Seemingly insignificant errors like leaving off one's home address or abbreviating one's school name to only initials can cause recruiters and human resource employees to simply bypass a resume, according to a recent Forbes article.

Such common formatting mistakes can give the person reviewing the resume a reason to stop reading before even seeing the candidate's qualifications.

Catelyn Sanders, who worked in the HR department of an advertising agency in Boston, said that she often looked for any detail that could help her sift through the hundreds of resumes she reviewed on a daily basis. "If a resume was at all hard to read it got deleted - sadly that could be half the pool," Sanders said. "It got to the point where it just wasn't worth my time."

But while it is essential to not leave off important details like the number of years spent in college, it's still important to avoid cluttering the resume and to keep the document to one page, says Charley Polachi, whose firm recruits top-level executives in the technology field.

Polachi adds that using photos and headshots on resumes can also be very off-putting for those reviewing them. "It says 'If I can't stand out with the text of my employment history, then maybe my great smile will do it.'"

Ensuring that one's resume passes the initial eye test is crucial, as the unemployment rate continues to hover around 9.5%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.