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You may be the perfect fit for a job – but a hiring manager is never going to find that out if he trashes your r茅sum茅 after a mere glance. Even in this age of online professional networking, a great r茅sum茅 is still the foundation of a successful job search.

It’s common knowledge that spelling errors and grammatical bloopers are trash triggers (and these simple mistakes top many recruiters’ lists of r茅sum茅 pet peeves). But is there anything else that job seekers are unwittingly doing wrong? We asked some recruiting managers and career experts about the r茅sum茅 errors that cause them to crumple and toss a r茅sum茅 at first look – and some of their answers may surprise you.

Poor format. Looks matter. Career expert Abby Kohut lists misaligned indentations and double spaces as a couple of the things that make a r茅sum茅 start to look like it belongs in the garbage. The fix? Use tabs for indents, and search your document for stray double spaces.

Too creative. “I don’t like it when I receive r茅sum茅s with funky fonts,” says Mona Abdel-Halim, co-founder of the Web-based r茅sum茅 tool Resunate, who echoed other experts we spoke to. “It is not professional and it makes the r茅sum茅 harder to read.” When choosing r茅sum茅 fonts, opt ones that are widely used and readable, such as Calibri or Arial, and use no more than two fonts with their associated bold and italic styles.

Immaturity. Other hiring managers we talked to said they had immediately trashed r茅sum茅s with pictures on them – for example, of cartoon character Bart Simpson (in the case of one applicant for a technical writing job) or of a kitten (an applicant for a customer service job). Cute r茅sum茅 additions like these are for kids – not professionals.

Too templated. Longtime recruiter Mike Monroe says that unaltered, familiar r茅sum茅 templates from word-processing programs annoy him. “This won’t automatically put you in the trash, but it tells me you put less thought into your r茅sum茅 than your competition,” he says.

Customize your r茅sum茅 for each job using the language of the job ad and highlighting your relevant experience.

“When the r茅sum茅 is not tailored to the position, it shows you don’t really understand what the employer is looking for and are just hoping your r茅sum茅 fits some of the criteria,” says career expert Heather Huhman, author of “Lies, Damned Lies & Internships: The Truth About Getting from Classroom to Cubicle.”

Sneakiness. Kohut says she immediately distrusts people whose r茅sum茅s have no dates on them. “Gaps are not a problem,” she says. “The problem is when you try to be deceptive.”

A better tactic is to be straightforward on your r茅sum茅, and then use your cover letter to tell the story of your career’s progress – including information about how you maximized your time away from the 9-to-5 routine. And do remember to write a cover letter – not doing so is another guaranteed way to get your r茅sum茅 trashed.

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