Top Resume Blunders

by Tara West at Aussie Resumes

I personally have in excess of 200 resumes delivered to my email box, each month. A lot of these are requests for advice on resume presentation and structure.

I am truly amazed at the "silly" mistakes, and genuinely get frustrated at what people call their "best resume" to "get me a job I've wanted for years".

I've included here some true blue blunders I've seen in numerous resumes. I hope you'll get a laugh, but I also hope you'll get the microscope out and thoroughly go over your resume! Don't leave everything to a spell checker (and certainly don't continually hit "ignore" - sometimes it does know best).

TOP RESUME BLUNDERS (with corrections in brackets)

1. Liase with co-workers and senior manger (liaise / manager)

2. Excellent Ebglish skills (!! English)

3. Responsible for profing artwork (proofing)

4. Interview with myself (how can this be?)

5. I train learn new maneuvers (does the applicant train others or learn? / manoeuvres)

6. Have a wel balanced mix of qualifications (well)

7. Please fins my attached resume (find)

8. Conduced presentations and meetings (conducted)

9. Serviced on numerous committees (served)

10. Management of office polisy (policy)

11. Take massages and book appointments (messages)

12. Seek opportunities in a simulating workplace (stimulating)

13. Conduct surveys to see how the company can improvise (improve)

14. Executive with 10+ years of extensive fiinance experience (finance)

15. Through knowledge of the processes required (thorough)

16. Ability to priorities tasks (prioritise)

17. Assure the goals are archived (ensure / achieved)

A few last words.

Double-check the correct spelling of computer software (eg PowerPoint as opposed to Powerpoint, and PageMaker as opposed to Pagemaker).

The email you send to hiring managers should also be checked and double-checked.

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