March 12, 2010, Newsletter Issue #37: Clinical Trial Employment Tips: Common Resume Mistakes

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If you’ve sent out numerous resumes, without any response from recruiters, it’s time to modify your approach. Recruiters often take 10 seconds or less to scan a resume, making proper organization of your resume essential. Read on to learn clinical research employment mistakes you could be making – without even knowing it.

Generic resume language. If 100 other applicants could say the exact same thing on their resume, it’s way too generic. Instead, focus on items that are unique and stand out to recruiters.

Leaving out measurable information on your resume. Even in clinical research employment, you should be able to include measurable results. For example, discuss your contributions to getting a drug to market, and the success of the process.

Use your resume space efficiently. Don’t clog your resume up with long sentences and paragraphs. Recruiters are taking seconds to read resumes, which makes using bullet points and concise short sentences important.

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