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Not being professional
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It may seem old school, but unless you are absolutely sure that you can refer to someone casually…don’t do it.
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Social Media
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While not strictly related to your resume , even if you don’t mention your social media profiles, you can almost bet that they will be searched out and examined. Posting negative comments about past employers or talking about how you got wasted yesterday are not going to help your case.
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Discrepancies
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If your resume doesn’t match up to your LinkedIn profile, you need to fix that right away. Otherwise hiring managers will either think you are lying or sloppy.
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Overqualification
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Hiring managers don’t want people who will bail on them the next chance they get. If you are obviously overqualified for your job, explain in your cover letter why you are applying , how you can help the company, and how this job matches your long term goals.
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Not customizing
Source: reddit
The Applicant Tracking System (ATS) will automatically chuck your resume if it doesn’t contain keywords from the job description. Why? Because employers don’t want people who aren’t genuinely interested in the job or who haven’t even taken time to read through the posting.
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