subject: 5 Things You Must NEVER Do In Your Project Manager Resume [print this page] Do not present anything negative Do not present anything negative
You resume is in effect a sales document. When you're selling a product you never want to present any negative information that might detract from the sale. In this case you're selling "you". So you want to be positive about everything even the most terrible job you've had!
Spelling a name, place or company wrong
This is the biggest sin possible in a project managers resume. There are just no excuses for misspelt places, projects, names, people, companies etc. Not only does this indicate you can't communicate properly, it sends the message to recruiters that you don't proof read and don't care about your documents. This is definitely not the message you want to give.
Don't put your age on your resume
Rightly or wrongly people have pre conceived ideas about things such as age. Some believe that we are too old or too young to hold certain positions. In this early stage of job hunting we don't want someone to make a judgement based on our age. We want to someone to make a call based on our experience.
Put your photo on your resume
People all too often make judgements on the wrong things, let's face it, it's human nature. But ever heard the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" well unfortunately people do. Let your resume do the talking for you not your picture.
Point to a web site
Pointing to a personal website can mean disaster. If you do want to point to a resume then check it to make sure it does not contain any negative comments, negative pictures or links to your alternate facebook life.
Of course this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to creating perfect PM resume.
5 Things You Must NEVER Do In Your Project Manager Resume
