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Resumé Red Flags and How to Avoid / Address Them

Red flags are an indication of possible danger. When the temperature is hot with low humidity and the winds are high, red flag warnings are issued by the National Weather Service to indicate a high probability of raging wildfires. Hurricane warnings are indicated by a red flag with a black square in the middle of it. In the 1700’s red flags were first used as to indicate floods.

So, what does that have to do with resumés? Everything, it turns out!

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The Top 10 Job Searching Mistakes and How to Avoid Making Them

I love the first verse to Queen’s We Are The Champions. That first verse is all about perseverance towards attaining a goal, which is in this case, a Championship. However, pay attention to lines 5 and 6 of verse 1:


“I’ve paid my dues
Time after time
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I’ve made a few”

“Bad mistakes, I’ve made a few.” One can conclude that if the Champions have made bad mistakes, then everyone is going to make mistakes, which means by extension, you are going to make mistakes in your job search. So what are the most egregious mistakes and how can you avoid making them?
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