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Well another major turn-off would be: a "primary skills" section that mentions 30 different random applications / protocols that one might have been incidentally exposed to for a week or 2 at some job ... 15 years ago. No one can be expert-level in all of these things. Just tell us the top 3-6 that really matter and which define you.

Or even if it's just 1 or 2. It's infinitely better to hire someone who is in fact really solid at what they say they know, than someone who tries to spam you with every random keyword they've been exposed to in the hope that you won't drill down and ask them any hard questions about most of them.

That, and skill listings that don't pass the "apples and orange" test. For example:

  Programming languages:  Java, Perl, PHP, XML, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
The former 3 are full-scale programming languages, but the ones that come after obviously are not.


Both great points that can be easy to overlook, especially once one gets into their career a bit.

Know yourself, and know your audience.




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