{"id":601,"date":"2007-01-24T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2007-01-24T17:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/theerrors-in-the-resumes\/"},"modified":"2007-01-24T11:30:50","modified_gmt":"2007-01-24T17:30:50","slug":"theerrors-in-the-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/theerrors-in-the-resumes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Errors In The Resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careerbuilder.com\/jobposter\/smallbiz\/articles.aspx?prid=pr344&#038;siteid=JP_Mail_NL_A&#038;sc_extcmp=JP_Mail_NL&#038;cbRecursionCnt=1&#038;cbsid=1e1c979e2bc94f71a4a2028550e0a806-222954288-R1-4\" target=\"_blank\">CareerBuilder survey<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sixty-three percent of HR managers report that spelling errors are the most annoying mistakes they see on resumes. Other top mistakes include: <\/p>\n<li>Resumes not customized to the position (30 percent)<\/li>\n<li>Lies (23 percent)<\/li>\n<li>Including too many insignificant details on job responsibilities (21 percent)<\/li>\n<li>Resumes that are more than two pages long (21 percent)<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lies would seem to be a &#8220;most annoying mistake&#8221; on a resume if I took the survey and spelling errors would be second.<\/p>\n<p>From earlier in the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you&#8217;re looking for a new job this year, be prepared for some competition. Twenty-seven percent of human resource (HR) managers say they <strong>receive more than 50 resumes<\/strong>, on average, for each open position. More than one-in-ten <strong>(13 percent) HR managers receive more than 100 resumes<\/strong> per job opening. The survey, &#8220;Resumes 2007,&#8221; was conducted from November 17 to December 11, 2006 and included 360 HR managers. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are 2 ways to look at this information. Obviously, it is valuable to have a selection to choose from when sourcing. However, if you are receiving 50 or more resumes, my initial reaction is that the ad is not written tight enough.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, a fairly generic, entry-level position will elicit a large response. But I still believe the ad should be adjusted to use a finer filter &#8211; a more descriptive requirements section regarding the ideal candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a CareerBuilder survey: Sixty-three percent of HR managers report that spelling errors are the most annoying mistakes they see on resumes. Other top mistakes include: Resumes not customized to the position (30 percent) Lies (23 percent) Including too many insignificant details on job responsibilities (21 percent) Resumes that are more than two pages long (21 percent) Lies would seem to be a &#8220;most annoying mistake&#8221; on a resume if I took the survey and spelling errors would be second. From earlier in the article: If you&#8217;re looking for a new job this year, be prepared for some competition. Twenty-seven percent of human resource (HR) managers say they receive more&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/theerrors-in-the-resumes\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26,13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-ads","category-resumes","category-sourcing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-9H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":562,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/typos-in-the-ad\/","url_meta":{"origin":601,"position":0},"title":"Typos In The Ad","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We posted about typos in resumes back in September and mentioned a significant survey result: Eighty-four percent of executives polled said it takes just one or two typographical errors in a resume to remove a candidate from consideration for a job opening; 47 percent said a single typo could be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1034,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/top-5-candidate-lies\/","url_meta":{"origin":601,"position":1},"title":"Top 5 Candidate Lies","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"CareerBuilder offers up the 5 most common candidate lies in this article.\u00a0 They bring up a good point in that 85% of all companies perform some type of candidate verification.\u00a0 Surprisingly, candidates continue to embellish or falsify their information. 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From workforce.com: ResumeDoctor.com says nearly 43 percent of people in a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":596,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/spell-check-sloppiness\/","url_meta":{"origin":601,"position":5},"title":"Spell-check Sloppiness","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We've discussed the candidate faux pas of spelling errors in their resume. The resume is typically the most formal document the candidate will write themselves. Proof-reading and spell-checking should be standard practice. If you have read any bulk of resumes you know this is not the case. 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