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Words To Avoid In Your Resume
You've heard it before - you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. With the job market the way it is today, it is vitally important that your resume represent your knowledge, skills and abilities in the very best possible light.
Unfortunately all it takes is a few simple deadly resume mistakes to ensure your only shot at earning an interview gets tossed into the round file. Reviewing officials are busy professionals. Kept your content brief and factual; leave out fluff. Common errors are the use of negative words, personal pronouns, abbreviations, acronyms, propositions and adjectives. More detail on each is found below: Avoid negative words such as hate, dislike, unhappy. Bah hum bug - who wants to hear negativity. Accentuate the positive! Self love is good; but personal pronouns (I, we, my, me) in resumes are bad. While you do need to highlight your accomplishments, they will be overshadowed if your text reads that it is all about me...me...me...meeeeeeee! If you've ever worked for the government you are aware of their fondness for abbreviations and acronyms. However, IMHO, IYKWIM the general public is not hip to that jargon (in my humble opinion, if you know what I mean!). So unless it is specific to the job you are applying for use real words - e.g. IT abbreviations for an IT job is ok but IT abbreviations when applying for a non IT job is not...because they probably won't know what you're talking about. Your school English teacher loved to see the use of prepositions and adjectives (an, also, the, because, very, highly). Watch for run-on sentences. Do not confuse job hunting with creative writing! Use sparingly; remember write tight, factual text. Lastly, I cannot stress enough to check your opinions at the door. What I mean by that is a resume is no place to list what your think, feel or believe. Those words are fluff words. State what you did and what the results were. Just the fact ma'am (or sir)! |
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Nell Taliercio is the author of "Careers at Home" which is a weekly telecommuting newsletter that shares vital strategies for finding work at home jobs. In addition to the weekly advice and jobs you'll also receive instant free access to the "Data Entry Answers" e-book package. Go to www.telecommutinganswerlady.com to claim your free subscription today.
Source: Lady Pens 
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