Real Resume and Cover Letter Excerpts
These are taken from real resumes and cover letters and were
printed in Fortune Magazine:
I demand a salary commiserate with my extensive experience.
I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computor and spreadsheet
progroms.
Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year.
Reason for leaving last job: maturity leave.
Wholly responsible for two (2) failed financial
institutions.
Its best for employers that I not work with people.
You will want me to be Head Honcho in no time.
Am a perfectionist and rarely if if ever forget details.
Failed bar exam with relatively high grades.
Marital status: single. Unmarried. Unengaged. Uninvolved. No
Commitments.
As indicted, I have over five years of analyzing
investments.
Personal interests: donating blood. Fourteen gallons so far.
Note: Please don't miscontrue my 14 jobs as job-hopping. I
have never quit a job.
Marital status: often. Children: various.
Finished eighth in my class of ten.
Lets meet, so you can ooh and aah over my experience.
Received from bestofhumor.com.
'via Blog this'
Avoid Salary details in resume and cover letter. Make sure that your resume should reflect personality statement about you and your career.
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I suppose I should clarify that these are *not* serious resume suggestions, but rather examples of things that are wrong/humorous for various reasons.
ReplyDeleteAs a one-time member of the frequent-resume-rewriter club, I felt the current members would appreciate some comic relief... :-)
Cheers,
Connie "Nothing is Obvious" O'Dell