Career Article 152:
Résumé Proofreading Tips

By Tamara Dowling, CPRW

Your résumé must be perfect. Many hiring companies have administrative staff scan résumés. Those with grammatical or spelling errors may be rejected. Don't let a typo get in the way of your career.

Here are some hints for proofreading your résumé.

1. After your create your résumé online, print it and read it on paper.
2. It helps to print your résumé on colored paper for proofreading purposes only. The different color forces you to look at the document differently, and you'll catch mistakes easier.
3. Wait a day or two and come back to your résumé and proofread it again.
4. Try reading your résumé "end to beginning." Again this changes your frame of mind.
5. Highlight each error that you find. As you correct the errors online, check off each highlighted spot on your paper document to be sure you corrected all of them.

Whenever possible have a second, or even third person review your résumé for errors. After spending hours on your résumé, it's easy to miss an error or two.

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