6. Typos and misspellings – You would think this is an obvious one, but you’d be amazed at number of resumes received with big blaring mistakes.

7. Falsified information –Greatly elaborated credentials are same as lies. Do not list diplomas, certifications, affiliations or awards that you did not earn. Just don’t do it. It’ll come back to bite you in butt.

8. Attachments – At resume stage do not send any attachments, whatsoever. If you are granted an interview, at that time you could bring in whatever it is you’re so hot to get into selecting official’s hands. The person accepting resumes will likely just throw it in round file.

9. Elaborating too much – Place of employment, job title and brief, very brief description of job responsibilities are all you need. Don’t complete a whole paragraph for each job you’ve held.

10. No cover letter – Writing a good cover letter is a bit of an art. However, any cover letter is better than none. Just keep same principles in mind with your letter: Brevity, relevant and free from typos.

If you can avoid these simple ten resume mistakes, you’re more than half way there to getting an interview. Once you have your foot in door you can really shine for boss. If you don’t make it past first cut, due to any of above fatal mistakes, your beautiful resume will be used to wipe up coffee spills or will be added to recycle pile! Don’t let that happen to you.

Nonverbal communication, more than just nod or smile, is important. Gestures, appearance, timing, voice responses, facial expressions, spatial distance – all affect how speaker (or interview) interprets listener. So a person preparing for a job or work project interview should consider cultural climate and norms of society of interviewer. In short, perceived active listening based on nonverbal signals can vary from culture to culture.

Especially in this age of such great cultural diversity, be courteous of others regardless of cultural, sexual or societal backgrounds. If you are a woman and get to a door before a man, open it. If your interviewer doesn’t speak English very well and looks puzzled at your words, go back and explain yourself again in different words and re-establish a good communication exchange.

Note: a major part of active listening is paraphrasing. It’s not same as summarizing. A summary is a shortened version of original message, focusing on main point. To paraphrase means to re-state message in your own words.

Active listeners take notes by paraphrasing or restating what speaker said in their own words, and summarizing main points. A good listener is not same thing as a silent listener. Good listeners ask questions, even something like, “Is this an accurate paraphrase of you have said?” to let speaker know that you understand message being communicated.

Roger Clark is senior editor at Top Career Resumes who provide free information to job seekers on all aspects of finding a new job and Medical Health News where you can find the most up-to-date advice and information on many medical, health and lifestyle topics.