What Not To Include In Your Resume

Written by Michelle Roebuck


Do you have a difficult time determining what does not go in your job resume? The rule of thumb is to only put enough information about your qualifications in your resume in order to getrepparttar employer interested enough to contact you about an interview.

Ifrepparttar 106922 information doesn’t highlight your qualifications, keep it out. Many people makerepparttar 106923 mistake of puttingrepparttar 106924 word "Resume" on their resume. This isn’t necessary, sincerepparttar 106925 employer will only have to look at your resume to know what it is.

Personal Information

Any personal information should be left out also. For example:

  • Age
  • Race
  • Sex
  • Political Affiliation
  • Names and ages of children
  • Spouse’s occupation
  • Any other personal information that is not relevant to your job qualifications
  • Salary History

    Never put your salary requirement or salary history on your job resume. The salary forrepparttar 106926 job you’re seeking should be used as a negotiation tool. Salary discussions usually take place duringrepparttar 106927 end ofrepparttar 106928 job interview.

    High School Education

    If you have higher education, you don’t have to includerepparttar 106929 high school you attended on your resume. Most employers assume you graduated from high school. If you just graduated from high school or you do not have higher education, then includerepparttar 106930 high school you graduated from.

    Work History

    If you have had several jobs duringrepparttar 106931 course of 10 or more years, you don’t have to include every job you ever held on your resume. It is best to go back no more than 10 to 15 years. Includerepparttar 106932 jobs that best demonstrate your skills and qualifications forrepparttar 106933 job you are seeking now. If you held jobs 20 or more years ago that enhance your qualifications, you can include those jobs on your resume as well.


    Can You Actually Fail A Personality Quiz?

    Written by Brian Fong


    Q. I didn't get a job that I interviewed for. The employer told me that I had "failed"repparttar personality quiz. How is that possible? Does this mean that I have no personality?

    A. "Fail" is a pretty strong word when it comes to taking a personality quiz. In fact, it is so strong that it makes me wonder aboutrepparttar 106921 professionalism ofrepparttar 106922 potential employer that administeredrepparttar 106923 personality quiz to you.

    There is no pass/fail in a personality quiz; especially an employment personality quiz. There are simply factors that are important torepparttar 106924 employer that either are, or are not, present in your personality.

    To say that you "failed"repparttar 106925 personality quiz is a misnomer. You simply did not have some personality traits thatrepparttar 106926 employer deemed important forrepparttar 106927 particular job that you applied for.

    Other thanrepparttar 106928 fact that they insulted you, they probably did you a favor by giving you that personality quiz. By screening you out based upon a certain personality profile, they saved you from accepting a job that you would probably have ended up hating and leaving after a short while.

    A personality quiz is an interesting animal. There are actually many different types. You've already encountered a pre-employment personality quiz, but that's notrepparttar 106929 only type out there.

    Before we go off intorepparttar 106930 subject of a personality quiz, it's important that we agree uponrepparttar 106931 definition ofrepparttar 106932 term personality. Let's keep it short:

    Your personality consists of allrepparttar 106933 traits and behaviours that make you unique and that determine how you are likely to act in any given situation.

    Given that this definition is true, then a personality quiz is designed to measure those traits and to quantify them into some meaningful profile that enables someone to predict how you will behave.

    Is that really possible? Yes, in most instances it is possible to accurately how someone is LIKELY to behave under a given set of circumstances. The key word here is LIKELY. We've all seen or read about people who have exhibited extraordinary acts of heroism who were otherwise thought of as a most unlikely hero due to being timid, shy, young, or whatever.

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