Top 10 resume blunders ...

[tedski]

Job site CareerBuilders.com recently asked pollster Harris Interactive to survey hiring managers and find out the wackiest resume items they've seen lately. Out of 2,627 responses, here are the top ten:

A job candidate...

1. ... attached a letter from her mother.

2. ... used pale blue paper with teddy bears printed around the border. ( David? )

3. ... explained a three-month gap in employment by saying that he was getting over the death of his cat. ( goin'fer smoke? )

4. ... specified that his availability to work Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays is limited because the weekends are "drinking time." ( AZsteelman? )

5. ... included a picture of herself in a cheerleading uniform.

6. ... drew a picture of a car on the outside of the envelope and said the car would be a gift to the hiring manager. ( Wasch_24? )

7. ... listed hobbies that included sitting on a levee at night watching alligators. ( pharmgator ? )

8. ... mentioned the fact that her sister had once won a strawberry-eating contest.

9. ... stated that he works well in the nude. ( Tobby4? )

10. ... explained an arrest record by stating, "I stole a pig, but it was a really small pig." ( cvm4? )

 

[tobby4]

nice.. taking the cheap jabs..>

 

[Professor Twain]

Another bad blunder is inappropriate (for work) email addresses, I see some amazingly bad choices from college students.

 

[Halon]

Another bad blunder is inappropriate (for work) email addresses, I see some amazingly bad choices from college students.

I wouldn't doubt that for a second!


TYLER

 

[TexaSmoke]

That pretty good.

 

[Rich K]

Hahaha. I'd have to consider hiring anyone who sits around watching alligators at night. It seems better to not piss that kind of person off. But the teddy bear person? The cat person? No danger to me; not hired! :rolling:

 

[architeuthis]

If I see the words "team player" on a resume, it tells me that person can't take the responsibility to make a decision.

 

[jms2788]

Another bad blunder is inappropriate (for work) email addresses, I see some amazingly bad choices from college students.

Definitly, that's why mine is just my name and my house number. However, I know people with some crazy names.

 

[cvm4]

5. ... included a picture of herself in a cheerleading uniform. Headbanger :dunno:

Oh and nice cheap shot Ted! :closedmou

 

[Greg]

It was just a little pig..... :rofl:

 

[smokinafuente]

Years ago, I was looking over some job applications at a trucking company for dock workers. The boss told me to pick a few that looked interesting (in other words he didn't care) and we would interview them. Anyway, one of the questions was "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" One guy stared out with.. " 2 counts of aggravated assault in '87 and 3 counts of.." he then crossed it out and wrote "None" beside it. We kind of figured he was just turning in apps for unemployment. So we call him in for the interview just for giggles.

:rolling:

 

[aleam_38]

those are good, thanks