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How (and why) you should create error-free resumes
How you communicate your skills and accomplishments is key to a successful job search.
The adage “It’s not what you say, but how you say it” holds particular weight when it comes to resumes, a recent survey shows. Eighty-four percent of executives polled said it takes just one or two typographical errors in a resume to remove a candidate from consideration for a job opening; 47 percent said a single typo can be the deciding factor.
The survey was developed by OfficeTeam, a leading staffing service specializing in the placement of highly skilled administrative professionals. It was conducted by an independent research firm and includes responses from 150 senior executives at the nation’s 1,000 largest companies.
Executives were asked, “How many typos in a resume does it take for you to decide not to consider a job candidate for a position with your company?” Their responses:
One typo……………………………………………………… 47%
Two typos ………………………………………………….. 37%
Three typos …………………………………………………. 7%
Four or more typos ………………………………………. 6%
Don’t know/no answer…………………………………… 3%
However, typos are not the only types of errors that pop up in resumes. Take a look at these, from another post about errors in resumes:
- Hope to hear from you, shorty.”
- “Have a keen eye for derail.”
- “Dear Sir or Madman.”
- “I’m attacking my resume for you to review.”
- “I am a rabid typist.”
- “My work ethics are impeachable.”
- “Nervous of steel.”
- “Following is a grief overview of my skills.”
- “GPA: 34.0
- “Graphic designer seeking no-profit career.”
I’ve written about how *impotent* 
it is to review your resume carefully! Click through to THIS POST with a really funny video on the subject.
In one of my very first posts for this blog, I suggested:
Don’t assume that your spell check is a good editor! How often are words misspelled only to inadvertently form other words? You don’t want to advertise that you were distinguished as the “best manger of the year.”
Be sure to read through your resume, and have a trusted friend review it as well. You never know when “public” may become indecent, or you’ve used “suing” instead of “using.” The list goes on and on: their/there, and/an, faculty/facility, board/bored…
A tip to consider: create an ”exclusion dictionary” in your Microsoft Office program. This personalized dictionary will flag a word as misspelled (such as manger), even though the main dictionary knows it as a proper word.
Stay tuned tomorrow for more resources to help you avoid embarrassing errors on your resume!
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Good advice! I want to mention that this is equally true for other job search correspondence, such as cover letters, thank you letters and general emails.
These types of errors are easy to miss and happen to the best of us. Case in point, years ago in a job search I accidentally wrote “Hell” instead of “Hello” in an email to a prospective employer. Thankfully the person receiving the message a) had a sense of humor and b) didn’t hold it against me.
Catching these errors ahead of time helps ensure that your communication is received in a professional manner, as well as showing demonstrated attention to detail.
Never thought that your Resume is better than all,because an Expert can easily catch the error of your resume.I think that Resume writing is an art and it’s vary from man to man . But always keep when u make a resume it must be sophisticated and fully updated.
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