Say Uncle has some pretty great Résumé tips. Here are some of my favorite.
Say Uncle wrote:
Use an email address that indicates your name, such as firstname.lastname@suchandsuch.com. Not hobbies or sexual innuendo, like darklordofthesyth@suchandsuch.com, hotmom@suchandsuch.com, or ratherbefishing@suchandsuch.com.
I know you may have downloaded a template for your letter or résumé and that’s fine. But change the titles. Don’t address me as Dear Hiring Executive or Dear [click here]. Just sayin’.
Spell check is your friend. In fact, get another friend to read it. S/he may find something you missed.
If you were unemployed, just explain the gap in the interview. If you were unemployed to stay home with children, explain that in the interview too. Don’t say you ran private daycare. It’s not that funny.
It’s spelled résumé (that é can be created by either hitting alt+0233 or using the character map). It’s not spelled resume or resume’.