Does Your Resume Reveal Any Potential Liabilities?
by Louise Garver
Review your resume to determine the overall impact it may have on the
reader. Does it present any of the following potential obstacles toward serious consideration? If so, make sure to minimize those factors to present your best advantage on paper.
Your experience is unrelated to your stated goal
Your education is unrelated to your stated goal
Your job titles are not progressive or similar to the type of position you are seeking
You have been unemployed for several years
Your experience history dates back 20 or more years
You have held a series of positions in only a few years
Your work history shows gaps
You appear to be short on achievements or appear to have none at all
Your experience is too narrow, too generalized or too specialized
Your experience is in other industries or in only one industry
Your career appears to be moving laterally
You have not been promoted
You lack sufficient education or training
You lack a needed requirement
You have held one position/title throughout your employment history
To increase your career opportunities at the best possible compensation package, present a peerless resume. Remember, you only have one chance to make the right first impression. Isn't your career worth it?
