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7 worst resume blunders

July 2, 2008 by Maureen Catalano
Posted in: "Would you want this person in Finance?", In this week's e-newsletter, Latest news & views

Have you ever read a resume so riddled with typos, errors and inappropriate content that you wonder how the candidate made it through the fifth grade?

Below are our seven favorite resume bloopers found on JobMob:

  1. “Hobbies: enjoy cooking Chinese and Italians.” (We hear Italians have a lot of protein.)
  2. “Achievements: Nominated for prom queen.” (Shucks, we’re only hiring reigning prom queens.)
  3. “Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store.” (We’d love for you to jump in and start messing things up for us right away.)
  4. “Qualifications: Twin sister has accounting degree.” (Do you communicate with her telepathically?)
  5. “Skills: I can type without looking at thekeyboard.” (Socanwe.)
  6. “Experienced in all faucets of accounting.” (Great, could you check the leaky sink in the third floor bathroom?)
  7. “Education: I have a bachelorette’s degree in accounting.” (Does your degree expire upon marriage?)

What’s the most outrageous mistake you’ve ever read on a Finance applicant’s resume? Dish it out in the comments section below.

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7 Responses to “7 worst resume blunders”

  1. baby Says:

    Nice website!!

  2. Jean Says:

    Resume blunder
    Contact me at XXXprincess@hotmail.com

  3. Richard kochman Says:

    A period of time inserted on the resume stated “period of mourning between jobs”.

  4. Levi Says:

    Going through resumes online last week. Contact email address for one of them:

    menareatms@aol.com

    Need I say more?

  5. Jacob from JobMob Says:

    Glad you liked the funny resume mistakes, Maureen.

    I Stumbled this in thanks:
    http://jobmob.stumbleupon.com/review/23181058/

    Jean, Levi, it really is astounding how often people use ridiculous email addresses on their resumes.

    Richard, that’ll be on the next list…

  6. Paula Says:

    I had an applicantion that stated the reason for leaving last position was “Fired for no raisin”.

  7. Jenny Says:

    An accounts payable applicant stated on his resume that he was “very detal-oriented.”

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