81% with spelling mistakes? WTF?
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9 of 10 resumes in the trash!
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***OddSox said:
Doesn't surprise me.
People have become sloppy and lazy in their communications and it's catching up to them.
I see multiple errors here all the time. In Word and "reply to thread" all spelling errors are shown but then people post them without correction anyhow.
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Me too... well, I haven't needed a resume in awhile, but I used to when I needed to.asn said:
It's always good idea to have a fresh pair of eyes look at things. Generally I try to spell correctly, even in text messages, but then there's things like typos and getting certain words mixed up... (e.g. its vs it's, there vs their vs they're, coarse vs course, right vs write, waste vs waist etc.) I KNOW the difference, but during the course (coarse!) of day to day communication and typing things out, I admit that they do get mixed up from time to time.
vsailor makes a very good point about how we have gotten lazy with such things with e-mail and text messaging...
Having said this, for something as serious as a curriculum vitae (resume) one should take the time and have it checked. Prospective employers look for this sort of thing all the time in order to weed them out.
BTW asn... "idiotic" was spelled incorrectly in your post!
I agree completely with the title of this post... and I'm the one throwing them in the garbage.
If you are applying for an executive/management position... at least spell and grammar check your resume and cover letter. Have someone else read it thoroughly before you send it.
Over the last two weeks, I've probably received 500+ resumes. When you have that many... you screen and edit on first impression. I'm sure that I've thrown out some resumes for some very talented people... but there's just not the time to interview/screen every single applicant. Be careful... it's an employers world right now.
If you are applying for an executive/management position... at least spell and grammar check your resume and cover letter. Have someone else read it thoroughly before you send it.
Over the last two weeks, I've probably received 500+ resumes. When you have that many... you screen and edit on first impression. I'm sure that I've thrown out some resumes for some very talented people... but there's just not the time to interview/screen every single applicant. Be careful... it's an employers world right now.
And probably are right most of the time. I once hired a guy that had an impressive resume, but his shoes were scuffed, he wasn't wearing a belt and just looked dishevelled. I hired him, because it was a plant-management job. Well, it turned out that his work was also "scuffed", his time-management skills were terrible and his attention to detail was simply absent!calloway said:
None of this was reflected in his wonderful resume, which was supported by his former employers...
First impressions mean everything IMHO.
As well you should. Sentences should begin with capital letters. "Proofread" is one word not two.asn said:
Ha ha... I was going to tease him about that, but I figured the spelling of idiotic was enough since that was the primary reason for the thread... (& which I noticed he has since fixed...)johnhenrygalt said:
Besides... I am part of the; "those who live in glass houses" crowd...
Just teasing you asn!
Yes. Those posts on Terb are terrible. People just connect sentences together with ellipses "...". Each sentence should start with the first letter capitalized. Proper English does not use "???" and "!!!".vsailor said:
My hope is that since you used real English words, you probably know how to write properly. As such, your post is a likely sarcastic joke that went whooshing past by me. Otherwise, well written English is doomed.
Has anyone noticed that ESL students and English teachers are the only people that can actually write English properly anymore?
But she has great titties and that offsets spelling and grammar errors to a large extent in my book!thewalker said:
Before we come down too hard on some folks' posts, remember that English is not everyone's first language...
I need to go and dangle my participle now.
As posted somewhere else by some other person:
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew
Still there is a huge difference between failure to have a résumé carefully written and proofread (by several other people) and recreational posts (in several of the different senses of the word) on a internet board!vsailor said:
This doesn't make sense. Is the UK somewhat behind?
Who uses paper resumes these days?
Maybe during an interview, but by that time, it's not "throw resumes in the trash" time.
These days, resumes are e-mailed or even more likely, cut-and-paste text on the company's website.
I never liked the cut-and-paste text, but I guess it's more efficient for the company.
Who uses paper resumes these days?
Maybe during an interview, but by that time, it's not "throw resumes in the trash" time.
These days, resumes are e-mailed or even more likely, cut-and-paste text on the company's website.
I never liked the cut-and-paste text, but I guess it's more efficient for the company.
I will just say that I was upbraided for my spelling and grammar on a thread on this board last Friday. I reread the posting in question and found one small spelling error and no real grammar concerns. I figured I just ticked the guy off. The thing is, the board is a ESCORT REVIEW BOARD, not writing columns for the NY Times.
Now if I do a Resume, you can bet I will be VERY careful to scrutinize my spelling and grammar and all the info. Only makes sense...
Now if I do a Resume, you can bet I will be VERY careful to scrutinize my spelling and grammar and all the info. Only makes sense...
