Here are three things that, judging from my mail, hiring managers dislike in a resume.
1. Spelling and grammatical errors. We’ve covered this area quite a bit on TechRepublic. (See 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid) Some members have blasted us for our seeming exaggeration of the effect these kinds of errors can have. While I’ll concede that you may be able to get away with them in the informality of day-to-day work life, you CANNOT get away with them in your resume. If you can’t even make error-free a document that is supposed to, in one or two pages, present you to the world in your best light, then you’ve got problems. Mistakes in a resume speak volumes to a prospective employer about your attention to detail, or lack thereof.
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