[QUOTE=Poysyn]
I worked with a filing clerk that had the alphabet written out on on a slip of paper. I asked her about it.
“My cheat sheet.” she explained.
That was very sad to me.
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Maybe she had a learning disability. I actually suggest this in my trainings as a free accommodation which would allow someone with learning issues to do a job that would otherwise be impossible for them.
Why, yes, I am a buzzkill.
[QUOTE=Ms. Pumpkin]
Not a resume, but on an application. In the “previous emplyment” section, under “reason for leaving”, one applicant wrote, “got fired for stealing money out of register.”
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We got one a year or two ago that said:
Reason for leaving previous job: Boss was an asshole.
[QUOTE=lorene]
Maybe she had a learning disability. I actually suggest this in my trainings as a free accommodation which would allow someone with learning issues to do a job that would otherwise be impossible for them.
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Quiddity? Quiddity Glomfuster?
Sorry, mistook you for someone, for a moment.
On the theme of ‘Too much info’ in a resume:
I was working at a movie theatre when the Asst. Mgr. says "Hey, on this application under reason for leaving she’s put “I was made pregnant by the restaurant manager, and his wife found out.”
I said “Oh, hey I know her.”
I did, I was working at that very Fish ‘n’ Chips shop at the time. She was 17. I wasn’t the Manager, BTW. I was working on the day his wife came down, confronted him, and he admitted it. I wasn’t there for the girl’s father promising to see the Manager ‘rot in jail.’ But I heard about it.
We got a resume from this guy: http://www.dead.net/member/ericabrahamson
It just gets better from there.
[QUOTE=fetus]
There’s nothing standard about “old fashion”, I hope.
As fiercefully descriptivist as I am, that one would kill me.
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I see it all the time, and it makes me homicidal.
I too, picture pants with the waist around the armpits and natty suspenders.
Too bad, I’m not impressed.
I once saw an amusing typo where somebody had previous experience as a “shit manager” at a local McDonald’s.
[QUOTE=Queen of the Felines]
I once saw an amusing typo where somebody had previous experience as a “shit manager” at a local McDonald’s.
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That is funny. How could they misspell Taco Bell?
[QUOTE=fetus]
There’s nothing standard about “old fashion”, I hope.
As fiercefully descriptivist as I am, that one would kill me.
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There’s an ice cream shop in Williamsport PA that sells “Old Fashion Ice Cream.” It always annoys me when I see it.
[QUOTE=Queen of the Felines]
I once saw an amusing typo where somebody had previous experience as a “shit manager” at a local McDonald’s.
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My brother once wanted to steal the “C” out of an Arby’s letter board that said “Now Hiring Closers”.
[QUOTE=Ghanima]
With my most recent batch, though, my main source of amusement was how many resumes of “detail oriented” people arrived with no cover letter. When it stated in the ad that a cover letter was required. That’s some attention to detail you got there, kid.
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Out of the same box: we were advertising for editors. The ad specified ‘detail oriented’ as one of the main requirements.
I estimate that at least 2/3 of the resumes we received contained typos. Including typos that would have been caught by a basic run through with a spellchecker.
[QUOTE=Ludovic]
My brother once wanted to steal the “C” out of an Arby’s letter board that said “Now Hiring Closers”.
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I’m not sure I’m strong enough to resist that temptation. That’s too perfect.
The strangest resume I’ve seen was from “John Smith”. His resume looked sort of like this:
2006-2007: John Smith Landscaping Company
Position: Proprietor
2005-2006: Smith’s Bait and Tackle
Position: Proprietor
2004-2005: John Smith Graphic Design Co.
Position: Proprietor
2003-2004: John’s Housepainting
Position: Proprietor
What HR really didn’t like, wasn’t so much that his ventures failed, but that they were totally unrelated and not a single one lasted more than a year.
[QUOTE=Swallowed My Cellphone]
The strangest resume I’ve seen was from “John Smith”. His resume looked sort of like this:
2006-2007: John Smith Landscaping Company
Position: Proprietor
2005-2006: Smith’s Bait and Tackle
Position: Proprietor
2004-2005: John Smith Graphic Design Co.
Position: Proprietor
2003-2004: John’s Housepainting
Position: Proprietor
What HR really didn’t like, wasn’t so much that his ventures failed, but that they were totally unrelated and not a single one lasted more than a year.
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I think the possibilities are:
A. Incompetence
B. Scammer
C. All of the above
[QUOTE=sturmhauke]
I think the possibilities are:
A. Incompetence
B. Scammer
C. All of the above
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Not to mention “D. Front businesses” which means either:
E. Bad drugs
F. Couldn’t cover his tracks
G. Pissed someone off
H. Even more incompetence
or the dreaded
I. All of that above!
What that looks like to me is someone who can’t work for someone else, which is also a red flag.
[QUOTE=Muffin]
An applicant’s cover letter stated that if we did not hire her, then she would report us to the Law Society.
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You’ve aroused my curiousity now,on what basis was she going to report you to the L.S.?
sorry post was submitted twice.
I had a friend who applied for a job at the same place i was working at, and this place would accept 99% of the people that applied and had the qualification’s.
After a week or so my friend was kinda confused as to why they hadn’t rang him back after he emailed them his resume. He went back into his email and went over the resume he sent them to make sure he hadn’t screwed something up or sent it to the wrong place and noticed he forgot to put his name and contact details.
