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Applying for a new job comes with its fair share of rejections, setbacks, frustrations and perhaps even lonely periods of unemployment. If you`ve been turned down for position after position, you could be getting desperate and may want to shake things up a bit so that your résumé will stand out from the piles of others stacked quietly in HR. Before you decide to get too creative, there are some rules to résumé etiquette that you should follow. Read below for the 25 things that you should never include on a professional résumé.

1. What You Hated About Your Last Job: If you turn your résumé into a ranting session, you`re starting off on the wrong foot. During an interview, the hiring manager will most likely ask you why you left your last job, but you can use this challenge to remain positive. Explain that you wanted to work with a company that promoted more mobility within the business or that you felt your strengths weren`t adequately utilized at your last job.

2. What You Hated About Your Last Boss or Co-Workers: Even if your last boss really acted like a tyrant or no one in the office could stand that jerk next to the water cooler, complaining about the past only makes you look like the bad guy. Showing that you are able to work with all kinds of people will take you far in the business world.

Source:
http://www.hrworld.com/features/25-things-not-to-put-on-resume-121807/

Karuna 05-09-2008

Thanks for the updates. I would be careful from this time!! :)

Betty 18-09-2008

Great thought....

Pradhan 18-09-2008

Thanks

Diana 22-09-2008

this is very much correct....

tnx for posting it...

Harish 23-09-2008

Thanks for the updates..

Jagdish 24-09-2008

That was a good information i got from your article, thank you

Deepak 24-09-2008

nice article.

deepak

Sudakshina 24-09-2008

g8, its completely true

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