We invited 15 of the top career and job-search experts — our Quintessential Careers Career Masterminds — to share their advice with our readers as part of Quint Careers’s 15th anniversary. We asked them (among six other questions): What are the most common strategic mistakes you see on job-seeker resumes? (See all their responses here.) We’re running a series of responses; here’s one of them:
The biggest mistake is a resume that rehashes responsibilities instead of celebrating
accomplishments. I don’t just want to know what you did, but, more importantly,
how well you did it. The reader should understand in a heartbeat where you excel and what you do best. There should be no ambiguity in as little as 5 or 10 seconds
about what you do and the kind of position you’re seeking.
— Tory Johnson
