Things which must go from your resume in 2018

Summary statement instead of objective:

They say that objective statements need to be replaced with a personalised summary statement that would serve as an elevator pitch. This should be a well-crafted brief paragraph that give insights on what you are best at doing, interests and the value- add you would be contributing to your prospective employer. Summarise your job goals and qualifications for the reader. 

Inappropriate E-mail / contact info:

The email Id and the contact details should be professional. In that, addresses with crazy names or ones that are offensive in nature would have to be saved for personal use only - definitely cannot be used when you are seeking a job. 

It would be good to have an id exclusively for your job-search and networking activities. Avoid putting multiple phone numbers. Double check your resume, make sure it carries your personal email id and contact number, and not those from your current workplace. 

Relevant personal information:

The resume should focus on your professional capabilities. Keeping this in mind, personal details such as ethnicity, and religious / spiritual beliefs can be excluded. Unless you are a fresh graduate personal hobbies have no place in the resumes, unless they are directly related to you line of work. These are of no value- add to experienced professionals while seeking a job, unless asked specifically by the prospective employer.

Avoid tables and images:

Every organization adapts an online applicant tracking system, known as an ATS system. Embedding tables or images in your resume, content of any format in the the actual Header and Footer sections of the Word document, can scramble the application in these systems. Hence avoid all of these.

Maintain uniform font:

Arial, Calibri, Cambria, Tahoma, Book Antiqua or Franklin Gothic, are some of the fonts one should be choosing from while crafting the resume. These are the fonts that are easy to read and would be picked up easily by any organisations' ATS as well. Every employer would need a version of your resume that can be easily uploaded, deconstructed and stored in their online ATS. Hence keep any creative design.