Good Things
Jason Truesdell
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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