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One tip that our career center gives is that it's not necessary to add the phrase "references available on repquest", the employer is probably going to request them anyways and it looks like a space filler.
My mom reads dozens of resumes of people who want to be on different comitees in the company and she says that the biggest mistakes are:
- Longer than one page. She scans all resumes onto her computer to file them and emails them to commitee members and when it's more than one page, she only scans the first page.
- Too much personal info. She once read a resume where a guy listed all his grandchildren and his golf scores. Never include marital status, health and birth date info. An employer can only ask health related question if they are necesarry for the position (i.e. "this positions requires that you be able to lift fifty pounds, can you do that?)
- Too vague. Try to write your objective to fit the position you're applying for.
Don't forget a cover letter.
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