They recommend eliminating this common CV skill to get a job

Looking for a new job because of a change of scenery or because you do not really have one can be quite difficult, especially when it comes to composing the famous curriculum vitae or CV ]

Yes: there are few programs that impress human resources agents, the main ones responsible for bringing new capital to a company or an organization .

However, in the program, hundreds of people they find looking for a job that they make a "mistake" at the time of elaborating: it 's safe. is to put a capacity that represents more and more a snapshot for recruiters.

From the Publication Money The "Microsoft Office Manipulation" appears to be a necessary skill in an era when computer manipulation was something elementary

But no more. As stated in an article published in the magazine is essential to eliminate this ability of the CV immediately if you want to get a job.

The ability is so present in all the CVs of the world that has ceased to be special, and essentially, the ability to manage programs such as Word and Excel is a reflection of any person who went through an office.

So experts consider it as something so simple how to read or write.

To say of Carlota Zimmerman consultant interviewed in the magazine article Money "if a client told me that he was going to write" Microsoft management Office in his resume would ask him why he does not also include that he knows how to use a fork and a knife. "

Not only that, according to Andrew Selepak expert in communication and professor at the University of Florida, Someone looking for a job:

" You should not include your ability to write on a computer when you have clearly written your own resume. It's like giving a handshake in the interview and including it in the skills. "

According to experts, other mistakes that should be avoided in most cases are to include the exact address, choose formats that are not PDF or copy and paste of examples from Google or from other search engines.

But there is a point where recruiters are increasingly focusing: using an inconsistent style throughout the resume or, that it is written in more than two Pages may be synonymous with failure to get the job done.

Recommendation: Be brief, concise and of course, clear.And, if a person has exceptional management of Microsoft Office programs, well sure, the capacity can be included.