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Recently, ResumeDoctor.com
undertook the immense project of conducting a survey of over 2,500 recruiters /
headhunters throughout the US and Canada to find out their “Pet Peeves” with
resumes. These recruiters stemmed from
varied specialties and industries, (Engineering, Information Technology, Sales
and Marketing, Executive, Biotech, Healthcare, Administrative, Finance,
etc.). ResumeDoctor.com
sought to find out what the recruiter’s likes and dislikes in a resume and what
is going to get a resume read by them.
TOP 20 THINGS WHAT RECRUITERS SAID THEY HATE ABOUT
RESUMES
1. Spelling
Errors, Typos and Poor Grammar
2. Too
Duty Oriented – A resume that reads like a job description and fails to explain
what the job seeker’s accomplishments were and how they did so.
3. Dates
not included or inaccurate dates
4. Contact
Info - none or inaccurate contact info, unprofessional email addresses
5. Poor
formatting - boxes, templates, tables, use of header and footers, etc
6. Functional
Resumes as opposed to writing a Chronological Resume
7. Long
Resumes - too long
8. Paragraphs
- Long Paragraphs instead of Bullet-points
9. Unqualified
Candidates - Candidates who apply to positions in which they are unqualified
10. Personal Info included not relevant to the Job
11. Employer info not included and/or not telling what industry or
product candidate worked in
12. Lying, misleading (especially in terms of education, dates and
inflated titles)
13. Objectives or Meaningless Introductions
14. Font Choice - poor font choice or style
15. Resumes sent as PDF, ZIP files, faxed, web page resumes or
mailed. Resumes not sent as WORD
Attachment
16. Pictures, Graphics or URL links no recruiter will call up
17. No easy to follow summary
18. 1st or 3rd Person - Resumes written the 1st or 3rd Person
- Gaps in employment
- Burying important info
in the resume