5 mistakes that we admit in the summary, according to the Google HR
Work And Study / / December 25, 2019
On his page on LinkedIn Google vice president of recruitment Laszlo Bock wrote a note about what mistakes most often allow the applicants to resume work. He also talks about how to fix them. In this paper, a lot of good advice, and we decided to share them with you.
Below - direct speech.
Recently, I calculated how much summary I looked for his career in Google - about 20 000, and each week in Google comes to 50 000 letters from candidates.
Some of them are pretty good, some mediocre, some are terrible. The most interesting thing is that for the past 15 years I have seen in the summary of the same mistakes. The worst part is that sometimes they make mistakes is really interesting and standing candidates. But we can not afford to compromise and often reject the resume, even with the smallest errors.
I decided to list the five most common mistakes, and in your best interest to get rid of them.
errors
A study conducted by CareerBuilder service in 2013, showed that 58% of the summary contains spelling and punctuation errors. 58%! This is more than half!
How to fix? After carefully reading the resume re-read it again, but from the bottom up. So you can focus on each line of text individually.
Length
There is an unwritten rule:
One page summary for each 10 years of experience.
You can not cram all of their services in one page? Well, the bad news: the works for three or four pages, almost no one intently reads. Pascal once said: "I would have written a shorter letter, but I do not have time." A clear and concise summary It demonstrates your ability to clearly express their thoughts and talk about themselves only the most useful information.
Think about this: the main purpose of your resume is to get you invited for an interview. Everything. It's just a tool for you given the chance to tell more about themselves. So once you're on an interview, you can talk about themselves anything, and a summary of the best cut.
formatting
If you do not try to get a designer or an artist, you try to make your resume simple and readable. Font size - at least 10 points. Half interval. The white paper, black font color. Look, as shown by the file in Word and google DocsAnd if everything is OK, then submit. You can also format the file to PDF - so you will be sure that the formatting of the text does not go astray.
Disclosure of confidential information
Once I got the job, in which the candidate said that he "advised one More IT-corporation from Redmond." Such resume immediately rejected. You can not look for the line between so as not to divulge confidential information, and in order to show themselves in a good light. Despite the fact that this candidate did not mention Microsoft, and so everything was clear.
Approximately 5-10% CV contain proprietary information or hints of it. No employer does not want this information disclosed, so you most likely will not take. Spend with your resume a little test:
If you do not want your resume has appeared on the front page of the newspaper and your former boss read it, it is best to correct it.
False
from falsehood some problems:
- You can easily reveal. Internet, friends, former employer - they can tell you what you have learned not to fine, you do not have a red diploma, and in general, you are not a director, as a junior sales manager.
- It will haunt you. Imagine that a lie will be revealed 15 years later when you want to improve.
- The parents have not taught this.
These five mistakes most often allow. HR managers are looking for the best people, and in most cases, if you make one of these, you would not take the job. However, there is good news! Since these errors in the summary admit more often, you can stand out from the flow of a resume that will get rid of them.