Some information doesn't belong on your resume

Written By Alecia Ng

Not all information belongs on your resume. Highlight your relevant qualifications, experience and skill set but NOT:

❎ Date of birth / Age
❎ Nationality*
❎ Marital status
❎ Number of children / size of your family
❎ Religion
❎ Sex, gender or sexual orientations
❎ Photographs
❎ ID copies
❎ Referees – including their names, contacts details and addresses

*𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 “𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 [𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺]” 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

Alecia Ng
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