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The Free Press, Mankato Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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Items to exclude from your resume
Choosing what to include and exclude from possible. If a resume is bogged down with inon your resume. Never include salary requireyour resume can be difficult, especially for appliformation about an applicant's hobbies and inments unless a job listing specifically requests cants without extensive work histories. Professionterests, then a hiring manager is likely to grow such information. als with significant experience likely have enough impatient and move on to the next applicant. to fill up a resume, but younger professionals ofUnless a hobby is especially relevant to a posi- • Personal information: Personal information, ten fret about how to fill up their resumes despite tion, it should not be included on a resume. including marital status, sexual orientation, limited work histories. Any relevant professional whether or not you have children and your reliexperience, be it an internship or volunteering his- • Irrelevant past experience: Prior experience that gious beliefs should always be kept off a resume. tory, is safe to include on a resume. But applicants is irrelevant to the position you're applying for Such information is irrelevant, and it's illegal should keep the following items off their resumes should be kept off your resume. For example, for companies to consider such information as they hunt for their next jobs. a high school job as a grocery clerk likely has during the hiring process. little relevance when applying for an entry level • Photos: Photos should be kept off resumes, as finance position. It's important to remember • Inappropriate email address: Many people have personal photos have nothing to do with a perwhen applying for entry level positions that a playful email address that reflects a nickname son's qualifications. Even job seekers applying few entry level candidates will have extensive friends and family can identify with. Such adfor photography positions won't want to put employment histories, so don't feel bad if your dresses are fine when communicating with photos on their resumes. Such materials should resume is less than meaty. family and friends, but use a more professional be included in a portfolio but never on a resume. email address when applying for jobs. The ad• Salary expectations: Some job postings will dress can include your name, such as jsmith@ • Hobbies and/or personal interests: It can be ask that you list salary requirements. This can fakeemail.com or simply your initials followed tempting for applicants with limited work hisbe a delicate topic, as no one wants to exclude by the domain name of your email server. Fair tories to list their hobbies and interests, but in themselves by asking for too much money or or unfair, an unprofessional email address on a many cases such information is irrelevant and appear desperate by asking for too little. A good resume may give prospective employers the imcan frustrate hiring managers who want to find approach when asked for salary requirements is pression that applicants are immature. relevant qualifications on a resume as quickly as simply to write, "Salary negotiable" somewhere
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