1. Spelling Errors, Typos and Poor Grammar

2. Too Duty Oriented - A resume that reads like a job description and fails to explain what the job seeker's accomplishments were and how they did so.

3. Dates not included or inaccurate dates

4. Contact Info - none or inaccurate contact info, unprofessional email addresses

5. Poor formatting - boxes, templates, tables, use of header and footers, etc

6. Functional Resumes as opposed to writing a Chronological Resume

7. Long Resumes - too long

8. Paragraphs - Long Paragraphs instead of Bullet-points

9. Unqualified Candidates - Candidates who apply to positions for which they are unqualified

10. Personal Info included not relevant to the job

11. Employer info not included and/or not telling what industry or product candidate worked in

12. Lying, misleading (especially in terms of education, dates and inflated titles)

13. Objectives or Meaningless Introductions

14. Font Choice - poor font choice or style

15. Resumes sent as PDF, ZIP files, faxed, web page resumes or mailed - not sent as WORD Attachment

16. Pictures, Graphics or URL links no recruiter will call up

17. No easy to follow summary

18. 1st or 3rd Person - Resumes written in the 1st or 3rd Person

19. Gaps in employment

20. Burying important info in the resume