1. Do you have ten (or more) years of progressively responsible experience in your industry or trade? |
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2. Is your resume two pages or under? |
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3. Are you eligible to relocate within a three to four state (or more) area? |
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4. Have you used just one true type font (like Andalé Mono (also known as Andale Mono, formerly Monotype), Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana) and used consistent, uniform formatting for headings and bullet points and footers? |
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5. Is your resume unique? Flashy? Have any graphics? Have a fancy binder? Exotic paper stock? Colors? Photographs?Glossy? |
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| 6. Did you print your resume with an inkjet printer? |
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7. Did you spell check, grammar check and proof read your resume more than once? |
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8. Have you used the same adjective or action verb more than twice? (i.e. achieved, managed, successfully, excellent,
operated.) |
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9. Does your resume contain any slang, jargon or acronyms? |
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10. Do all positions listed have a start and end date (when applicable) – month
AND year?
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11. Is the punctuation consistent? |
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12. Have you used a neutral color (white, cream or very light beige/manila) high quality bond paper? |
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13. Have you listed any details about your personal life? ( i.e. marital status, religion, age, race, height, weight, hobbies or other interests?) |
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14. If you quickly glance down the first page of your resume,
does it seem "clean", with your eye quickly resting on your job titles first
and then next to the prominent associated accomplishments?
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15. Has each position or title listed on your resume been a promotion from the previous title you held? |
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16. Have you used the words “I," “my," or “me?" |
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17. Under each position held have you listed at least one accomplishment or strength that separates you from every other person in your company who held that same title? |
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18. Did you list a graduation year along with the degree (high school or college) received? |
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19. Have you constructed a clear and unique objective statement (customized) for EACH position you have or intend to apply? |
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20. Have you customized or edited your strengths and accomplishments listed under each position to highlight those strengths most relevant to the position being applied? (i.e. you might list a 25% sales increase as an accomplishment for a Account Executive position, but for a Account Trainer position you might emphasize hiring and developing three new top producing sales leaders.) |
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21. Do you send a cover letter along with your resume? |
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22. Do you send a customized cover letter? |
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23. Do you address employment inquiries to the “Hiring Manager" or “To Whom it May Concern?" |
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24. If you ever participated in college, semi-pro or pro sports, clubs or societies -- especially if you received any special awards, accolades or recognition, did you forget to list them at the end of your resume? |
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25. Did you list your graduating college G.P.A. if it was above 3.0? with honors? etc.? along with your degree and year received? |
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HOORAY! YOU HAVE TAKEN A GIANT STEP TOWARD IMPROVING YOUR RESUME!!
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS AND IMPROVE YOUR RESUME NOW! |
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