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🚨 Check out #2 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! 🚨

🚨 Check out #2 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! 🚨

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Here’s #2 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! Bad Advice #2: “Aim for a 3-page resume and cram in as much information as you can into your employment section to make it as long as possible. If you can’t find a heading for something, make one up to show...
🚫 CAUTION: Bad Advice #3 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚫

🚫 CAUTION: Bad Advice #3 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚫

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Insert the biggest caution sign here! Yowza! CAUTION: Bad Advice #3 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice   Bad Advice #3: “Apply to at least 25-50 jobs a week.”   If you think applying to as many jobs as possible will boost your chances…think again....
🚨 Be careful of Bad Advice #4 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! 🚨

🚨 Be careful of Bad Advice #4 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! 🚨

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I’m back with #4 in our Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice series! Bad Advice #4: “Create ONE resume and stuff all the keywords you can into it, then put all the keywords in white text at the end of your resume. Make your information look like one big block of text....
🔴 Beware of #5 on the Bad Advice List of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🔴

🔴 Beware of #5 on the Bad Advice List of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🔴

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Hope you are having a wonderful day. We are halfway there – here’s #5 of the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice. Bad Advice #5:   “Use a hybrid or functional resume without any dates, especially on your education. It’s just a way to discriminate against you.”...
🚨 Here’s Bad Advice #6 of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚨

🚨 Here’s Bad Advice #6 of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚨

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And #6 of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice list is… Bad Advice #6: “Don’t waste your time customizing the whole resume. It’s only a machine that’s scoring it, and all it cares about is keywords written in the experience section.” It’s more than a machine… 😉 Do you...
🚨 Revealing Bad Advice #7 of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚨

🚨 Revealing Bad Advice #7 of Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice! 🚨

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In this enlightening series, we are revealing the Top 10 Worst Federal Resume Advice and offer expert insights to propel your federal job journey! Let’s get into Bad Advice #7: Bad Advice #7: “Don’t add your high school to your federal resume. It’s too far back and NO...
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