2. In reading the list of the most common mistakes people (and especially
software engineers) make on their resume, it’s important to remember how
resumes are reviewed. Resumes are not read; they are skimmed for
about 15 seconds. Let me say it again: resume screeners do not read your
entire resume.
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3. Long Resumes: In either an effort to pad their experience or just an
inability to be concise, Recruiters routinely see resumes that are 3, 4, 5, …
even 11 pages long. Keep your resume to one page, or a max of two pages if
you have 10+ years of experience.
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4. Paragraphs / Lengthy Bullets: When you only get 15 seconds to read
someone’s resume, you are not going to read any paragraphs. Recruiters do
not have the time. If you want your resume reviewer to read something on
your resume, keep it short. Each bullet should be 1 – 2 lines.
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5. Team Focused: The accomplishments of your team are not that
interesting. Because hiring will happen for a candidate not his entire team.
Tell what you specifically built, created, implemented, designed,
architected, programmed, etc.
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6. Listing Responsibilities instead of Accomplishments: Listing out
one’s responsibilities don’t show off anything that you
actually accomplished. Your bullets should tell what your biggest 3 – 5
accomplishments per role were. Focus on accomplishments, not
responsibilities.
All these points should be avoided and this way the resume database and
career will be managed in much better way.
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