Pilot Resume No-No's

[Quimby]

What about personal info? Why is that such a bad idea? Including your age, marital status, non-smoker, etc. Is that really such a bad idea if it's in your favor? I always thought that last line "References: Provided upon request" is a totally useless waste of a line. Of course references will be provided upon request!! So instead of that last line, why not "Personal: 32 years old, non smoker, excellent health". Should you really not included that?

leave the personal stuff off. when they interview you, they'll be able to guess some of it. don't give them stuff they don't need to know...stick to the quals.

 

[CA1900]

What about personal info? ... why not "Personal: 32 years old, non smoker, excellent health". Should you really not included that?

Suppose the guy hiring you has in his head that he wants someone older? Maybe he's a chain-smoker, and the last thing he wants is a non-smoker giving him grief for his habit.

In both cases, putting unnecessary personal information on your resume has disqualified you, and you'll never even know it -- you just won't get a call.


Leave it off.

 

[FlyingSkip]

Yeah baby---me and these medevac heli-ma-copters are coming to an uneasy truce! Trying to figure out who this is that knows me and Mark both---hmmmmm. It's a long and distinguished list---and so's my johnson, right?! Anyway, keep the dirty side down and don't make me come get you!!!

 

[B190Captain]

Quimby,

Where did you get the pic on your avatar? Please point me in the right direction so I can get it please. I remember an AME that had a full size poster of that 75.

 

[eyeh8flt]

Skip, I was a jarhead, but at least I was on the 53 side.

 

[Resume Writer]

Putting personal information on a resume is a big don't. It has to do with HR being afraid of an EEOC audit. If the EEOC finds resumes with that kind of information on them, and the HR person has never interviewed, let alone hired the person, there could be discrimination issues.

As others have said, most companies will throw them in the trash. There is no need to put that information on there. A company is hiring you based upon your qualifications, not whether you are married or single.

Further, the information posted in that article is very general, and as someone else said, common sense. The whole goal of a well-written resume is to stand out from other candidates. That usually comes from volunteering on projects or committees, saving money for the company, awards, etc.