Thread by @MalwareJake

I'm going to share some resume faux pas I've seen just in the last week (each from a different resume). Attention to detail is more important than anything else in infosec. I always assume the resume is your best work and it only goes down from there. 1/n
#badResume

1. Guy misspelled the name of the university he supposedly attended, but didn't graduate (surprise)
2. Lady misspelled "Georgia." This is pretty darn important since it's where she supposedly lives...
3. Guy listed out 5 bullets but only had content for 4
2/n #badResume

4. My personal favorite was the one with a cover letter explaining how proud he would be to get this job. With a competitor. He seriously recycled a cover letter from a competitor and sent it to us. This is not how you infosec.
#badResume 3/n

No joke, I wanted to do the competitor a public service and let them know he sucks at controlling data. I just let it go instead.
5. Giant run on sentences with no punctuation that look like word jumbles.
6. Misspelled my company name
#badResume 4/n

7. Buzzword bingo in the "work experience" section. Except it never talked about experience. After reading it, I felt like I was leaving the RSA vendor hall.
I could go on, but I'll pass.
#badResume 5/n

Your resume is the first (and sometimes the only) thing an employer will use to learn about you. A good resume won't get you a job, but a bad one sure will keep you out of one. Start with spell check. Then get a trust friend to review your resume for grammar. 6/n

If you're lucky enough to have friends in the field, get one of them to look at your resume. Or benefit from @mzbat and @hacks4pancakes resume workshops if you're in a conference where that's offered. 7/n

But whatever you do, make sure you lead with a resume that communicates your value. Pay attention to detail. Don't inflate your experience. It comes out in the interview anyway and most often is disqualifying. 8/8