From the course: Resume Makeover

Ensure your resume spelling and grammar are flawless

From the course: Resume Makeover

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Ensure your resume spelling and grammar are flawless

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- Once you've reviewed your resume to make sure that it's clear and concise, take another close look; this time at your spelling, grammar, and formatting. Even if you're not applying for a job that calls for strong writing skills, mistakes and inconsistencies might signal sloppiness or a lack of genuine interest, and that is not at all what you're going for here. For spelling, obviously you can use spell check and you should, but don't stop there. Spell check won't catch incorrect words that happen to be spelled correctly, so go through your document line by line, paying particular attention to homophones or words that sound alike, but have different spelling and different meaning, like which and witch or advise and advice. The app Grammarly is great for checking your spelling as well, and there's a free version, so no need to break your bank. For grammar, you're going to want to be on the lookout for things like sentence fragments or run-on sentences, missing punctuation, tense inconsistencies, jargon, and improper or inconsistent word capitalization. Also if you've got any acronyms in your resume, be sure and spell out what that acronym means on first reference. And last, check your formatting. Make sure that you don't have weird spacing going on, a mishmash of different fonts or font sizes or inconsistent use of color or bold or italics. Likewise, follow the same rules throughout your resume. For instance, if you hyphenate the word e-commerce on first reference, you should do the same every other time you use that word. The time that you spend making sure this document is impeccable will absolutely be time well spent.

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