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Honesty

The resume doesn't get you the job; it only gets you noticed.

So it's important to be honest in all of your communications with potential employers. You don't have to volunteer damaging information, but at the same time, any dishonesty can come back to haunt you even late in your career.

Your resume should present your accomplishments and skills in the best possible light. But it's important to write with measured restraint.

Accomplishments should be stated matter-of-factly; you shouldn't be reaching for a thesaurus to make things sound "better." Don't use words like "expert" to describe your familiarity with a skill; the number of years of work experience or the range of projects you've worked on will give employers a better idea of what you're capable of doing.

When skimming through a resume, hiring managers are usually looking for measurable accomplishments that sound relevant for their position. Inflation of your accomplishments with linguistic tricks only serves to disrupt the process, as the manager spends extra seconds trying to decipher the hidden meanings. Ambiguity, too, will work against you, for the same reason. More experienced managers will probably toss your resume aside when they encounter suspicious-sounding elements.

 

 

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