{"id":4354,"date":"2019-07-22T15:04:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/?p=4354"},"modified":"2020-05-23T04:53:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T11:53:35","slug":"items-to-leave-off-your-technical-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/items-to-leave-off-your-technical-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Items to Leave off Your Technical Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After you\u2019ve selected a technical field that appeals to you and picked up the training and experience you need to land a job, you get to start the Happy Job-Seeking Dance. We\u2019ve all had to go through a version of this at some point. We\u2019ve dealt with lots of hunting through employment sites and a ton of resume submissions with the hope of getting invited to interview. It isn\u2019t enough to throw your resume at folks, though. To make sure you succeed in your job hunt, you need to know which items to leave off your technical resume.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having a well-developed and carefully-structured resume can get your foot in the door. It can allow you to show prospective employers what you have to offer, which is why we created this article. We want to help you fine-tune your CV, so it leaps out at the folks who read it, screaming, \u201cHire me, jerkwad!\u201d In this guide, you\u2019ll learn which items clog up your resume and obscure the areas that make you shine. By the time we finish, your resume will represent the best you have to offer.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Don\u2019t Include Inappropriate Contact Info<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You might have heard that first impressions last forever, right? Well, you can extend that to resumes. Your resume acts as a text-based stand-in for you to potential employers, and the hiring manager gets their first (and often only) impression of you through those few pages. Your resume will get an initial five-to-ten second scan by the hiring staff, if you\u2019re lucky. You don\u2019t want them to spend that time on a piece of unprofessional contact information.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Don\u2019t include an address, phone number, or email from an employer as your contact info.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing says, \u201cI don\u2019t care if I get the job\u201d to a hiring manager faster than someone who demonstrates zero respect for their current employer.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Use a dull, sober email address if you want to get job callbacks.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You might love pies and want to share your love of them with the world. Unfortunately, the web developer gig you hope to land is likely to go to someone with an email address a tad more professional than rhubarbfreak25@piespiespies.com as their contact info.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brooke-lark-of0pMsWApZE-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4360\"\/><figcaption>Best to save your hobbies for after hours, no matter how delicious they might be.&nbsp;<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Only Include Relevant Work Experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you apply for <a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/best-tech-jobs\/\">the top tech jobs<\/a>, you need to load up your resume with all sorts of work experience that applies directly to the gigs. Employers need to know that the people they interview have baseline qualifications that make them worth bringing in for a closer look. They don\u2019t have time to wade through unnecessary details in your job history to find that out, though. You need to make that sort of info easy for them to spot.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Tailor your resume for each job type for which you\u2019re applying<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Include the relevant work history for that job. Don\u2019t be afraid to include unrelated work if you feel it demonstrates a quality that can help you in the gig you want.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Avoid packing your resum\u00e9 with those sorts of jobs just to pad it out to a few pages.<\/strong> <br>A short, clean, and relevant resume is a much better advertisement for your services than an overloaded and pointless one.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, there you go. To make sure you get a job, you need to get interviews. And, to land interviews, you need to have a resume that highlights your skills without distracting or turning off potential employers. Follow these guidelines to get your resume in fighting shape so it will get you in the interview seat where you can blow away the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After you\u2019ve selected a technical field that appeals to you and picked up the training and experience you need to land a job, you get to start the Happy Job-Seeking Dance. We\u2019ve all had to go through a version of this at some point. 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