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6 Words That Make Your Resume Suck

Here’s how to spin the 6 sucky resume words into skills that sizzle. (Via: Squawkfox)

Responsible For
Experienced
Excellent written communication skills
Team Player
Detail Oriented
Successful

Posted 22 January 2009 † CV Bin § Resume ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Are you a software developer applying to a small company?

Joel on Software have another good resume tip if you are a Software Developer applying for a small company.

Here is an excerpt;

When a startup CTO sees a resume that says things like:

Responsible for $30m line of business
Architected new ERP platform
Managed team of 25 developers
Optimized business processes

they think, “Spare me, that’s all we need, somebody running [...]

Posted 12 January 2009 † CV Bin § Resume ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Scobleizer on Resumes that suck

Scobleizer says that 80% of Resumes are crap and will be rejected out of hand. How do you get put into the crap pile? Here’s some ways from his blog;

Include only an attachment and don’t write anything in the body of the email.
Include a misspelling.
Apply for a job which you are clearly unqualified for (it [...]

Posted 06 October 2008 † CV Bin § Resume ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,