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[https://press.careerbuilder.com/2018-](https://press.careerbuilder.com/2018-)[ ](https://press.careerbuilder.com/2018-)[08-24-Employers-Share-Their-Most-Outrageous-Resume-Mistakes-and-Instant-Deal-Breakers-in-a-New-CareerBuilder-Study](08-24-Employers-Share-Their-Most-Outrageous-Resume-Mistakes-and-Instant-Deal-Breakers-in-a-New-CareerBuilder-Study)  \n3  \nAlways Remember… Who Is Our Audience?  \n§ Agile ways of working explicitly focus on knowing our customer and providing value  \n§ When defining and refining our resume, we need to apply the same principle  \n§ Who is our audience (aka customer) for our resume?  \n§ An automated process (whether keywords, phrases, etc. )?  \n§ A recruiter?  \n§ A company’s Human Resources associate?  \n§ The position’s hiring manager?  \n§ The peer members on the Team?  \n§ Senior managers?  \n§ Of course, the answer is   All of the above .  \n§ We need to be focused but thoughtful to ensure we balance the needs of these disparate customers  \n4   \nPositive Resume Patterns  \n1. Focused Over Generalized  \n2. Outcomes Over Activity  \n3. Meaningful Metrics Over Superlative Words  \n4. Clarity Over Excessive Jargon And Acronyms  \n5. Honesty Over Misrepresentation And Exaggeration  \n6. Professional Over Personal  \n7. Polished And Presentable Over Rushed And Inconsistent  \n5   \nFocused Over Generalized  \nWhy?  \nMany of us, myself included, have held and are qualified for various roles. But while a generic resume is efficient for us to create and update, its lack of focus for specific roles may obfuscate or ”water down” our key experience for a given role. Tailored content specifically focused on a role ensures the hiring team has relevant examples of what you have done aligned to what their posting requires.  \nBefore:  \n§ Managed technical tasks for the Company’s most important systems.  \nAfter:  \n§ Provided 24/7/365 support for over 10k users internationally for the Company’s Salesforce CRM platform, resolving over 750 tickets monthly while maintaining a 90+% satisfaction rating  \n6   \nOutcomes Over Activity  \nWhy?  \nWhether technical task or business-oriented deliverable, hiring managers want to know the impact you have made in the work that you’ve done, and how that translates to the investment they are making to hire for a given role. 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