The top 5 resume errors

One of the most common things that people write are their resumes. Sadly, people make a lot of errors when they are writing their resume. Clearly this is not a good thing as you are relying on your resume to get you a job interview.

It helps to know the common errors that are made so that you can look over your resume and see if you are making any of those errors.

A great post on Finance is Personal was posted yesterday on The Five Most Common (And Most Avoidable) Resume Errors.  You should click through to the site for the entire article. But in summary, here are the top 5 resume errors they have identified:

1. Using the verbage “responsible for”
2. Using a paragraph format
3. Repeating things
4. Giving your job description instead of accomplishments
5. Using objective statements