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Resume quiz: After answering each question it will jump to letting you know if you were correct or incorrect and explain why. At the end, it will give you a final score. media type="custom" key="9319258"

1.B, Your resume is a marketing piece. Your resume should be designed to “sell you” The purpose is to not get knocked out at this stage and get asked for an interview. Many people think that the resume has be an autobiography of everything they have done, this is simply not true. 2.C. There are many myths about resumes, one of the biggest is that your resume has to be one page. That it is not true, it all depends on the person’s background. With that being said, I am a proponent of a 1 pager for new grads and those with less than 10 years experience and a 2 pager for all others. 3.B. Do not include hobbies. The fact that you like golf and poetry is great, but it has nothing to do with the job. In fact, I have seen this hurt some people. For example, putting a political affiliation, ie, campaigned for Democarts for Life. This is a big NO NO Can’t help, can only hurt. 4. D. Objectives are “old fashioned” Instead of telling them what you want, you should instead tell them what you can give. Summaries, Profiles, and Headlines are much more effective. 5. This was a trick question. The answer is none of the above. You should have a page of references and you should furnish them upon request, but there is no need to include that phrase or include the references in the resume. 6.B. Never include salary information 7.B. There is no rule that says you have to include the year you graduated. Sometimes you should, sometimes you should not. It all depends. 8.B. Again, there is no rule that states that you have to include dates. If you have a clean career history with no gaps, then go for it. If not, then skip the months. 9.B. You should go back as far as it makes sense to. There is no “10 year rule” 10.B. There are differing opinions on this. I am from the school of thought that feels that you can change titles is done creatively. For example if you are an outside sales person selling software and your title is Software Consultant, why should you be penalized for your companies stupidity. How about this…Software Sales Consultant. How did you do?? Even if you only missed on one or two of these points, that could make a huge difference in securing the interview.

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