<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Courtesy of Main Street at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://tinyurl.com/msetzbu">http://tinyurl.com/msetzbu</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">-------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><h1 style="margin: -20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; clear: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-size: 22px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Top Resume Blunders: How Not To Get Hired</h1></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NEW YORK (<a target="blank" href="http://www.mainstreet.com/" style="text-decoration: none; ">MainStreet</a>) — You thought writing your resume in crayon would show your creativity, sense of independence and spontaneity. Oh yeah, it probably did. It just didn't land you the job. Ask a hiring manager what they've seen cross their desk or computer screen and you may be surprised by the results. Job seekers, beware. Here's how not to get a job, according to 475 hiring managers, HR professionals and 471 workers across various industries in a study for <a href="http://CareerBuilder.ca">CareerBuilder.ca</a>.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">These are real-life resume blunders:</span></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A four-page resume detailing every position and volunteer job a person has ever had since he was 12</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A resume etched into a wooden cutting board</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resume delivered in a balloon</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Each line had one bold word that formed a "hidden" message about how great the applicant would be for the position</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resume came in the form of a candy-gram</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Many small teddy bears and daisies adorned the edges of the pink paper</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An application made online by an employee that had been fired</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Scrawled in pencil on butcher's paper</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Singing telegram</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Candidate revealed that he spent time in jail for assaulting a prior boss</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Listed "Have flown on a corporate jet" as a notable achievement</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Listed "Worked with my dad building things. Worked with my mum cleaning the house," as past experience</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There are some blunders that can automatically send your resume on an express ride to the round file. The most common mistakes include:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes that have typos - 54%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes that don't include a list of skills - 43%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes that are generic and don't seem personalized for the position - 35%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes that have an inappropriate email address - 35%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes that copied a large amount of wording from the job posting - 31%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes that don't include exact dates of employment - 29%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes printed on decorative paper - 25%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes that have large blocks of text with little white space - 22%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes that are more than two pages long - 19%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes submitted without cover letters – 17%</span></li><li><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Resumes that include a photo - 16%</span></li><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Your resume is the primary deciding factor for whether you will land a job interview," says Rosemary Haefner of CareerBuilder. "It's important to project a professional image. Keep it succinct, personalize it to feature only skills and experience relevant to the position you're applying for, and always include specific, quantifiable results that showcase the <a href="http://www.mainstreet.com/article/career/top-resume-blunders-how-not-get-hired?page=2" id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow" class="itxtnewhook itxthook" style="text-decoration: none; border: 0px none transparent; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px; background-image: none; display: inline; "><span id="itxthook0w" class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" style="float: none !important; height: auto; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; margin: 0px !important; left: auto; right: auto; top: auto; bottom: auto; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); text-align: left; position: static; display: inline !important; text-decoration: underline !important; ">value</span></a> you can bring to an organization."</span></p><div id="customAdUnitContainer" style="float: right; margin: 15px 0px 0px 15px; width: 233px; "><div id="customAdUnit"></div></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Final tip: more than one quarter (26%) of employers surveyed only accept digital resumes, leaving hard copies sent via the mail unopened.</span></p></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">-------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>