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Reasons You're Not Getting Interviews; Plus Some Crazy Real Resume Mistakes

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Yvonne Lee, Community Manager at Dice.com writes, "Not using standard job titles, not tying your work to real business results and not using the right keywords can mean never getting called for an interview, even if you have the right skills to do the job. I once heard advice to use the exact wording found in the ad when placing your keywords. I think you're even more unlikely to get a job if you do some of the things on this list."

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  1. Read an interesting tip... by Nexzus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...on another forum:

    Copy and paste the entire job description into a 1 pixel by 1 pixel box on your resume. Invisible to the naked eye, but parsers easily pick it up.

    Just make sure to watch the sites that parse and reformat for you (Monster, eg) when uploading.

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