Five ways to get your resume tossed even if you are perfectly qualified

Five ways to get your resume tossed even if you are perfectly qualified

1.) Listing an inappropriate e-mail address like sexymistres@email.com, can raise eyebrows and make the HR person reviewing your resume put you in the no pile.

2.) Putting hobbies on your resume that show a questionable character or illegal activities. Examples would be Cock/Dog Fighting, Gambling, Clubing, Street Racing, Nudism

3.) Saving your resume under a less that professional name and then sending it as an e-mail attachment. Examples: Iamtheshi*.doc, Dadsresume.doc, God.doc, Irock.doc

4.) Any misspellings and typos on a resume when you have listed attention to detail as one of your strengths

5.) E-mailing a resume in a format that is not common. Most offices are still using MS Office 2000, so if you have a more recent version save it in the older version (Use Save As to choose an earlier MS Word Version). If you are using Word Perfect or some other software program, attach it and then also paste it into the body of the e-mail.