18 Resume No-Nos!

Two minutes.Twenty seconds.Six seconds. Research quoted times for how long someone will look at your resume.

DO NOT clutter your resume with these 18 unnecessary items.

1. Your full legal name

2. Your street address

3. Multiple phone numbers

4. Multiple email addresses

5. Social media URL’s or icons

6. Pictures

7. Graphics, embedded tables, headers or footers, color or unusual fonts

8. An objective

9. Discriminatory information

10. Bad grammar and buzzwords

11. Typos

12. Jargon or abbreviations

13. Reasons why you left previous positions

14. Salary history

15. Use of first person

16. References

17. Length longer than two pages

18. Naming your resume “RESUME”

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