Too Focused on Job Duties One of the most prevalent resume blunders is to turn a resume into a boring listing of job duties and responsibilities.
Many people even use company job descriptions as guides to developing their resumes.
To create a resume that is a cut above the rest, you should go beyond showing what was required of you and demonstrate how you made a difference at each company. Provide specific examples of how the company benefited from your performance. This type of statement is overused and too general and therefore wastes valuable space. If you are on a career track, consider replacing the objective with a tagline, which is a statement of what you do or what your area of specialty is. Too many people try to squeeze their experiences onto one page, because they've heard that a resume should never be longer than one page.