Minor Mistakes Causing Your Resume End Up In Trash

Minor Mistakes Causing Your Resume End Up In Trash

Posted by John Carteron April 4, 2012

Are you fed up by waiting a call from companies you dropped your resume? Your resume might be wind up in the trash due to some common mistakes you do while resume writing. Your resume is your first interaction and introduction available to prospective employer. So, you need to structure your resume in professional way to communicate your value effectively to employer. Here I am going to express a perspective of an executive developed over years about the common pitfalls that can end up your resume in Trash can. You need to avoid these pitfalls to get an interview opportunity.
Your resume do not gives guarantee of job but following errors can cause you to loose opportunity to be considered for an interview.
Absence of Cover Letter
Cover letter gives you the opportunity to tell the employer why they should hire you or why you are the suitable one candidate for job opening. Do not use general cover letter to waste space, use cover letter specific to the job opening telling exactly why company should hire you for that job. Your resume gives a summary of your skills and competencies and a well drafted cover letter ads value to your resume.
Wasting Valuable Space

Do not waste value able space of your resume on writing your hobbies and interests. Prospective employer want to read about your skills required for job so there is no need to put these on your resume. Its just increases the length but fulfils no purpose.
Inappropriate Email Address
Are you among those who putt ambiguous words because user name is not available? No need, because numerous email service providers are available to create your email. So go for an appropriate email address like Michel.junior@ or use your name as your email.
Putting an Objective
Writing an Objective in resume is another waste of valuable space of resume. Instead you can present online personal branding or some other professional heading that tells more about you specifically. Prospective employer already know your objective so there is no need to write “seeking career oriented job in growing industry…..”.
Errors
Top of all these the one mistake that guarantees that your resume will be rejected is ERRORS. Always proofread before submitting a resume, even you can ask someone to review your resume to avoid any spelling or grammar mistakes. And surprisingly you will find it is very common and not only in fresher but executive level professionals sometimes submits their resume with spelling errors.