9 ways to ruin your resume in the eyes of hiring managers

9 ways to ruin your resume in the eyes of hiring managers9 ways to ruin your resume in the eyes of hiring managersThere are a zillion ways to go wrong over emailand in conversation at work,so it would only make sense for there to be a bunch of ways to mess up your resume as well. Buckle up.Simply Hired surveyed more than 850 current and former hiring managers in the U.S., showing that the most popular way to ruin your resume is by having a few or more grammatical errors in the mix, at 84%.While were here, this is what else you should avoidA few or more spelling errors (82%)Fabrication or invention (82%)Missing employment history (68%)Inappropriate font (67%)One or two spelling errors (60%)One or two grammatical errors (57%)A resume three pages or longer (55%)Colored font (53%)Ladders is now on SmartNewsDownload the SmartNews app and add the Ladders channel to read the latest career news and advice wherever you go.Do this on your resume insteadBut the research also included four thing s that current and former hiring managers actually like to see while looking over resumes.A graduate degree (81%)A bachelors degree (80%)Having an area on the document for your skills (71%)Degree from an Ivy League school (66%)Since it only takes a recruiter six seconds to reject your resume, keeping yours in top shape might just give you more of a fighting chance at scoring the job.