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Avoid errors on your resume

November 16, 2011 By Miriam Salpeter

Naturally, I am a big proponent of hiring someone to write your resume! However, most people do not hire a professional, and left to their own devices, may wind up with embarrassing errors.

One of the fastest ways to lose a job opportunity is by submitting a resume with typos or spelling errors. In a competitive market where employers have a choice of qualified candidates, many hiring managers toss out error-laden resumes and choose the most perfect documents to review.

It can be difficult, even for the most skilled writer, to proofread his or her own resume. It’s easy to overlook mistakes, especially those not picked up by spell-check programs. For example, listing you were “manger” instead of “manager.” Since manger is a word, spell check won’t point out this mistake, and you could send in a resume with a silly error.

In this week’s U.S. News & World Report post, I interviewed Roleta Fowler Vasquez, owner of Wordbusters Resume and Writing Services, for tips on how to avoid those persnickety errors in your resume so they are not inevitable.

Read more via U.S. News & World Report.

 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: career coach, career expert, career speaker, how to avoid mistakes on your resume, keppie careers, Miriam Salpeter, Roleta Fowler Vasquez, social media coach

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