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The resume; a seemingly harmless and simple piece of paper detailing an individual’s work history, education, and skills.

In college, a resume is essential to securing a job once you have crossed that stage and accepted your coveted degree, but for many, creating a resume that is brief, but also wholly inclusive of one’s skills and capabilities, is a daunting task.

How can I possibly get everything that needs to be said about who I am as a person and what I am able to do in two pages or less?

This fear is entirely understandable, and you are not alone if you feel this way. Often times our resumes seem like a skeleton, with the basics laid out, but not the details that create the whole picture.

It is true that one of the most important factors in securing a job is your resume and all that it entails, though when the average hiring manager only takes 10 seconds to skim over a resume, it is imperative to make your most notable attributes stand out.

If you studied abroad in Italy and are proficient in the language, include both of those facts. If you were a legal secretary, include it and some specifics about what you did in that job. Keep in mind you want to highlight your skills as well as your achievements to make the resume as strong as possible.

The way of the resume is not dead, as it is very much a necessity, but with advancements in technology, it is also effective to use additional sources to fortify your information. Among these additional sources, one of the most popular is a portfolio.

 Portfolium

A portfolio can be assembled as hard copy or digitally using sources such as The Portfolium, and is a great tool for putting your knowledge and skills into action for the hiring manager.

A portfolio allows candidates to have entries for each activity, hobby, skill, and piece of work experience they may have. That being said, the most important reason to have a portfolio is the ability to have any and all examples of your work, be it in the class or outside, in one place and easily viewable by potential employers.

The first step in securing that job is to make a resume that stands out with your best attributes and is something you feel you can stand behind proudly. After the resume, the next step is to make your portfolio exemplify all that you are, or want to be seen as.

If you were an accounting major, but minored in music, show that and upload examples of your work. A portfolio gives people the ability to add a little more personality and depth to any resume, thus allowing what makes you unique shine through.

This blog post was contributed to Resume Target by Katelyn McCullough of thePortfolium.com


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Maintaining a positive attitude at work will benefit your career and steer you towards a promotion. 36 per cent of professionals polled on LinkedIn agree that a positive attitude is the most important quality that employers look for in candidates and team members.

However, maintaining a positive attitude on a daily basis in the workplace is harder than you may think. Work is stressful and challenging, and most professionals face deadlines and obstacles on a weekly (if not daily) basis. This is not an environment that fosters a positive attitude – you really have to work at it.

We’ve decided to not only tell you how you can convey your positive attitude at work to your colleagues and superiors, but also why it is important and how you will benefit from this attitude shift.

How to project a positive attitude

Use Positive Language

No matter how long you’ve been with a company and how comfortable you may be around your colleagues, you should never use profanity. If it slips out in a high-stress situation we can let it slide, but you cannot swear on a regular basis. This is a professional environment, and the use of profanity immediately ignites a negative aura into its surroundings.

Never Criticize Anyone

There is a difference between criticism and constructive feedback. Always use the method where you begin by complimenting the individual on something they’ve done well, and follow it up with a suggestion on how to improve their performance.

Also, ensure to have this conversation in private. The individual will respect your feedback, and also respect the fact that you brought awareness to the situation in a professional manner.

Stay Away From Gossip

Nothing eats away at a teamwork environment worse than gossip does. Whether team members are gossiping about colleagues or their personal problems, avoid the situation altogether. If you are caught in the conversation, act as a listener who does not provide any input.

Maintaining a positive attitude at work means that you are a team player who provides all team members with respect. By refraining from joining a gossip circle, you can ensure that you maintain that level of respect.

Put Teamwork First

When a team member has performed well, let them know. Offering pats on the back and compliments on a job well done are two simple and easy ways to foster a positive teamwork environment.

In the same regard, when the team is faced with an obstacle, be sure to offer solutions and next steps rather than focusing on the negatives. Approach each obstacle with a “glass half full” mentality and you will create a positive outlook that will catch on to the rest of the team.

Don’t Complain

Every day is not a good day – but don’t let everyone on the team know that. You may have been stuck in standstill traffic that morning, or experienced a 45-minute delay on your train ride, but you can’t let those variables affect your work.

If you are in a foul mood, ensure you walk it off before you get to the office. That way, instead of ranting to your colleagues about how terrible your morning was, you can poke fun at your bad luck and give everyone a chuckle.

Laughing at your unfortunate circumstances will keep the work environment positive, where ranting will add negativity and diminish the upbeat working tone of the office.

Why you need to adopt a positive attitude

Health Benefits

A positive attitude is about more than just smiling at work.

It literally benefits your overall health. Stress can deteriorate your health, especially when you experience it on a daily basis. These daily stresses start to wear down your health and your immune system. Put a stop to that before it starts by using our steps to ensure you face each workday positively.

Become a Role Model

People avoid negativity and they are drawn to positivity. Your positive attitude at work will allow your colleagues to feel comfortable coming to you with questions or for advice. You will quickly become a role model and an ally for many team members which will be viewed as an excellent quality by superiors.

Infectious Positivity

Your positive attitude will rub off on your teammates. Nobody wants to be the grumpy and pessimistic team member when everyone else is so positive. You will set an example, become a role model (as stated in point #2), and eventually create a full team of professionals with positive attitudes. This will boost the effectiveness of the overall working environment and lead to successes for the company.

Take the Lead Role

You’ve become a role model in the team, so naturally management will see that you have the leadership qualities to take on the next special project. The team members will respond well to your leadership and you will be given additional responsibilities to help you climb up the ladder in the office.

Be Next in Line for a Promotion

The same way that Hiring Managers look for a positive attitude in potential candidates to fulfill a role, Management will also look for a positive attitude in a team member that is ready for a promotion.

Positivity in the workplace shows that you can encourage your team members to overcome obstacles and work cohesively to achieve the company’s goals. As a team member with a positive attitude, you will have already demonstrated these traits to your superior and therefore will be favoured for a promotion.


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Let’s rewind about 20 years and visit a time when new graduates would find an entry-level role within a company and work their way up the ladder for the next 30-40 years before retiring. This almost never happens in the modern job market.

Employees stayed with a company for such a long period of time, that age discrimination in hiring was not an issue.

Nowadays, employees typically stay with a company for about two years before looking for something new.

This becomes a problem for job seekers who are 50+. When they are applying for a new role, the new employer may overlook them due to the fact that they only have about 10 or 15 years before retirement.

This is age discrimination. Hiring Managers cannot make a decision to hire or terminate you based on your age (that’s illegal!), but when it comes to job hunting, you don’t get an explanation when you don’t get called for an interview.

Therefore, you don’t know if you are being overlooked due to age discrimination. Your best bet is to remove information on your resume that gives the Hiring Manager a clear idea as to how old you are.

1. Limit Years of Experience

A majority of job postings will clearly list the number of years of experience the candidate must have in order to qualify for the role.

Therefore, it is common practice to include your full number of years of experience at the top of your resume. However, if you have more than 20 years of experience, it can be viewed as a negative for many Hiring Managers.

Instead – include the number of years as it is stated in the requirements section of the job posting.

If they require 10 years of experience, mention that you have 10+ years  of experience. The section option is to avoid including any type of number in the value statement. You can mention that you have “extensive experience” or “several years of experience”.

2. List Relevant Experience

No matter how many years of experience you have, you should only focus on the last 10 years in your professional experience section.

Anything over the 10-year mark will automatically date you. Also, due to continued progression in modern-day technology, your role 10 years ago is not equivalent to same role today. Therefore, it is not relevant and does not need to be included on the resume.

3. Remove Dates for Earlier Roles

When outlining your career history, you can choose to include roles that were before the 10-year mark – however, we recommend removing the dates for these roles.

The dates are not important as Hiring Managers and Recruiters are generally only interested in the last 10 years of work experience. Therefore, you can remove the dates to show other types of roles that you’ve fulfilled without letting the Hiring Manager know just how long you’ve been in the workforce.

4. Remove Education Dates

Hiring Managers are most interested in when you completed your Degree or Diploma if you are a recent graduate or junior level candidate.

Education plays an important role for these candidates because they do not have substantial work experience to demonstrate their knowledge of the field and industry – they only have their academic knowledge.

Candidates who have been in the workforce for over 10 years do not need to rely on their education to land them their next role.

In these instances, the work experience is more important and relevant than the academic background. You should definitely list your academic background, but remove the dates. This does not allow the Hiring Manager the opportunity to “do the math” and figure out your age.

5. Remove Outdated Programs

Once you have decided to pursue a new role, you should definitely update your resume from the last time you used it.

One of the areas that many job seekers don’t pay much attention to is their technical proficiencies. They will add new programs they have learned, but they will not remove old programs that are no longer relevant in the industry. This is a bad sign for Hiring Managers.

If you’ve got “Proficient in Windows 98” on your resume, you are definitely aging yourself. Technology is constantly changing and you need to do your best to keep up with the times. If you haven’t updated your skills since 1998, it’s best to remove that technical proficiency list altogether.


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Employee productivity in the workplace is one of the key components of a successful business.

As most companies pay their employees on a salary or by the hour, they want to ensure that their team members are getting the maximum amount of work completed in the given time frame. In other words, they want more bang for their buck.

Productivity is generally the result of an individual’s work ethic. Those who portray an effective work ethic are generally more productive than those who do not portray an effective work ethic. However, due to human nature, we are all susceptible to various other factors that affect the way we work.

One of these factors is – the weather. Determining the productivity level of each employee in various weather scenarios is an impossible task.

The weather creates different mood responses in different people. So we’ve broken down the two sides to each weather story – and how you can encourage employee productivity in these situations.

Rainy Days

A rainy day is a gloomy day. The moods of employees will generally be lower as there is no sunlight to cheer them up. However, rain does not always have a negative impact on employee productivity.

The most common impact employers will experience from a rainy day is lower employee productivity. Employees are less motivated and simply complete tasks to head home and hopefully stay dry.

However, certain team members with a more proactive personality and work ethic will experience heightened productivity on a rainy day.

When an employee looks out the window and sees rain and clouds, they prefer to stay indoors at the office. Therefore they will stay at work longer, and complete work faster as they are not distracted by temptations of outdoor activities.

What’s the fix?

If you find that your team is predominantly negatively affected by rainy days – give them something to cheer them up. Something as simple as treating everyone in the office to hot coffee/tea and pastries will put the team in the right mood.

Hot Days

Bright and sunny weather will most often put employees in a great mood, unless it’s too hot. When employees are arriving to work sweaty and uncomfortable, they can only be productive in the right working conditions.

There are people who love the heat and people who hate the heat. Therefore, hot weather will have different impacts on different employees.

Those who love the heat will come into the office with a smile on their face, but they may also be completely preoccupied with ideas of what to do after work, that they don’t spend much time focusing on their work.

On the contrary, employees who prefer the shade will arrive at work in a foul mood, and generally want to stay in a cool air-conditioned environment for as long as possible.

What’s the fix?

The working conditions have to be optimal. Fully functioning air conditioning coupled with cold water available for all team members are key.

While you’re at it, embrace the childhood spirit in all employees (those who love the heat and those who don’t) by bringing jumbo freezies into the office after lunch. The whole team can take a quick break to enjoy a freezie, cool down, and rejuvenate their energy before tackling the second half of the day.

Cold Days

For those of you who are located in climates just as extreme as we are here in Toronto, you will deal with both the hottest of days and the coldest of days. Though employees are prepared for the winter months with their coats and boots, it can still affect their productivity in the office.

The temperature is not the only factor affecting the mood of your employees on cold days – it’s also the lack of sunlight. The days are shorter and when your employees wake up to a dark sky to arrive at work, and leave to a dark sky to head home, their mood will be glum.

The productivity throughout the sunlight hours will generally be unaffected, but once the sun goes down after 5 p.m. most employees will be rushing to head home.

What’s the fix?

Offer more flexible schedules in the winter to accommodate employee preferences.

If team members want to come in earlier so they can enjoy some sunshine on their way home, give them that option. Other employees may want to come in later to enjoy sunlight in the morning, and stay later in the evenings.

Let your team know that they should be putting in the same hours, and they will be grateful that you’ve given them this flexible option to suit their needs.


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Remember those days in high school and university when you would walk out of an exam and immediately flip through your textbook to determine if you gave the right answers to those questions?

As part of human nature, we always over analyze our performance in nerve-racking situations to ensure that we put our best foot forward. Job searching is no different.

Immediately after leaving a job interview, your first thoughts are most likely “How did I do?”, “Will they call me back?”, “Did I give the right answers?”.

In some cases you may be sure that you completely flunked the interview, and in other cases you will have a more positive outlook – however, most of the time you just don’t know.

A key indicator on how well your interview went is the time that you spent in the interview. Though you cannot use these rules to determine the success of every single interview accurately, it will still give you an idea in most scenarios.

We recently polled professionals on LinkedIn to find out how long they thought a good first interview should last. We’ve used the feedback and results to provide you with the following guidelines. 38 percent of professionals voted that a good first interview should last 45 minutes.

We agree! If your first interview lasted about 45 minutes, that is generally a good sign that the employer was interested in bringing you on board. If your interview was longer or shorter, keep reading.

15 minutes or less

We don’t like to start on such a negative note, but if your interview lasted 15 minutes or less – it was probably a bad interview. They may have realized when you arrived for the interview that you did not meet the minimum qualifications for the role, and therefore they were not interested in wasting their time.

Or, you may not have appeared as a good fit for their corporate culture based on your professional attire. First impressions are key, and something in yours told them that you weren’t the right person for the job.

30 minutes

If your interview was 30 minutes long, then it was just long enough. Hiring managers will generally schedule about 30 minutes to interview a candidate for most position levels. If you lasted the full 30 minutes, you know that you answered the questions well.

However, from the amount of time alone, we cannot determine whether or not you will be called back for a second interview. It is up to you to review your answers to each question to judge whether or not you wow’d the interviewer.

45 minutes

45 is the golden number in the world of job interviews. Along with 38 per cent of the professionals we polled on LinkedIn, we agree that a good first interview should last about 45 minutes long.

This means that you went slightly over the allotted time that the hiring manager had put aside, and that’s okay because you were answering the questions so well that they wanted to hear more.

1 hour

A 1 hour interview is a good sign for most career levels. Executive level professionals will find themselves in 1 hour interviews more often than all other levels of employees, due to the fact that the hiring manager will conduct a more in-depth interview for higher level candidates.

If during this 1 hour interview you were asked to meet with a secondary person, or complete some type of on-site proficiency testing, then you know that the hiring manager is seriously considering you for the role (or at least a second interview).

These timelines and rules will definitely change on a per-interview basis. There are other factors that will affect the length of the interview such as the level of position, the company’s hiring practices, and the hiring manager’s schedule for the day.

At the end of it all, if you are confident in the answers you provided and feel that you left a great impression on the hiring manager, then you will likely receive a callback for the role.


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Staff socials are always somewhat awkward to start and often end with mildly inappropriate comments or behaviour – however, they are still an integral component in advancing your career.

Whether in the form of a holiday party, team-building event or a birthday celebration, a staff social is used to bring people out of the professional setting so that coworkers can get to know one another. You may see your colleagues every day and share witty jokes while sitting across from them, but you rarely see them outside the office.

Management teams place a large importance on staff socials as they often prove to enhance the teamwork atmosphere and create a positive working environment that employees enjoy coming to day-in and day-out.

Though a staff social promises free food and even a few free drinks, many professionals still dread spending their free time hanging out with their colleagues and their boss (unless it is during regular office hours, which is always a plus for all team members). This is the wrong attitude. As a professional in your field looking to advance your career, you should jump at the chance to attend a staff social. Here’s why.

1) Get your name out there

This is especially important if you have recently joined the company.

Nobody knows you yet, you may still be referred to as “the new guy” or “the new girl”, so you really need to get your name out there. Attending the staff social will allow your colleagues the chance to get to know you. They will not only learn your name, but they will likely find something in common with you.

Whether you are fans of the same sports teams or enjoy the same outdoor activities, finding a personal connection with your colleagues will enhance the relationship you develop with them. They are likely to remember you, remember what you have in common, and continue to develop that relationship after the staff social.

For those of you who have been employed with the same company for years and have never attended a staff social, you are in the same boat as the new hires.

People may know who you are, but they don’t know anything about you. You’ve never developed any type of relationship with your team members, and this will likely hold you back from career advancement.

Your goal is to be viewed as a positive member of the team that is enjoyable to work with. This will show your superior that you will thrive in a higher-level leadership role and places you in line for a promotion – as long as your work ethic matches up to the requirements as well.

2) Get to know other departments

Apart from your teammates, you should get to know employees in other departments within the company.

These inter-departmental relationships will benefit your daily operations within the company, because you will have the ability to contact members of various different departments for favours you may need.

If you are experiencing computer problems and need to get them resolved immediately, having a relationship with someone in the IT Support department will definitely help in getting the problem resolved in a timely manner. This is also true for when you need data or reports from departments such as Sales and Marketing.

Looking to the future, if you are ever at a point when you are considering a career transition, these relationships will once again prove to be very useful.

You may already know professionals in the field you are transitioning to, and can use them as mentors to ensure you are completing the right steps to be successful on your new career path. You may also use these relationships to receive referrals for job opportunities.

Remember to always connect with these colleagues on LinkedIn to maximize your professional networking abilities.

3) Show your commitment and appreciation

An employee who does not make an effort to attend staff socials, whether they are during office hours or not, is an employee who does not consider themselves a member of the “team”.

By avoiding staff socials, you are telling your colleagues and superiors that you are only at work to clock in your eight hours, and that you have no interest in the company or your role outside of that time.

These are not the qualities that employers look for in employees. Employers want to hire (and promote) individuals who view themselves as an integral component in the overall success of the company.

You should view your daily tasks in the big picture and understand that the work you complete now, will benefit the company overall – and your main goal should always be to see the company succeed.

A perfect way to demonstrate that you are this type of employee, is to attend staff socials and discuss the company’s successes and failures with colleagues and superiors. Take this time to show that you have a genuine interest in the company’s success and request feedback on how you can further contribute to that success.

If you are a new hire or have recently received a promotion, this is also a great time to express gratitude for the opportunity you’ve been given, and to show how much you’ve enjoyed your time thus far in your new role.


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Daytime naps are an integral component in a toddler’s development. Their brains are constantly stimulated as they act as sponges soaking in all of the information around them, and therefore need to nap to allow the brain to process the new data.

Doesn’t this also sound like a typical day in your life?

Most professionals are stimulating their brain from the moment they open their eyes right through the day until they return home. This stimulation includes watching/reading the news, commuting/driving to work, completing your daily tasks, and heading home from work.

Employers are required to give their employees sufficient time for “breaks” to either refuel with caffeine or nourish themselves with a hearty lunch; however this break time does not necessarily provide any rest.

Rest comes in the form of sleep and relaxation, and cannot be achieved by sitting in a loud food court eating a plate of Chinese food. By taking a nap in the middle of the workday, employees will experience an improved mood, performance, safety and productivity.

This is precisely why so many corporations are now providing their employees with designated “nap” or “rejuvenation” rooms to assist employees in maintaining alertness and reduced stress levels on the job.

This “nap room” phenomenon became incredibly popular in the USA, within companies such as Google, Nike, Pizza Hut, Procter & Gamble, and the Huffington Post.

There is also buzz spreading north of the border with Canadian companies, like Hootsuite, Intuit Canada and Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital, joining the ranks of companies who provide various services for employees on site – including nap rooms.

For companies who don’t have the square-footage to spare, there are napping salons that are slowly popping up to allow companies to outsource their napping as part of their benefits package.

Employee wellness is a hot topic in the modern workplace, which triggered the introduction of massage therapy into employer-provided benefits packages after identifying the health problems associated with sitting at a desk for at least seven hours a day.

The modern workplace also reflects the competition of the job market and employees are generally clocking more hours and getting less sleep – which can lead to high stress levels and medical conditions such as heart disease.

Short periods of sleep (in the form of naps) are proven to improve alertness, memory, motor skills, decision-making and mood, and are therefore the solution that employers are turning to.

Here at Resume Target, we got curious about just how popular naps rooms would be if they were introduced at all workplaces. We polled professionals on LinkedIn to ask them if they thought companies should offer employees nap rooms to boost productivity.

The Results:

So the popularity of nap rooms isn’t overwhelming just yet, but we’ll admit that we do encourage power napping here at Resume Target headquarters in Toronto. Sometimes a quick snooze is exactly what you need to tackle the next project with the right energy, efficiency, and effectiveness to get it done right.


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The first roadblock that many job seekers encounter is where and how to get started. The idea of opening a blank document and creating a resume is generally terrifying for someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing.

We polled professionals on LinkedIn to find out where they were getting started when creating their resumes.

As most people would guess, 85 per cent of professionals create their resumes on Microsoft Word. This program is an obvious choice for most job seekers because it is user-friendly and already provides dozens of resume templates to choose from so that you’re not getting started with a blank canvas.

Microsoft Word

Here at Resume Target, we agree with the majority of professionals on LinkedIn who voted Microsoft Word as the program they use to create their resume. However, we also recommend against using the provided resume templates provided on Microsoft Word.

Think about it – if 85 per cent of professionals are using Microsoft Word to create their resume, that means 85 per cent of professionals are choosing from the same list of resume templates.

In order to set yourself apart from the crowd, you should search online (or personally develop) a resume format and style of your own. To get ideas you can visit our Resume Samples page, or go to websites such as www.resumetemplates101.com.

Open Office

Second to Microsoft Word was Open Office with 7 per cent. The word processing function of Open Office (Writer) is also user-friendly and users who do not have access to Microsoft Word will often opt for this program instead.

InDesign & Photoshop

There is another side to resume development that is not on a word processing platform. 6 per cent of professionals said they used InDesign to create their resumes, and the final 2 per cent of professionals say they used Photoshop.

These programs are ideal platforms for professionals in a creative field that are looking to incorporate their technical and design skillset into their resume format.

If you are not in a creative field and/or industry, then we would recommend against developing a creative resume with InDesign or Photoshop.

Professionals choose to use these programs due to their ability to include graphics and creativity in their resume as a selling point. Hiring Managers for creative positions will appreciate this additional effort from the candidate.

Hiring Managers in professional and business-oriented industries will expect a text-based Microsoft Word document, and will not appreciate the artistry and creativity of a document created in InDesign or Photoshop.

Apart from programs, there is also a long list of resume making software available. We recommend conducting research into reviews on the product to ensure it will be worth your time, prior to purchasing.

Instead of going that extra mile, the most efficient and effective method will be to utilize a professional template as a Word document. This is especially effective as a majority of Hiring Managers prefer to receive resume submissions as Word documents.

So, hurdle one has been avoided. You know exactly where and how to begin the resume drafting process. Now it’s time for hurdle two – what in the world are you going to write on this resume?

We’ll leave you there for now.


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Submitting any type of document that is riddled with spelling errors and typos is a bad reflection on your professionalismbut when it’s your resume, it can be the ultimate mistake.

This is not new information. Everyone knows that your resume should be perfect without any spelling or grammatical errors, but most resumes out there are not perfect.

You’re in luck. If you only have one small typo in your resume, chances are that a hiring manager will let it slide. You’re human after all – you make mistakes. However, three misspelled words later… and your resume is on its way to the “NO” pile.

Yes, you might’ve been the perfect person for the position, but the multiple errors on your resume are telling a different story.

They are telling the hiring manager that you are not detail-oriented and that you don’t take the time to double check your documents before you send them out. In almost any career, these are not ideal qualities.

Are you using spellcheck the right way?

You thought using spellcheck was a great idea – most of you do. However, it depends on how you use spellcheck.

If you type up the document, hit the spellcheck button at the end, and either click Accept or Ignore to the errors that it finds – you are using spellcheck the wrong way.

Spellcheck is an automated program. It does not understand what you are trying to say in each sentence of your resume. You understand what you are trying to say. So you should be checking the spelling in the document yourself.

Once you’ve got all of your information typed in, take a break and then return to your resume. Sit down with a clear mind and read the resume aloud to yourself.

If you stumble over your words, there is probably something wrong with the wording or the grammar. If you catch a typo or spelling mistake, correct it immediately. If you don’t know the correct spelling, this is the right time to refer to spellcheck.

Send your resume to a friend or colleague

You plan to send your resume out to dozens (or hundreds) of hiring managers. Why don’t you also send it to a friend or colleague, so they can proofread it first?

No matter how many times you read your resume, it is likely that you will constantly skip over the same typos over and over again. Your brain already knows what each line of the resume should say, and therefore you are not catching the errors that are in front of you.

Getting a friend or colleague to proofread your resume will guarantee that a fresh set of eyes is reviewing the document. This is also a great way to find out what impression your resume will give to a hiring manager.

If it looks crowded to your friend, it will likely look crowded to a hiring manager. If the wording is difficult to understand for your friend, it will likely be difficult to understand for a hiring manager.

Take this as a test run. Once your resume is perceived well by a friend and no errors were found, then you know that you are ready to send it off to potential employers.

Understandably, you want to get yourself into the job market as fast as possible. However, taking these extra steps will make all the difference. If you are being turned down for roles, you want it to be because they somehow found a better candidate. You don’t want the reason to be that your resume was weak, or full of errors.


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