Resume DON'Ts

We’ve talked about the importance of your email address and voicemail message. Let’s discuss your resume next. Instead of “Dos”, I’ll be tackling “Don’ts”.

• DON’T misspell your employer’s name.

ie. Navel Base

Do you really work on a Navel Base? Where is the National Headquarters for Belly Buttons located?

• DON’T include a Hobbies section on your resume.

Inevitably, it looks like this:

Hobbies: Surfing the Internet [true story]

Spoiler Alert: drawing attention to the fact that your favorite pasttimes include wasting space and stealing oxygen is a strange and deluded way of trying to get an employer to like you.

If you insist upon including a Hobbies section, don’t misspell your hobbies. For example:

Hobbies: Running, Voltairism

Really? Where do you Voltaire? Is it in France? Is Enlightenment really a part-time activity?