Does
your resume ramble on about every career experience or is it focused around your ideal job?
Before
I resume my rambling on conferences and presentations, here's a great article I came across via Tales of the Cocktail, a site you would expect me to link to from my, ahem, travel blog.
Not exact matches
Misspellings represent your lack of attention to detail, bad formatting shows your inability to represent yourself or their company, and
rambling on your
resume demonstrates poor communication skills.
No matter how long and illustrious your career, your
resume should not be a document that
rambles on and
on.
Rambling on, whether in a
resume or during an interview, can leave a bad impression.
You are not supposed to
ramble on about your career in your
resume objective.
Keep in mind what we just said about recruiters and hiring managers having a lot
on their plate, and don't subject them to a
resume that
rambles on for five or 10 pages.
Most people who write their own
resumes skim the surface or
ramble on without specifics.
Job description focused
resume: Since our
resume is about «us» and not the job description, we often make the mistake of
rambling on about job descriptions.
Let us look at a short list: Job description focused
resume: Since our
resume is about «us» and not the job description, we often make the mistake of
rambling on... Read More»
Just make sure that you do not
ramble on about your experiences without explaining why they are relevant — most of your experiences will be covered in your
resume so there really is no need to reiterate.
A
resume objective must be brief, to the point and focused
on the job position you have applied for; don't
ramble unnecessarily where it is not required