Don't Say THIS On Your Resume<br>
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More than half of job seekers make this major resume blunder:<br> 
Filling the page with vague phrases that are meaningless fluff<br> 
and mumbo jumbo.<br>
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The No. 1 vague phrase is "communication skills"--found on 12.5 <br>
percent of resumes. Coming in right behind it are "team player," "driven" <br>
and "detail-oriented," according to Mike Worthington of ResumeDoctor.com. <br>
You may think these buzz words make you sound professional, but in fact <br>
they reveal nothing about you. Worthington's advice? Excise the words <br>
from your resume.<br>
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Now that your resume has all those holes in it where "communication skills"<br>
and "detail-oriented" used to be, what do you put in there? <br>
Worthington advises job-seekers to use language that really <br>
offers specific details that quantify your successes, such as <br>
"grew the sales department by 68 percent" or "produced the <br>
payroll for 2,000 employees."<br>
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Here's a stunner: Most recruiters spend only 10 seconds reading <br>
a resume, so you had better make yours attention-getting. <br>
Remember, the resume doesn't get you the job. What it does <br>
do is get a prospective employer interested enough to contact <br>
you for an interview. Worthington notes that the resume is a <br>
marketing tool. It advertises who you are and what you can do.<br>
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ResumeDoctor.com recently conducted a survey of 2,500 <br>
recruiters in the United States and Canada to find out <br>
their resume pet peeves. The recruiters represented <br>
numerous industries, including engineering, information <br>
technology, sales and marketing, executive, biotech, <br>
healthcare, administrative, finance, and more.<br>
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Top 10 resume pet peeves:<br>
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<TD>Burying important information in the resume.</TD>
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<TD>2</TD>
<TD>Gaps in employment.</TD>
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<TD>3</TD>
<TD>Resumes written in either the first or third person.</TD>
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<TD>4</TD>
<TD>Lacking an easy-to-follow summary.</TD>
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<TD>5</TD>
<TD>Pictures, graphics, or URL links that no recruiter will call up.</TD>
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<TD>6</TD>
<TD>Resumes sent in .pdf, .zip files, faxed resumes, Web page resumes, mailed resumes, and resumes not sent as a Microsoft Word attachment</TD>
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<TD>7</TD>
<TD>Poor font choice or style</TD>
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<TD>8</TD>
<TD>Meaningless objectives or introductions</TD>
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<TD>9</TD>
<TD>Lying or providing misleading information, especially in terms of education, dates, and inflated titles</TD>
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<TD>10</TD>
<TD>Employer information not included and/or not telling what industry or product the candidate worked in.
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