The average recruiter sees 5,000 resumes a year. Here are some of the top reasons why a resume gets thrown out:
Formality Takes a Vacation
Don’t succumb to the informality of email. “If you send a cover letter by email that starts with ‘Hi,’ it and your resume will probably end up in the trash.
Things Get Too Personal
“If you mention your age, we have to trash your resume,” says one HR professional with a venture capital firm. Since it’s illegal for a company to solicit a candidate’s age, race, or marital status during the hiring process, firms have adopted a “don’t tell” policy to avoid potential bias suits.
Google Results
Unless you’ve adjusted your privacy settings, what you say and do on social networks is out there for all to see, including potential employers. Basically, you have two options when it comes to keeping your online identity spic and span: Remove all incriminating photos and censor your status updates and Tweets, or completely privatize your profiles.
Read more at: http://www.wetfeet.com/advice-tools/resume-cover-letter/why-your-resume-got-tossed
I cannot agree more with using the expression "Hi", I used to work in the Human Resources department and I would not even look at those type of cover letters. They are very unprofessional. Another part of the hiring process a lot of people worry about is the pre-employment screening, this is because a lot of people assume their credit score is apart of this.
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