From Ask Annie’s article about resume blunders:
- “an applicant ghosted a headshot as the background to her resumeâ€
- Other Interests: “Playing with my two dogs (They actually belong to my wife but I love the dogs more than my wife)â€.
- “One applicant used colored paper and drew glitter designs around the borderâ€
- Hobbies: “getting drunk everynight down by the water, playing my guitar and smoking potâ€
- Why Interested in Position: “to keep my parole officer from putting back me in jailâ€
- A woman had attached a picture of herself in a mini mouse costume
- Hobbies: “Drugs and girlsâ€.
- Under “job related skills†– for a web designer – “can function without additional oxygen at 24,000 feetâ€.
- My sister-in-law misspelled the word “proofreading†in her skill set.
- The objective on one recent resume I received stated that the applicant wished to pursue a challenging account executive position with our rival firm.
- Objective: “career on the Information Supper Highwayâ€
- Experience: “Stalking, shipping & receivingâ€
- “I am great with the pubic.â€
- A candidate listed her e-mail address as pornstardelight@*****.com
- The applicant listed her name as Alice in the resume but wrote Alyce on the onsite application.
- One candidate’s electronic resume included links to her homepage, where the pictures were of her in the nude.
- “…sent out my resume on the back side of a draft of a cover letter to another firm…â€
- “My duties included cleaning the restrooms and seating the customers.â€
- One applicant for a nursing position noted that she didn’t like dealing with blood or needles.
- Achievements: “Nominated for prom queenâ€
- I once received a resume with a head and shoulders picture in the top left of the first page. The picture was of a lion’s head, wearing a coat, shirt, and tie.
- a resume… was printed on the back of the person’s current employer’s letterhead.
- One resume that came across my desk stated how the individual had won a contest for building toothpick bridges in middle school.
- A resume… had several grease stains and a smudge of chocolate on it
- Hobbies: “Having a good timeâ€
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What not not to do and What to Say in a Job Interview
Don’t look at your watch every 10 minutes.
Don’t play with things like a pen or a knickknack sitting on the interviewer’s desk.
Don’t get too comfortable.
Don’t promise to fix the company’s two years of losses and cure all the problems in the world.
Don’t assume that you have the job until it’s offered to you.
What to Say and do in a Job Interview
1. The art of listening
One of the first skills of a conversation is the art of listening.
2. When to speak
Keep in mind when to speak and when not to. Â This is doubly important when you are facing more than one interviewer.
3. The information you provide
Quality over quantity Concentration and focus are quite important.
4. Provide Facts
5. Relevancy
focus on relevancy.
6. A team player
Make it clear to the  interviewers that you are a team player.
8. Future plans
9. Honest answers
Proof Read your resumeeee:
“Skills: Strong Work Ethic, Attention to Detail, Team Player, Self Motivated, Attention to Detailâ€
Woman who sent her résumé and cover letter without deleting someone else’s editing, including such comments as “I don’t think you want to say this about yourself hereâ€
What not not to do in an Interview
Don’t chew gum.
Don’t drink before the interview (alcohol).
Don’t look at your watch every 10 minutes.
Don’t be late.
Don’t play with things like a pen or a knickknack sitting on the interviewer’s desk.
Don’t get too comfortable.
Don’t promise to fix the company’s two years of losses and cure all the problems in the world.
Don’t assume that you have the job until it’s offered to you.
What to Say and do in a Job Interview
1. The art of listening
One of the first skills of a conversation is the art of listening.
2. When to speak
Keep in mind when to speak and when not to. Â This is doubly important when you are facing more than one interviewer.
3. The information you provide
Quality over quantity Concentration and focus are quite important.
4. Provide Facts
5. Relevancy
focus on relevancy.
6. A team player
Make it clear to the  interviewers that you are a team player.
8. Future plans
9. Honest answers
10 . Know your strengths
Proof Read your resumeeee:
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Now, finally a computer error message I can understand.
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Car insurance companies in the UK will be pleased if England crashes out of the 2010 World Cup in the early stages.
Based on information collated from the 2004 European championships it appears that England’s drivers crash their cars more often on England match days. In 2004 crashes leapt by some 14% generally during the whole tournament. Accident figures when England played against Portugal and lost on penalties rose by over 51%.
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It was the World Cup dinner and dance held in the evening, after the final. The festivities were in full swing when three newcomers arrived without tickets. ‘It’s all right,’ said one, ‘we’re friends of the referee.’
‘Whoever heard of a referee with three friends?’, said the bouncer, as he threw them out.
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An elderly couple Margaret and Bert, moved to Texas. Bert always wanted a pair of authentic cowboy boots, so, seeing some on sale, he bought them and wore them home. Walking proudly, he sauntered into the kitchen and said to his wife, ‘Notice anything different about me?’ Margaret looked him over. ‘Nope.’ Frustrated, Bert stormed off into the bathroom, undressed and walked back into the kitchen completely naked except for the boots. Again he asked Margaret, a little louder this time, ‘Notice anything different NOW?’ Margaret looked up and exclaimed, ‘Bert, what’s different? It’s hanging down today, it was hanging down yesterday, it’ll be hanging down again tomorrow!’ Furious, Bert yelled, ‘AND DO YOU KNOW WHY IT’S HANGING DOWN, MARGARET?’ ‘Nope’, she replied.. ‘IT’S HANGING DOWN, BECAUSE IT’S LOOKING AT MY NEW BOOTS!!!!’ Without changing her expression, Margaret replied,  ‘Shoulda bought a hat, Bert.
and that’s when the fight started…
A letter has been sent from a husband:
Dear Sweetheart:
I can’t send my salary this month, so I am sending 100 kisses. You are my sweetheart, your husband.
His wife replied back after some days to her husband:
Dearest sweetheart, Thanks for your 100 kisses, I am sending the expenses details.
1. The Milk man agreed on 2 kisses for one month’s milk.
2. The electricity man only agreed after 7 kisses.
3. Your house owner is coming every day and taking two or three kisses instead of the rent.
4. Supermarket owner did not accept kisses only, so I have given him some other items.
5. Other expenses 40 kisses
Please don’t worry for me, I have a remaining balance of 35 kisses and I hope that I can complete the month using this balance.
Shall I plan same way for next months, please advise.
Your Sweet Heart.
A Dutch fan. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
Romania fans. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
Spain fans. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
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Donovan has an awkward moment with very temperamental copier at ESPN’s Connecticut headquarters. As usual, the U.S. player is just going about his business, and as usual, the cards come flying.
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KICK: Budweiser TV ad for the FIFA World Cup 2010 ™
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