Whoa! TMI, Dude. T-M-I-!-! (It’s a Résumé, not a Background Check.)

(Updated – Also see: Top 10 Things to Leave of of your Resume, by FishDogs) I remember when I first got out of college in 1990 and was preparing to apply in person at a lot of places locally, I thought I would be one step ahead of the game if I put everything on my résumé that an employer would normally request on a job application. That way, I thought, I wouldn’t have to painstakingly complete all of those job applications! Well, it... [Read More...]