The 3 Things You Shouldnt Do When Writing Your Resume

The 3 Things You Shouldn't Do When Writing Your ResumeSo you want to do the 3 things that a resume writer will tell you to avoid? Well, yes. Don't try to appear professional or keep up a written record of anything except your education and professional experience.If you do try to weave together past employment history and your degree and professional experience, you may find yourself stuck in a little quagmire. Remember that your resume will be an extension of your ability to express your life story.You don't dwell on the past, but you certainly do let it inform the story you're trying to put together. At the same time, you may find yourself saying too much. Put yourself in someone else's shoes.If you were asked what you'd like to see on your resume and you wrote about how your 'hot new job' was the only time you had ever worked in a factory or outdoors, it would be jarring to someone who saw you only when your then-boyfriend was able to accompany you to the local auto body shop. It wouldn't be telling a job interviewer that your past was the type where your life was involved with the crime in the newspaper. Put yourself in their shoes.Or if you had a little office job, and you wrote about your work history, how many times had you worked the phone? You probably would have a better resume. All of these factors would be relevant and equally important to you as someone with a little office job, as well as to a person who worked the phone for a living.A resume writer may tell you to make your education, work history, and other factors 'stick.' They may also give you other guidelines. But in a large amount of our jobs, the resume can't stick.Forget it! And make a point of writing only from your own experience. It will impress your prospective employer with just how well you put your life story together.You want to have confidence in your resume. You want to be able to send it off and have confidence that it will be read and understood.