Top 5 resume mistakes to avoid in 2021

Top 5 Resume mistakes - what to avoid if you want to get a callback from recruiters!
Your resume is essential in any process when you apply to a company. It is a way to tell companies about your experience and your story.

In this video you'll learn the top 5 resume mistakes and how to avoid them! These mistakes will cost you the application and the interview. Learn what should NOT be on your resume so that you can turn that NO into a YES from recruiters, hiring managers and your dream company!

@00:00 - Introduction and resources
@00:50 - Mistake 5: Bad format
@02:05 - Mistake 4: Keyword Stuffing
@03:33 - Mistake 3: Not tailoring your resume
@04:40 - Mistake 2: Irrelevant summaries
@05:28 - Top mistake to avoid! (the #1 reason your resume is being rejected)

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[eusouojonathan]

Removing 'Summary' and the 'Skill section' was a breath of fresh air

[marthalievano]

I thought my resume was not so bad, but certainly I improved a lot of key features specially in the redaction.
I tried to show my skills through the highlights.

[swethasundaram]

The “tailor your resume” idea was great. As always thanks for a great video. 🙂

[jayim]

Keyword stuffing opened my eyes. My resume had a bit of keyword stuffing and I removed some of them. Hopefully, recruiters will reach back to me

[roshanmathews]

Diego, After seeing your content on LinkedIn and youtube, I understand that my skills are very much transferable to a PM role. The entire 2021 I was exploring my long term career options. I still couldn't fix my mind on a particular designation/goal. I kept learning tools and skills, but did not know what designation I need to go after. Sales, B.D, Project Management, Data Scientist etc etc... Though all my life I have been jack of multiple trades, I believe in becoming master at 1 or 2 atleast. And after viewing your content, I think I am going to aim to become for PM - To become one of the best Product Managers. I am going to learn everything that you have already taught and start applying for PM jobs in 2022. Thank-you so much for this.. I hope to meet you some day.

[Kyridiculous]

This was an informative video Diego!
Thanks for this!

[victoriar.]

This is great content Diego. I heard that some companies prefer to include a description of your day-to-day before diving into accomplishments. Would you recommend to format your resume this way?

[kosmickarma]

Hi Diego! This is really helpful! 🙏
I had a question regarding your last point, where you mentioned that it is important to highlight the accomplishment and impact rather than just mentioning the job description.
What to do if I am a product manager on a zero-to-one type of project; where I am working on a product from scratch? In such projects, it is hard to pen down the impact in numbers and percentages because there are no users to measure these data points.

[Lossengwath]

Hi Diego. Thanks a lot for your videos - they are extremely useful.

I noticed you call out keyword stuffing as an issue, but at the same time you suggest the use of Jobscan in a different video.

In my personal experience, the times I was guilty of keyword stuffing was BECAUSE I was using Jobscan. Maybe other people had a better experience with it, but I wouldn't recommend it at all.

[soumen_das]

How would one tailor the resume including accomplishments from one industry to another? For eg:, if I have product management experience in banking sector but want to apply in google. In that case, most of my accomplishments would be finance related.

[aaronthomas]

Hi sir. Can you suggest/make video regarding some side projects for aspiring APM role.
Currently I'm in first year of college