The job hunter who listed his former bosses as references &#x97; all of whom had fired him &#x97; didn&#x92;t get an interview.</p><p>Neither did the applicant who listed his ability to do the moonwalk as his special skill.</p><p>The annual list of unusual resume mistakes published by CareerBuilder.com has some doozies that are far worse than spelling errors or email addresses such as &#x93;shakinmybootie.&#x94; About 2,600 employers nationwide contributed to the survey. </p><p>One finding should strike fear in the hearts of the 13.9 million American job hunters: Forty-five percent of the human resource managers surveyed said they spent less than a minute, on average, reviewing an application.</p><p>Employers said it was easy to quickly dismiss an applicant who revealed upfront that he was arrested for assaulting a former boss. But hirers admitted making quick decisions on almost every resume.</p><p>&#x93;Hiring managers will notice and spend more time with resumes that are easy to read and include relevant experience customized to the position,&#x94; said Rosemary Haefner, CareerBuilder vice president of human resources.</p><p>Standing out from the crowd doesn&#x92;t mean enclosing a lemon, as one job candidate did to buttress his claim that &#x93;I am not a lemon.&#x94; That was a &#x93;disqualifying distraction,&#x94; Haefner said.</p><p>A group called Career Directors International encourages annual updates, even for workers who aren&#x92;t in active job searches.</p><p>David Noble, author of &#x93;Gallery of Best Resumes,&#x94; says it&#x92;s smart to be ready in the event of a layoff, but it&#x92;s also wise to keep track of achievements and experience developed over the past year. It&#x92;s hard to remember everything without regular documentation.</p><p>Human resource experts say one of the biggest problems with resumes is that applicants use valuable space for an &#x93;objective&#x94; paragraph at the top. An objective states the job someone wants. </p><p>Instead, applicants should use the space for a &#x93;profile&#x94; paragraph. A profile is a brief professional recap of relevant experience that quickly sells the applicant to a potential hirer.</p><p>Other resume tips from CareerBuilder and Noble:</p><p>&#x95;Make sure the resume is easy to read. Use bullets, line breaks, headlines, white space and a readable type font.</p><p>&#x95;Highlight or list only relevant experience to the specific job. Unless required, it&#x92;s usually not necessary to chronicle every single job or position ever held.</p><p>&#x95;Avoid using abbreviations, acronyms or jargon that won&#x92;t translate across industries or companies.</p><p>&#x95;Don&#x92;t be shy about including a testimonial if you have the space and it&#x92;s relevant. It helps to have your horn tooted by a past boss or client.</p><p>&#x95;Frame your accomplishments as &#x93;problems solved&#x94; or &#x93;money saved,&#x94; and use active verbs to explain your achievements. </p><p>&#x95;Rewrite to fit each job. There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all resume.</p><p>&#x95;Proofread carefully. Then give your resume to someone else to read before you send it.</p><p>Finally, be sure that all of your contact information is correct, up-to-date and monitored daily. An unanswered email or phone message is likely to put even a well-qualified candidate out of contention.