10 Things Not to Put in Your Resume

• How much money you want

• Why you’re changing jobs, or why you left a previous one

• Social Insurance Number

• Addresses of former employers

• Your age

• Marital Status

• Whether you have children, or are pregnant

• Height, Weight

• Health status or disabilities

• Race and/or Religion (if it is important to the job, put it in the cover letter)

Employers’ Pet Peeves about Resumes

• More than two pages long

• Poor quality paper or colour pape

• Typing mistakes or hand-written corrections

• Listing odd jobs that aren’t related to what you’re applying for

• Repeated information, repeated information, repeated information…you get it!

• Inflated or boastful claims

• Fancy pictures or charts

• A wrinkled or dirty resume, or a poor photocopy