Do you write strangest and hysterical things on your resume?
Do you want your recruiting managers to laugh at Your resume?
Have you ever realized that you are exactly creating a wrong impression on exactly the wrong people?
Here we share with you all the 34 dumbest real resume mistakes ever:
1) Please note from my CV I have 6 years buying and negotiating and Sock-Control experience.
2) Analytical & Problem Solving skills – As a child, I always enjoyed building jigsaw puzzles and was always determined to find the missing piece.
3) A marketing professional with a “never settle for the best” attitude.
4) I literally ‘climbed the ladder’ in this organization.
5) Interests: I love animals and used to own a dog.
6) I procrastinate – especially when the task is unpleasant.
7) Marital status: single. Unmarried. Unengaged. Uninvolved. No commitments.
8) Qualifications: No education or experience.
9) I am loyal to my employer at all costs…Please feel free to respond to my resume on my office voicemail.
10) Don’t take the comments of my former employer too seriously, they were unappreciative beggars and slave drivers.
11) Special skills: I’ve got a Ph.D. in human feelings.
12) Hobbies: Enjoy cooking Chinese and Italians
13) I am interested to learn more. I am working today in a furniture factory as a drawer.
14) Languages: Speak English and Spinach.
15) Why are you interested in this position? To keep my parole officer from putting me back in jail
16) Objective: I need money because I have bills to pay and I would like to have a life, go out partying, please my young wife with gifts, and have a menu entrée consisting of more than soup.
17) Married, eight children. Prefer frequent travel.
18) I eat computers for lunch.
19) Accomplishments: Completed 11 years of high school.
20) I belive that weakness is the first level of strength, given the right attitude and driving force. My school advised me to fix my punctuality.
21) I am genius and you can interview me at my apartment.
22) I can speak “Antartican” as I am applying for a job to work in Antarctica.
23) Revolved customer problems and inquiries.
24) Consistently tanked as top sales producer for new accounts.
25) Dramatically increased exiting account base, achieving new company record.
26) Experienced supervisor, defective with both rookies and seasoned professionals.
27) Seeking a party-time position with potential for advancement.
28) The objective on one resume stated that the applicant wished to pursue a challenging account executive position… with a rival firm.
29) A resume listed a skill as “being bi-lingual in three languages”.
30) Woman who sent her résumé and cover letter without deleting someone else’s editing, including such comments as “I don’t think you want to say this about yourself here”,
31) A resume – was printed on the back of the person’s current employer’s letterhead.
32) One applicant tried to make an impression by using four different fonts, three ink colors and a variety of highlighting options on her résumé.
33) Candidate applying for an accounting job said he was “deetail-oriented” and spelled the company’s name incorrectly.
34) Candidate’s cover letter contained “LOL.”
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