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1. Objective
Recruiters don't care what your objective is. They care about whether you have the skills to get the job done. At best, including your objective can seem like a minor distraction; at worst, it can make you look immature or unrealistic. Getting rid of it also leaves room for you to include other things (or increase your font size).
2. Old experience
This is one of the biggest and most consistent complaint from recruiters. You don't need to include everything you've ever done on your resume--in fact, it's distracting. It can also come off as strange, especially if it's old or totally unrelated experience.
If you're applying for a job in the tech industry, for example, the recruiter doesn't need to know that you worked at Applebee's in high school. A good rule is to leave of anything about high school.
You also want to trim so your resume isn't too long. Unless you're an executive or have extensive experience, your resume should fit on one page. Take the time to streamline your resume to solely the positions relevant to the job for which you're applying.
Less really is more.
3. A photo of yourself
According to a recruiter from Accenture in the U.S., including a photo of yourself can come off as unprofessional. Plus, it takes away from the function of a resume, which is to narrow down who is most capable to do the job.
5. Misspellings and grammatical errors
This is on every list of resume tips ever for a reason; it makes you look bad. Because you comb through your resume so many times yourself, it's a really good idea to have someone else look over your final version. You want to make absolutely sure you don't have any grammar mistakes or misspelled words on your resume, period.
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