Why are so many resumes so horrible?

[Anonymous]

Weird formatting, pictures, misspellings, poor bullet points, no contact information……I’m trying to hire someone but if I look at the resume and it’s jacked up you’re out. Most of these people hold masters degrees too, just wild.

[Anonymous]

Ugh I agree!

[Anonymous]

I haven’t seen many like that at all. What field?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird formatting, pictures, misspellings, poor bullet points, no contact information……I’m trying to hire someone but if I look at the resume and it’s jacked up you’re out. Most of these people hold masters degrees too, just wild.

Resumes now being written to try to get through the computer picking programs so all about keywords and such. Totally get using software helps to get resumes but still see software pulling some worse resumes and tossing better ones.

[Anonymous]

It’s kind of crazy how many people don’t do any research ahead of writing a resume

[Anonymous]

They’ve never been on the reviewing end of the resume

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weird formatting, pictures, misspellings, poor bullet points, no contact information……I’m trying to hire someone but if I look at the resume and it’s jacked up you’re out. Most of these people hold masters degrees too, just wild.

Resumes now being written to try to get through the computer picking programs so all about keywords and such. Totally get using software helps to get resumes but still see software pulling some worse resumes and tossing better ones.

Yes and unlike back in the day, you have to re edit every single time to get in those keywords and it takes time and makes the applicant bleary eyed and frustrated so errors slip through. Gone are the days of the super polished, one or two and done formatted fixed resumes with the cover letter tailored to the key words and skills required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weird formatting, pictures, misspellings, poor bullet points, no contact information……I’m trying to hire someone but if I look at the resume and it’s jacked up you’re out. Most of these people hold masters degrees too, just wild.

Resumes now being written to try to get through the computer picking programs so all about keywords and such. Totally get using software helps to get resumes but still see software pulling some worse resumes and tossing better ones.

Yes and unlike back in the day, you have to re edit every single time to get in those keywords and it takes time and makes the applicant bleary eyed and frustrated so errors slip through. Gone are the days of the super polished, one or two and done formatted fixed resumes with the cover letter tailored to the key words and skills required.

I found when I was applying that the roles I was really qualified for only required a synonym change. Change accountable to responsible but the crux is the requirement was the same. If I was spending more than 5-10min revamping my resume than the role wasn’t in my wheelhouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird formatting, pictures, misspellings, poor bullet points, no contact information……I’m trying to hire someone but if I look at the resume and it’s jacked up you’re out. Most of these people hold masters degrees too, just wild.

Probably because people aren't entirely sure what resume employers want, they're applying to multiple places, and companies accept applications in various forms.

When I review resumes I anticipate certain types of formatting and bullet point issues.

However if I received a resume with no contact information i would just toss it.

[Anonymous]

In federal it is hard to get past the HR people that seem to know nothing and still write what the hiring manager or resume review team wants to see so I give latitude there but some resumes are just plain rotten!

[Anonymous]

A lot of issues arise if people are using online applications software where they paste an already formatted chunk of text into an text box/editor and it gets reformatted with no preview or explanation.

If you’re talking about pdf versions of documents, then I understand your frustration; but it may be your HR tool instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of issues arise if people are using online applications software where they paste an already formatted chunk of text into an text box/editor and it gets reformatted with no preview or explanation.

If you’re talking about pdf versions of documents, then I understand your frustration; but it may be your HR tool instead.

+1. Substantially all of the companies I applied to required me to copy/paste my resume into a computer system. If the system is spitting out a poorly formatted resume that's mostly likely a problem with your software.

[Anonymous]

How about a resume full of lies.

Recently a person recommended someone for a job opening our company had.

I looked over the resume and could not believe the lies. This person was a new grad.

Their resume looked like they had worked full-time for the last ten years. No these were barely part-time summer jobs. It was pretty obvious because the resume made zero sense. UGH.

Fast forward. I got an email from the kid thanking me for the interview and telling me they got hired by Syracuse Research reading contracts and were no longer interested in the position. I had already sent them a note saying they embellished their resume and might want to think about changing it before applying for another job. I guess my bad LOL

This particular applicant was not the first resume I have reviewed with lies. This was the first one where the whole resume was unacceptable.

But I guess someone is giving them a shot. Better them than me.