What are some red flags when looking at an applicant's resume?

If they have jumps in jobs and no sign of multitasking

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Lapse in work history. Multiple jobs over a relative small time span.

Jumping jobs often, demoting themselves when applying to the new job.

When you see gaps between jobs and no jobs, short amount of time working in a a number of job.

Misspelled words, no punctuation and lack of uniformity

Seemingly Overqualified for position

Grammer. Misspelled words. Attention to detail. If they have held multiple jobs within a short amount of time, a cover letter would help to understand the short tenure.

Misspelled words and poor grammar. Having more than two consecutive jobs for less than a year, unless they show significant advancement. Even then I would question why.

short lengths of time at jobs

Unexplained gaps in employment, inconsistency between a resume and social media accounts such as LinkedIn, spelling/punctuation errors, lots of job jumps.

Typo. Ill-formatted resume. Attaching word file, not PDF file.

Bouncing around from industry to industry. Too much history about companies the applicant founded. Poor formatting and irrelevant words or phrases for the job one seeks. No quantifiable results. Usage of an Objective, not a Summary. Phrases that look copied directly from online resume samples.

Gap in work history

Frequent job changes. Poor grammar and spelling.

Non contract jumping from job to job

short times at employers and long gaps between jobs

Gaps in employment, over exaggerated experience that doesn’t align with prior positions. Poor grammar and misspelled words.