One thing you need to check before you hand your résumé to a company is to look it over for problems and to update it. This usually involves adding your latest employment details and inserting any new skills, experiences, training, and responsibilities. You must also update your list of references as well, but this is something that every job seeker does.

A lot of people looking for jobs forget to do the one thing that should be done by everyone who uses a word processing program on their computer: they don't use spell check. Spell check and grammar check are in computer programs for a reason – and that reason is not to let you look like a fool in front of your potential employer. So remember to check your spelling and grammar before you turn in your résumé.

More information can be found at theEmployment Search Guide