Hiring decision-makers surveyed for the book,
Top Notch
Executive Resumes identified this as one of their Top 30 Executive Resume Pet Peeves:
30. Facts stated in one part of the resume are not supported elsewhere. It’s not unusual to see
a candidate make a statement in the sales-oriented top potion of the first page of a
resume that is not backed up anywhere else in the resume, perhaps claiming a skill or experience that is
never mentioned again. The candidate may also state a certain number of years of experience in a field,
but when the decision-maker reviews the experience section, the years don’t add up to the number claimed.
Sometimes stated years of experience don’t provide a true picture of the candidate’s background. “Some people
can state they have a lot of experience in a particular field, but if you look at length of time, they are jumping
around every few months,” said a human-resources generalist from Fairfax County, VA. “They are not really
gaining much experience in only a few months at a job.”
See all 30 peeves: executive resume peeves
1-10 in Part 1, executive resume peeves 11-20 in Part 2 and
executive resume peeves 21-30 in Part 3.
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