The document discusses the 5 most common mistakes people make on their resumes. These include: having a resume that is too long at 7-10+ pages; using inconsistent fonts, bullet points and sizes which comes across as sloppy; including an unnecessary profile picture; having long and wordy descriptions of roles from over 10 years ago; and wasting the important first page with non-important information instead of including one's role, specialties and work history snapshots to capture the reader's attention.

2. As an experienced Recruiter and Resume Writer when it
comes to CV's/resumes I really have seen the good, the bad
and the extremely ugly.
Whilst resumes are there to have personality there are also
very common mistakes that people make, often either through
not knowing the effect of these or simple laziness - let's face
it, writing your resume can be a chore!
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3. The 5 most
common mistakes
are…
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4. #1
Length
This naturally needs to vary depending on skill set, role,
industry, location etc. but when you resume is reach 7 -
10 + pages, it is way too long.
As mentioned Recruiters/Hiring Managers review
multiple CV's so they simply won't have time to read your
10 page document in detail.
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5. #2
Mis-matching font/bullet points/sizes
This types of mistakes come across as sloppy and can
give the impression that if you can't be bother to even fix
these how would you be at your work.
This is even more key in roles that are attention to detail
focused.
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6. #3
Profile picture
Put simply, not needed.
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7. #4
Long/wordy descriptions
For roles that are over 10 years ago - the focus of your
resume should be on the last 10 - 15 years max.
The only time this changes is perhaps if your career has
taken a different direction and you are looking to get
back to what you have done previously but other than
that the company will only really want to know what you
have done recently.
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8. #5
Wasted first page/front page
I have seen multiple times people have non-important
information on their first page - the first page is the most
important page!
This is the page that is going to quickly capture your reader's
attention.
It should be sharp and include information such as your role,
key specialties, snapshots of where you have worked -
basically the things that are going to entice the reader into
investing in going to the next page.
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