Top 10 stupid things on a resume

Here are the top 10 stupid and/or irrelevant things to put on a resume. If you want to get thrown out of the interview process, give these a try:

10. Your religion: Way to get profiled. This has NO place on a resume. Not ever.
9. Your political stance: You may piss off whoever's reading your resume as they may simply not agree with your views.
8. Your age: Yes, you can be too young or too old. Keep 'em guessing. Most people are biased towards hiring people between the ages of 21 and 41. If you have 0 experience, people with think you're really young or just in a new field. If you have 26 years of experience, people will generally assume you're a little older.
7. Your gender: Equality is one thing, but singling yourself out to be in the boys club or girls club is a no-no.
6. Your ethnic background: Ditto as per gender. It is none of their business. Even when they say they are an equal opportunity employer, you should NEVER reveal where you're from. If they want to guess, they'll look to see if you have a particularly ethnic last name or if you speak several foreign languages.
5. A photo of yourself (but you're not in the film and/or modeling industry): People think it's cute to show what they look like. You may get shown the door. Photos are way too subjective. Would you want these people trolling through your Facebook account? Probably not. And besides, they may not like the way you look. You should be based solely on your qualifications, not if you're hot/not. People are biased against sexy, shrimpy, overweight, ugly, stalker like people. Worst thing is, everyone has a different tolerance level. Heck, they may just hate what you're wearing in the photo.
4. Your height, weight, or other physical features: Just as bad as enclosing a photo of yourself.
3. Your GPA (if it's below 3.4): I will never understand why someone would voluntarily post to the world that their GPA is 1.95. That's just unnecessary. If you're GPA is nothing to toot a horn to, don't put it on there.
2. Your objective: Surprise! No one cares what your objective is. They care what you can do for them.
1. A reference section that says "Will furnish references upon demand": Complete space waster. Either put your references down in full or kill this section immediately.