Posts Tagged ‘Resumes’

Here’s a little humor to brighten your day. The 150 Funniest Resume Mistakes, Bloopers and Blunders Ever should provide a much needed laugh.

Among my favorites:

Objective: “career on the Information Supper Highway”

a resume… was printed on the back of the person’s current employer’s letterhead.

Candidate explained an arrest by stating, “We stole a pig, but it was a really small pig.”

“I have an excellent track record, although I am not a horse.”

You can check out the rest of the list here.

Enjoy!

This is a really tough question. I was recently reading a post on Brazen Careerist called Does Your Twitter Handle Belong in Your Resume? which tackled that very issue.

Here the author suggests that your Twitter handle (and other information such as blogs, etc.) belongs on your resume:

In my opinion, yes. I put my twitter handle in my resume. Where you decide to put your social media information is personal preference, but I decided to make my twitter handle very noticeable and included an entire section under “skills” where I include which social networks in which I am active.

While I don’t disagree, I want to add a big, fat caveat to this. You should include your social media profile ONLY IF you are extremely careful and professional about what you post. Writing insightful, meaningful content will help you land a job. Bragging about the great kegger last week will not (especially if you include pictures).

I’m open for debate on this one, but I would strongly caution you to sanitize your profiles before sending them to a potential employer.

BullsEye Resumes has an interesting blog post up which goes over some of the reasons (other than your resume) that you may be having trouble landing a job. Don’t Always Blame the Resume in the Job Search has some great insight as to things you can check before you take the time to completely rewrite your resume.

I could spend some time and highlight some of the tips, but it’s probably best if you check it out yourself. There’s a lot to read, but it just might change your perspective.

Enjoy!

Great post over at Keppie Careers called Does your resume need to grow up? It’s an eye opening piece about ensuring that your resume style is current enough to get noticed by a progressive employer.

One particular quote caught my eye:

Many job seekers fail to move their “Education” section to the bottom of their resume once they have a position and enough experience under their belt (and no specific reason to keep Education on top). A few still list their high school diploma, even when they have a bachelor’s degree.

Wow. This just highlights the importance of updating not only your experience and education, but also your resume style.

Check out Does your resume need to grow up? It will help show you the importance of keeping your resume style current.