“Unmasking the Top 5 CV Blunders of 2025: Are You Making These Costly Mistakes?”
While every situation is different, Dilara — who has worked in both marketing and HR throughout her 20-year career — promises her hacks will more or less strengthen those looking for a standardized résumé.
Dilara Casey shared 10 tips for making sure one’s résumé is as effective and concise as possible
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Her first tip was to remove any mentions of salary or salary requirements. These numbers will most likely be decided during the interview process, upon more of an in-depth discussion.
In the same breath, it’s important not to include any “references available upon request” at the bottom of the page or list out those references at all. First, that’s “precious” space that should be used sparingly. Second, hiring managers will know that a candidate’s references are available upon request, as it’s “kinda standard.”
“I think it’s a bad practice because the people that are listed as a reference… they probably know you’re listed as a reference, but they could call them willy nilly and you wouldn’t even know. They wouldn’t have a heads up, and it’d be really weird and awkward,” Dilara explained.
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And though it may be a controversial take, the content creator shared that putting any color on a résumé is a no-go.
These documents should all be standardized, she claimed. Applicant tracking systems (ATS) may not recognize it, and most people will view résumés in black and white.
“If there’s something on your résumé you want to call attention to,” Dilara began, “use bold, use italic, use underline, get crazy and throw an arrow in there.”
