7 worst resume blunders
July 2, 2008 by Maureen CatalanoPosted 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:
- “Hobbies: enjoy cooking Chinese and Italians.” (We hear Italians have a lot of protein.)
- “Achievements: Nominated for prom queen.” (Shucks, we’re only hiring reigning prom queens.)
- “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.)
- “Qualifications: Twin sister has accounting degree.” (Do you communicate with her telepathically?)
- “Skills: I can type without looking at thekeyboard.” (Socanwe.)
- “Experienced in all faucets of accounting.” (Great, could you check the leaky sink in the third floor bathroom?)
- “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.
Tags: Accounting, Errors, Resume blunders, Resume typos, Top Ten

July 3rd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Nice website!!
July 7th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Resume blunder
Contact me at XXXprincess@hotmail.com
July 7th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
A period of time inserted on the resume stated “period of mourning between jobs”.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Going through resumes online last week. Contact email address for one of them:
menareatms@aol.com
Need I say more?
July 7th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
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…
July 18th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I had an applicantion that stated the reason for leaving last position was “Fired for no raisin”.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
An accounts payable applicant stated on his resume that he was “very detal-oriented.”