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Posted on May 11, 2017

Why Your Resume Sucks (According To Quora Answers)

Having trouble landing a job? Maybe these folks know why...

by Michelle Hemmings

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Why Your Resume Sucks (According To Quora Answers)

1.) You’re using a Viking’s vocabulary, for some reason.

2.) Your first sucky resume is still floating around.

3.) Somewhere along the line, you misinterpreted some important information.

4.) You 100% missed the point.

5.) You didn’t spell check.

6.) You didn’t learn the secret handshake.

7.) You said too much too soon. Or inexplicably used yellow font on black paper.

8.) You should have taken just a minute longer to consider your word choice.

9.) You chose poorly.

10.) You have just plain bad luck.

11.) But in the end, aren’t we all just trying to get some money to life?

Why Your Resume Sucks (According To Quora Answers)

1.) You’re using a Viking’s vocabulary, for some reason.

2.) Your first sucky resume is still floating around.

3.) Somewhere along the line, you misinterpreted some important information.

4.) You 100% missed the point.

5.) You didn’t spell check.

6.) You didn’t learn the secret handshake.

7.) You said too much too soon. Or inexplicably used yellow font on black paper.

8.) You should have taken just a minute longer to consider your word choice.

9.) You chose poorly.

10.) You have just plain bad luck.

11.) But in the end, aren’t we all just trying to get some money to life?

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