10 Bad Résumé Bloopers

 

When 76 percent of executives say that one or two typos on a résumé can be enough to remove a candidate from consideration for a job, a jobseeker who included "my work ethics are impeachable"

has probably sealed his or her fate.

 

That's actually one of the many egregious résumé errors that a recent survey by Accountemps uncovered.

 

The staffing firm conducted a survey that found that 40 percent of executives say it takes only one mistake on a résumé to rule a candidate out for a job. Another 36 percent of respondents said it takes two errors.

 

Fourteen percent of respondents said it would take three mistakes to remove a candidate from consideration, compared with 7 percent who said it took 4 or more mistakes.

 

Here are the other flagrant mistakes uncovered by the survey:

· "Hope to hear from you, shorty."

· "Have a keen eye for derail."

· "Dear Sir or Madman."

· "I'm attacking my résumé for you to review."

· "I am a rabid typist."

· "My work ethics are impeachable."

· "Nervous of steel."

· "Following is a grief overview of my skills."

· "GPA: 34.0"

 

Source: BLR