Over the Hill Resume

Your resume could make you look past your prime...

If you have a fax number listed on your resume – you’re a dinosaur! Wendy Enelow, author of “Expert Resumes for Baby Boomers,” has a few other indicators on your resume that SCREAM “I’m old!”…

• Too many contacts. Multiple phone numbers make your resume look dated. Just list your cell number and email – without labeling them as such.

• Cliches. Skip words and phrases such as innovative, motivated, team player and dynamic.

• Dates on the left - that’s old school. List the years – not months – on the right.

• Leading with your objective. They don’t care – you’re a dime a dozen. Instead, start with a summary of your career and what you can contribute.

• Noting when you got your degrees. For some people those dates are before the reader was born. There’s no reason to emphasize that – list the degrees and skip the dates.