Stacy Westbrook has been collecting résumés lately and has some great advice for designers who don’t want to get the job:

• Name your résumé “resume.doc”
• Submit your résumé as a Word doc instead of a PDF
• Don’t have a portfolio
• Don’t have an online portfolio
• Have a Flash-only portfolio (sorry, it’s not 2002 anymore)
• Over-hype your minimal experience
• Fail to write a thoughtful cover letter
• Ask for far more money than your experience warrants
• You aren’t on LinkedIn
• Don’t research the company before applying
• Use the words “passionate” and/or “love” more than once in a cover letter
• Your portfolio has no explanation of your role in the project or how you arrived at the solution and how it meets business/audience goals.

Of course, Westbrook also has some handy advice to those who do want get a design job, too.