5 Fatal Resume Mistakes Costing You Job Offers

Your resume has one job: to get you an interview. If nothing is biting, you might be making one of these five fatal, yet incredibly common, mistakes.

1. Listing "Duties" Instead of "Achievements"

Nobody cares that you were "responsible for managing social media." They care that you "grew Instagram following by 150% in 6 months by running targeted ad campaigns." Always use the X-Y-Z formula: Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y], by doing [Z].

2. Spelling and Grammar Errors

A single typo can ruin your chances. It signals a lack of attention to detail. Always use tools like Grammarly, and ideally, have a friend read it backward sentence by sentence to catch hidden errors.

3. Including an Objective Statement

"Seeking a challenging role in software engineering to utilize my skills." This is outdated. Replace it with a powerful "Professional Summary" that acts as an elevator pitch of your greatest career hits.

4. Making it Longer Than Needed

Unless you are a C-level executive with 20 years of vital experience, your resume should be exactly one page. Recruiters spend an average of 7 seconds scanning a resume. They will not read page two.

5. Using a Chaotic Format

If parsing bots and exhausted human eyes can't find your dates of employment instantly, they will move on. Use professional templates (like the ones found on our platform) to guarantee perfect readability.