our friends looking for jobs out there
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Career Advice , Resume 
Also for being good you need to have your resume in proper format, with no spelling errors & typos.
I do not agree with point number eight. If your performance in some area or skill is outstanding you make sure they know. Confidence is important to employers. If you lied about it they will figure it out.
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Just my opinion, I agree with 8 as who cares… It’s an opinion, should never have opinionated things. Just say you’re good at it, they can talk to the people you worked for to see how good you really are.
But point 9…. Are you serious? That’s the worst thing on the list. If I ever got a resume without the references, it’s going out. I’m not even going to read it. And if the references don’t have a phone number, than again, throwing it out. Put yourself out there, and be honest.
I did ALL of that as far as I can tell, it made absolutely no difference to me in getting a job. Of course if you do none of that its not gonna help either. Basically getting it right is just setting you at ZERO. What’s the guarantee you will get a job if your resume is perfect? Nope.
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I won’t follow up on a resume where I can’t talk to the reference first. Do include references.
Always reread the job posting to ensure you’ve followed instructions and included what was necessary. Use key words in your CV from the posting.
Always send a customized resume to the company citing their name, don’t be lazy and if you are copy/pasting ensure you re-read it.
Employers review dozens of resume and don’t care to read everyone, just care to filter out the few before actually finding suitable ones worth following up on.
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Thank you in advance for any advice. About 7 months ago I was laid off from my job and I have been doing little bits of work here and there to get by, but I’m starting to get financially unstable and I need to do something to improve my situation fast. In my opinion, and based on feedback from recruiters, my resume needs to be written by a professional to really bring out my skills. So I’ve spent the past few weeks reading about resume writer services and trying to pick the best one. I’ve found a few resume service review sites, which are helpful, but most of them say the same thing and have similar prices and guarantees. Can anyone please recommend a resume writing service to me, or maybe somewhere I can search for jobs? Thanks in advance.
Very useful article!
As HR professional I have seen many CVs with the mistakes described above.
For those starting their career I recommend then to read this & more related articles & analyze themselves wisely before appearing for their job interviews.