In the first part- “Does Your Resume Say, “I’m Unprofessional?” we had discussed few points in your resume, which can ruin your impression. Without much ado, let us look at certain more aspects that make you look unprofessional.

1.     Depicting laziness:
Laziness is one of the most common unprofessional traits which employers never want to see in the professionals. You would be amazed to know that even your resumes can tell whether you are lazy or not. Certain signs such as, using ‘etc.’ or ‘same as above’ portray your lazy impression, which can go against you.

A resume writing expert says, “If you want to mention about two similar things, say, which you did in your last two jobs, then you can use bullet heads to summarize responsibilities & accomplishments.” This is a better way to highlight what you want the interviewer to know about you.

2.    Sending nothing less than templates:
When sending your resume for a job profile, do you actually make necessary amendments to tell how sincerely you are looking for this job? No, actually this question arises because one can clearly identify from the past records that people just change the names of company or addressee and forward it ahead. This happens most in the case of cover letters, where a general sentence is written such as, “I respect your career status and have been following your career from quite long time.” Well, it’s ok if you are saying something of this sort, but you need to mention something or at least describe them a bit to tell how exactly you have been following them and what can you conclude out of it.

3.    Resume or brochure
Well you have to understand the value of time. If you’ll handover a resume of 5-6 pages to the interviewer, then he would hardly go through it. Nobody has interest in your life story, they want to know what is important for them and beneficial for their business. So it’s better you cut down your resume to max 2 pages and include only the important points relevant for the job vacancy.

To conclude, there is just a simple advice for you that do not to take resume lightly and make your best to utilize its power in getting your dream job.