This document contains advice about creating an effective resume. It recommends not lying or exaggerating accomplishments on a resume, as it will damage credibility. It also advises keeping resumes readable by left-aligning text and avoiding unnecessary personal details, extra pages, or design choices that sacrifice clarity. The goal is for resumes to accurately and clearly represent qualifications to potential employers.

2. Flat out lying—or even exaggerating—on your resume won’t get you very far. If
anything comes off as a bit suspicious, the person reviewing your resume will begin
to doubt the veracity of the rest of your accomplishments as well. And even if lying
does get you the job, it will eventually come back to bite you.

3. Remember when I said I’ve seen some beautiful resumes? One thing all of those
resumes had in common is that they never sacrificed readability for the sake of design.
That means they all aligned their text to the left so that my eyes would know exactly
where to return to once I was done with a line of text.

4. Usually, this only happens when a job applicant just doesn’t know any better, so
consider this your heads up: Do not include personal information like your photo,
your sexual orientation, your marital status, or your religious affiliations on your
resume. Antidiscrimination laws in the U.S. prevent employers from being allowed to
ask for this information during the job search process, so if they see this info on your
resume, they will not engage. It’s an automatic toss.

5. Adding more pages to your resume will not make you seem more qualified. In
fact, it’s just the opposite—it typically makes you look like you’re
overcompensating.

6. The AMCAT is India’s first employability assessment test that help fresh graduates
to get their first job quickly and efficiently.