Remove These 9 Things From Your Resume IMMEDIATELY

You’ve likely received tons of advice about what to INCLUDE in your resume. This video is about what *NOT* to include in your resume. Resumes that lead to job interviews are ones that are carefully crafted to leave out the fluff and to leave out anything that might disqualify you from the job. Watch this video and then go update your resume immediately.

Episode notes:

1 - The objective statement… you know… this is the one at the top of the resume where you write that you’re looking to find a fast paced job in a challenging environment where you can grow your skills as an underwater basket weaver. This statement never gets anyone hired, it is only served to disqualify you. The resume reviewer looks at it and says… ah… too bad… we have openings for basket weavers… but we don’t do it underwater. So this resume goes in to the trash.

2 - Your picture. I know Social Media and Linkedin tell us that we always need a picture with everything we do or touch now… but unless you’re applying for a modeling job the hiring folks don’t really need to see your picture. In fact it’s often viewed as tacky and unprofessional.

3. Hobbies and interest UNLESS they are relevant to the job
Do you like to play the harmonica in your spare time? Well unless you’re applying for a job in
If you’re applying for a software development job and one of your “hobbies” is developing indie video games for mobile phones then absolutely put it in! However you can leave the fact that you participate in those civil war reenactments on weekends for your facebook page.
Now this won’t disqualify you… but it’s really just a waste of space on your resume… and a waste of the resume reviewers time to read it.

4. References
Many people list references on their resume… if the recruiter wants references they will ask you for them. This is another one that serve to disqualify you depending upon who you list.. I once reviewed a resume where the applicant listed their DENTIST as their reference. Most employers don’t bother to contact references… particularly the ones you list… because you’re only going to list the positive ones.

5. Soft skill buzz-words
You know… things like “Critical thinker” “Highly Motivated” “Team Player”
Instead of using those buzz words, demonstrate how you are a team player by instead describe how you’ve worked with large teams and coordinated across many different people.
CareerBuilder asked 2,201 US hiring managers: "What résumé terms are the biggest turnoffs?" They cited words and phrases such as, "best of breed," "go-getter," "think outside the box," "synergy," and "people pleaser."

6. I
It’s your resume… it’s about you… just leave off I.
Even worse is “we” -- because then the resume reviewer doesn’t know what YOU actually did.
And even even worse is writing in the third person…. And listing your name “Chris invented a new machine for underwater basket weaving”

7. Unprofessional E-mail Addresses
Your AOL or Compuserve e-mail addresses
Recruiters are looking for tech-savvy candidates. Aol and Compuserv addresses just scream that you haven’t really embraced this whole internet thing.
DEFINITELY not your current companies work e-mail address

8. Really old job positions
Today it doesn’t really matter what you did more than 15 years ago. Especially if your previous jobs were working at McDonalds and you’re now in the nursing field. It’s better just to leave those old unrelated positions off, and use more of the space on your resume for your most recent experience.

9. Big words
Your goal should be to make your resume as easy to read as possible. So you don’t use like “Myriad options” when you could just say “Many options” -- but the way… if you don’t know what the word Myriad is… it means many… and please don’t say “A myriad of options” that doesn’t make any sense! And smaller words take up less space, so you can get more room on your resume for the stuff that matters.

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[pdxaviation]

Another quality video with great tips!

[richardmccarley]

After being unemployed for a year, i finally had a resume service write my resume for me. I started my new job this week !

[drycell]

Hi Chris, I know this is your second channel but I wanted to tell you how much I value your insight into office life. I often watch these videos to help remind myself how to apply myself into the office. Thank you.

[SandraRamirez-wbvj]

I literally searched up can you put your harmonica playing skill on your job resume at 16💀💀💀

[uma]

your video excellent & please make more video on office problems, myths, how to handle difficult boss

[justimagine]

You are so helpful! Really all of these things have helped me land a job time and again. You ROCK! Now let's go on vacation to an Onsen!

[scottman]

These are some great tips! I've never heard of people putting photos on their resumes before especially when you are trying to get everything to fit on one page. I do need to review my resume to make sure I'm not making some of these mistakes. Thanks for the video!

[colleenh]

Excellent video ! Great updated info. Thanks Chris

[kenkiss]

so should we remove our picture from our LinkedIn profile too?

[gilbertocarmona]

Great tips. "I'm very good at teamwork" definitely sounds weird. It should be "we" and good doing what?

[MP-xfgq]

Great Advice to stick with the ever changing protocols. Have a nice weekend Mr. Chrissy!

[mullerrich]

“Utilize”
is a word that is overused be banned.