I am not looking for a job, but one day I was too free to look back at my resume which was not updated in jobstreet.com and jobsdb.com long time ago. The last updated resume of my was last year.

Since I don't need to update them now cause I am not eager looking for a job at the moment, I might as well leave it as it is. Having been helping some others to submit job to apply for position in the company I am currently working for. I do take sometimes to go through their resume and find out some of them is pretty careless and not sincerity in writing an effective resume.

Here are 10 things your resume could do without (I compile this after researching from the internet and is written by well known professional resume writer):

Credit: Kevin Donlin, Mary Lorenz

1. Spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. "If you are careless enough to send out this most important document with a mistake … anyone will immediately assume you'll never care enough about the work you send out representing the company you want to work with". What is your impression towards a candidate who misspelled "Kuala Lunpur" where you have been worked in the city for years? the worst if you wrongly spell "education." No one can help you, please check thoroughly before you send the document out.

2. Opening objectives. These are generic … They do nothing to differentiate one candidate from another, but with a good one it can help a little.

(NO) To obtain a responsible (as opposed to irresponsible?) and challenging (what, you don't like dull work?) position where my education and work experience will have valuable application (like finding a cure for cancer?)

(NO) Seeking a position in the sales department with an opportunity for advancement (in effect, you're saying to the employer, "Give me a job where the pay is good … and keeps getting better.")

(NO) Seeking a challenging career with a progressive organization which will utilize my skills, abilities and education in management, product management, operations, purchasing and buying. (Zzzzz. You won't bore anyone into hiring you.)

(YES) Management position in procurement where over 10 years of experience will add value to operations.

(YES) Seeking a position where nine years of project management and network administration experience will add value.

3.  Personal attributes. Listing personal information such as height, weight, nationality, sex and age. Your identity card number show all these details. The height and weight is not necessary if you are not applying for a model or stewardess. "It is amazing that we still see this on the resumes of today, but they are out there."

4. Interests and hobbies.  If these points of information don't pertain to the job in question, there's no need to include them.  "Create a mystery and save these kinds of data points when you start the job,". So, remember, dont put in collecting stamps in there, unless you're applying for job as a postman.

5. Details of every task you've ever performed in every job you've ever had. "Wow, STOP! It's too much information. Managers and recruiters need to know at-a-glance what makes a candidate special,". Please just focus on those details that pertain to the job for which you're applying.

6. Excessive bragging. This is a huge turnoff for employers. Stating one's accomplishments can be helpful, but when it's overdone, you might create an impression of admiration of oneself effect.

7. Outdated information.  Leave off the activities that you did in high school if graduation was a few years ago and omit jobs you held 10 or more years ago, as the information is probably irrelevant to the position you're trying for now.

8. False information. "Putting that you have a B.S. on a resume when you do not have one is BS,'" Not only is lying on a resume unfair and dishonest, it's also not very intelligent.  "Companies verify dates of employment — often after you start. If you have lied, they fire you…Nobody wants to hire a liar. Nobody."

9. Unexplained gaps in work history.  While job seekers should account for these gaps, they should be careful with their wording.  "Don't you dare to explained a 10-year lapse in work experience as being in jail during those years for killing someone". In such a situation, the best thing to write would be "left work for personal reasons," and the candidate would be able to explain the criminal record later. 

10. A lack of professionalism.  Colored paper, cutesy fonts, links to personal web sites and childish e-mail addresses all scream unprofessional and are a turn off to hiring managers. If you have an email address such as "IamYourBoss", "lazy2max" and so on. Please do not use them, or else you might not get a chance for interview.

Good Luck and hope this could give you some guide in writing your resume in future.

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