Most of the people write resumes with confidence, but if the resume is rejected, they expect to know the reason and what is lacking in it. No employer has enough time to keep on giving feedbacks to each rejection. All they have to say is 'your resume has not been short listed'. The problem does not lie in the qualifications and experience that you carry, but it is about how you present them. Here are 5 points why a resume is rejected. You can discover them and improve your resume accordingly to seek a better outcome.
Job seekers usually do not get their resumes reviewed by any professionals working in the same field or by their seniors. One should always take a second opinion and welcome suggestions for any amendments. However, it does not mean you keep on taking opinions from every individual that you come across. This would mislead you to confusion or misunderstandings. Your resume needs to be reviewed by you too, as many candidates miss on updating the qualifications and work experience that you acquire and when it is revealed in an interview, it doesn't looks professional that you missed on something very crucial that adds weight to your resume.
This is a very critical point among the 5 points why your resume is rejected. Some people are poor with spellings since their birth and some by the educational background. In both scenarios, there is no excuse for grammatical or spelling mistakes, especially when today's technology provides you with a spell check. You can always count on your friends for help who are good at spellings and grammar. Besides, there are other kinds of people who are exceptionally good with the language and use flashy words which make the resume look complicated. Choose simple language. No one in the world has time to refer Oxford dictionary for finding the meaning of such words in your resume. No matter how highly qualified or experienced you are, if your language is not in place, your resume is turned down. Hence keep it simple and sensible.
Many people are addicted to write a lot and they apply their same practice while writing resumes and end up with lengthy documents. These lengthy resumes contain unnecessary information which is irrelevant for the job. Gender, marital status, etc. are some personal points that you can omit. Apart from writing long stories, people choose to write in free format, which is even worse. Resume consist of three formats, chronological, functional and combination. Chronological format highlights the details of your employment history, educational qualifications and trainings, functional resume format focuses on your skills, qualifications and achievements in brief and combination format is a mixture of both chronological and functional formats. If you write your appropriate details in these formats, it would appear presentable and interviewers can easily have a glance at your resume.
Achievement is something that most of the job seekers overlook. However, this is a very crucial part in building up your perception in the interviewer's mind. Hence accomplishments related to your job can be highlighted. Achievements show that you are focused and determined.
This is a very common mistake everyone makes by using the pronoun 'I'. I was awarded best team member, I have taken these responsibilities, I have accomplished, and etc. are frequently used. These sentences including 'I' makes your resume sound very monotonous. Instead action verbs like accomplished, awarded are sufficient and as it is your resume, you would be writing about yourself, hence there is no need of 'I'.
These are the main 5 points why a resume is rejected and so you should be very cautious about it. Remember to follow these points and see the interviews flooding your way.