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Employers can tell a lot about a job applicant by their resume, and spelling mistakes are a sure-fire way to make a bad first impression.
Sixty-four percent of resumes contain at least one spelling mistake, according to a survey by job search site Adzuna, and 10% of resumes include five or more errors. Out of the 90,000 resumes Adzuna analyzed, just one-third were error free. Other common mistakes included unexplained employment gaps, an invalid email address or inappropriate file names.
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