Should i dumb down resume

But is reworking your resume in this manner a wise thing to do? Employment experts weigh in with their advice. Tracy Parish, a certified professional resume writer and president of resume-writing firm TrendSettingResumes in Kewanee, Illinois, has encountered situations when dumbing down a resume can work.

If you decide to omit some of your credentials on your resume, you still must provide a thorough account on a job application. A resume is a strategic marketing piece, whereas a job application is a signed, legal document that requires full disclosure.

Now, we are seeing evidence of people with JDs and MBAs being hired for jobs that previously would have gone to people with undergraduate degrees. Stone has seen this trend in her recruiting career as well.

Parish, who agrees that dumbing down the resume is generally not a good idea, says job seekers should shoot for the stars. One application I submitted even asked for the day I began or left a job. Do most experienced people remember such details? What I have done is omit everything I did prior to Those were entry level jobs totally unrelated to what I did for the last 22 years.

Advances in technology are great! But these online applications make it easier on the recruiters, not the applicants. Too bad. I have been searching for a job actively since Nov If companies posted job openings last year, they did not fill them or waited until I have been applying to many organizations and have been on 3 job interviews, but no job offer yet.

I have removed my graduate degree from many of my resumes for lower levels jobs because I believe when employees see that my application is tossed. No one returns your calls, you cannot apply in person, so my application is floating in cyberspace. Trying to remain hopeful. Position yourself for the next level on the career ladder, rather than stepping down a rung or two.

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