I agree about the too-many-words problem, but it seems like a problem that is more widely known already (as a proxy: If you ask your friends to review your CV, they’ll probably point it out), so I didn’t write about it myself
Adding: The opposite problem also happens all the time, most commonly forgetting to mention measurable successes or even one’s responsibility in the project
I think some CVs make the mistake of spending too many words to explain something: “No, this nuance is really important!! I have to explain it!!”
As your post rightly points out, it’s disturbingly common to simply omit something altogether.
Good post Yonatan, thanks for linking it :-)
Thanks :)
I agree about the too-many-words problem, but it seems like a problem that is more widely known already (as a proxy: If you ask your friends to review your CV, they’ll probably point it out), so I didn’t write about it myself
Adding: The opposite problem also happens all the time, most commonly forgetting to mention measurable successes or even one’s responsibility in the project