These 5 things are making your resume look dated

Don’t just dust off your resume—check it for these missteps that can make you look like a dinosaur.
Your resume is your first chance to grab a recruiter or hiring manager’s attention. But you don’t want to be remembered for the wrong reasons.

That happens more often than you might think. In the last month, Donna Svei of Los Angeles-based AvidCareerist says she has seen lots of things that make resumes look outdated: A rotary telephone icon next to an applicant’s phone number, an envelope or stamp icon next to the physical mailing address, and when it comes down to it, the physical mailing address itself. “It’s unlikely that a prospective employer is going to mail you anything,” she says. “It’s irrelevant.”

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