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Latest Resume Blunder
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Posted 2 months ago I got a resume today that indicated, "I am a work-alcoholic that is committed to do a thorough job." |
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| Posted 2 months ago No. I think he meant he drinks AFTER work. |
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| Posted 2 months ago Does that mean if I'm a "weekend-alcoholic" I should or should not apply? Good one! Just curious - has anyone pointed out the blunder to the applicant? So here's the person with the best intentions (but obviously not the best grammar). I hope someone is honest enough to nip this in the bud and help him from relaying the same message to several other potential employers. Be kind, get this fellow on his way. |
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| Posted 2 months ago I like to keep a list of funny resume quotes...here is a statement I received on one resume. “I do not smoke (I have not for the last 22 years) so do not take smoke’s brakes…I do not drink so that I will not call-in sick because of hangover.” |
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| Posted 2 months ago Did I already mention the one that had in large, bold letters across the top: |
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| Posted 2 months ago We recently had an applicant that had graduated "cum latte"...guess that is better than "cum bud light" |
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| Posted 2 months ago How would email addresses of "Way2Hot4U" or "SupaPartyGal" affect your decsion? Let's hear from both men and women, ha, ha! Todd |
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| Posted 2 months ago that is so funny that you bring that up SirFrey. That was one of the first things I told a recent college grad - when putting your resume together make sure that you have a "work" email and one for your friends. If you agree with this - you can email me back at Im2sexy4myShirt@ - oh wait, that's my friend address. j/k - unless of course i worked for Right Said Fred.... I'm not sure it affects my decision if they are qualified, but I would probably mention to the candidate that the email address was in appropriate for a job response. If they are not qualified i would probably disregard and if they asked or followed up - i may say something. I suppose it depends upon the position, the presumed age of the applicant (of course I would never ask)..... you get the point. I can appreciate graduating with coffee honors. Did Nicole get the job and was it on pink perfumed paper? work-alcoholic, man that on e is tough to explain away. you know how your typing fingers move faster than your brain sometimes?..... fantastic stories guys - really. How about listing under "Interests" - Hooker. yeah, that happened. I came to find out that the woman hooked rugs, like latch-hook...right, it was a tough one to get past. We had a good laugh. she left it on her resume on purpose to see if people were reading her resume. |
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| Posted 2 months ago KiWi......."hooker" that's a gas! I was thinking fisherwoman. How funny! Back in the '90's when it was really bad in the banking industry and a lot of banks had closed and tons of people were looking for work, I ran across a lady who developed training curriculae. Her resume was excellent, but her most recent job (about 9 mos) was very vague compared to the rest of her material. Curious as to why she was looking after such a short stint and with such a depressed market. I kept pushing curious as to why she didn't want to disclose more. Finally, she cracked and explained she was developing training materials for online "900" numbers, you know, those "call and talk to a gorgeous woman/man" lines. I had a good laugh to set her at ease and I explained how releived I was it was something as simple as that. She really didn't like the work but it was the only thing she could find at the time and she was a sole bread winner. Now that we had cracked the ice on that subject I went on to ask her how she went about designing the calling tree and she showed excellent instructional design techniques. So when I asked her how she could use her "sex call" experience to increase our customer service levels without anything inappropriate, she pointed out that it all came back to the same thing.......Listen to your customer, find their needs, remove their objections and close them on your product/service. While she thought if she disclosed what she was doing it would cost her a job opportunity, it worked just the opposite. I hired her! Todd |
