Resume Blooper

Landing a job is hard enough, landing a job with a resume that belongs on a blooper reel is even harder.

A telephone survey on 100 Candian senior executives published earlier this week showed more than twenty percent of executives said a single typo could cost the potential employee the job and twenty eight percent of those surveyed said two mistakes would kill any chance that person had for ever working at that company. But don't get too dejected, nineteen percent said they would still consider someone with four or more typos on their resume.

The survey was done by online job search company Accountemps. Kathryn Bolt who is President of their Canadian Operations says the resume is your first chance to impress your boss and making a mistake here suggests you might make a mistake on the job. Common resume mistakes include "I'm attacking my resume for you to review" and "I have a keen eye for derail." To see the top ten resume bloopers from various job recruiters continue reading. You can't get a job if you can't at least get in the door.

Top Ten Resume Bloopers

1. Application: How large was the department you worked in with your last company?
“Answer: 3 stories.” (Resumania)

2. A resume listed a skill as “being bi-lingual in three languages” (Ask Annie’s)

3. Background: “28 dog years of experience in sales (four human).” (Resumania)

4. In the section that read “Emergency Contact Number” she wrote “911.” (Ask Annie’s)

5. Candidate drew a picture of a car on the outside of the envelope and said it was the hiring manager’s gift. (Careerbuilder.com)

6. Languages: “Fluent in English. Also I have been heard muttering Gibberish in my sleep.” (Resumania)

7. “Directed $25 million anal shipping and receiving operations.” (ResumePower.com)

8. On one of our applications, a girl wrote ” I’m 16, I’m pregnant and I can do anything.” At the same time she turned in her application, her boyfriend handed in his. On his: “Felony for breaking and entering.” (Ask Annie’s)

9. “One candidate included clipart on their resume of two cartoons shaking hands.” (Ask Annie’s)

10. Application: “On the line that asked what “sex” he was, he wrote “occassionally”.” (Ask Annie’s)