Myths and facts about what employers want on your resume

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Resume Myths vs. Facts
by http//almagreta.com Facts Myths
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What I am more interested in is examples of your
work as a showcase of your ability.
Grade point average is a top consideration.
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Shelli Dallacqua, President, Shelten Media
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One page just isn't enough, unless you are
right out of school.
Résumés should be one page.
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Jill MacFadyen, Career Coach
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Showcase your achieve- ments by bulleting them in
the relevant sections.
Achievements should be highlighted in a separate
section.
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David Hardtke, Chief Data Scientist
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If youve been working for 30 years and the ?rst
few years were in an outside ?eld, you can drop
selective things.
Résumés should have your entire work history.
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Ti?ani Murray, Résumé Writer
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Do extensive research to un- derstand the
required skills, expertise, experience and
quali?cations for the jobtarget.
Your résumé should be general to increase your
chances of getting a job.
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Abby Locke, Executive Career Architect
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Recruiters are now visiting publicly available
social
Don't include social media information.
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media pro?les. Eric Semon, Director of customer
success
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Many companies will use outside ?rms to perform
veri?cations with prior employers and schools.
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White lies are OK
Lynne Sarikas, Director, MBA Career Center
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A PDF is better than a Microsoft Word document
PDFs in essence can make you invisible.
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Megan Pittsley-Fox, Résumé Writer, Recruiter
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You come across as careless and most employers
don't want to hire careless people.
A few grammatical errors or typos are expected.
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Tracy McCarthy, Chief HR O?cer
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If your current resume focuses on your laboratory
background, please dont send the same resume for
marketing positions.
I can use the same resume for multiple job
targets.
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Tracy McCarthy, Chief HR O?cer
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Your references must be listed on the resume
itself.
Normally, a separate page is used as a reference
sheet.
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NimishThakkar, Career Management Coach
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To match a job ads requirements, job seekers
overuse the listed soft skills, such as strong
team leader, without enough emphasis on
accomplishments.
Include all of your soft skills.
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Ana Baehr, Executive Resume Writer
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What I am more interested in is examples of your
work as a showcase of your ability.
Grade point average is a top consideration.
vs.
Shelli Dallacqua, President, Shelten Media
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