26 Things to Keep Out of Your 2012 Résumé

Age

Birth Date

Complaints, Contradictions, Convictions

Discriminatory Data

Educational Embellishments / Exaggerations

Flawed Facts, Failures

Goals Unspecified, Poor Grammar

History from Childhood

Irrelevant Interests

Joblessness Reasons

Know-it-all attitude

Lies – Little or Big

Misspelled Words

Negativity

Obstacles in your personal / professional life

Political Affiliation; photograph, problems

Questionable qualities

References, religious affiliation

Salary requirements, Social Security number

Typos

Unattractive Design

Verbose Verbiage

Weaknesses; Wordiness

eXtraneous text

Yesterday’s Yarns

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Note to Reader:  While exceptions may exist, the above-stated alphabetical entries offer job seekers a general guideline of items to avoid in the design and build of a 2012 best practices résumé document.