Resume Mistakes Techies Should Avoid

By siliconindia  |   Saturday, 17 March 2012, 00:22 IST   |    2 Comments
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Bangalore: It is very difficult to frame an accurate resume as in today’s competitive job market a silly mistake in your resume can lead to a major downfall. Especially if you are an IT professional and looking for a job keep in mind that your resume should be perfect as it is one way to make a good impression in front of the hiring manager in few minutes, highlights a recent research conducted by IT staffing agency Robert Half Technology which also says that IT hiring managers, on average, spend just two minutes reviewing an applicant's resume. According to Cindy Waxer, of Information week there are vast numbers of resumes that are flooding in human resources departments every day, therefore, one should be very careful in order to eliminate all risks that can keep them from bagging the offer. Listed below are the resume mistakes that IT professionals should avoid.



1.Not Mentioning Skills: Often it is seen that techies do boasts about their IT experiences that they have obtained from several companies in their resume. However, they decline to specify the particular skill that they specialize on which have helped them execute a project successfully. According to Ira S. Wolfe, president of Success Performance Solutions, and author of Geeks, Geezers, and Googlization, techies should need to mention about the skills that they used during their period of experience.



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