1 00:00:03,470 --> 00:00:04,020 OK. 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:05,870 Quickly for resume myths. 3 00:00:05,910 --> 00:00:11,070 The first resume myth is that your resume is a place for you to tell your life story that is not the 4 00:00:11,070 --> 00:00:11,900 case. 5 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:15,900 The resume is like a key that is there to open doors for you. 6 00:00:15,930 --> 00:00:19,530 The second resume myth is that the resume has to be one page long. 7 00:00:19,530 --> 00:00:20,860 This is pretty ridiculous. 8 00:00:20,970 --> 00:00:22,950 And there's a lot of argumentation about this. 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:29,160 But in reality if you have a lot of volunteers perience work experience then your resume will easily 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:34,950 go over one page in length and most people are reading your resume on a computer anyway so page length 11 00:00:34,950 --> 00:00:36,330 has no employees at all. 12 00:00:36,510 --> 00:00:41,040 I would just tell you that if your resume gets to be three or four pages long then some people will 13 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,250 think that you're arrogant and that is bad. 14 00:00:43,350 --> 00:00:47,360 The third resume myth is that you have to show constant employment. 15 00:00:47,460 --> 00:00:49,320 That is also not the case. 16 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:55,000 Anybody who's hiring for a position is going to know that job searches can take a long time. 17 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:59,960 The average job search takes about nine months and some job searches last well over a year. 18 00:01:00,180 --> 00:01:04,370 And that major life events can take you out of the labor market for a while. 19 00:01:04,470 --> 00:01:05,260 That's OK. 20 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:10,140 What's most important is that you need to be able to speak about these gaps in employment when you go 21 00:01:10,140 --> 00:01:15,830 into the interview the fourth resume myth is that non-paid work experience doesn't count. 22 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:16,790 That does count. 23 00:01:16,990 --> 00:01:23,610 Volunteerism any kind of civil service internships they can all contribute value valuable experiences 24 00:01:23,610 --> 00:01:24,730 that you can talk about.