Hi
,
I have finally recruited a marketing manager for my business which is a great relief.
Last week, one candidate sent her CV through, and I kid you not, for her reference she had “please contact my mum,
dad or best friend Stella, who has known me since high school.”
Yi, Yi yi!
“Some of the things people include on their CVs or cover letters are downright hilarious.
Here are my top 10 favourite CV faux pas that are sure to make you laugh — and maybe cringe a little!”
- HOBBIES – “Space Travel.”
- MARITAL STATUS: - “Celibate.”
- OBJECTIVE: “One of the main things for me is, as the movie ‘Jerry McGuire’ puts it, ‘Show me the money!'”
- EMAIL ADDRESS – i-one-hotmale@hotmail.com and another one homeboy@hotmail.com
- Reason for leaving: “I thought the
world was coming to an end.”
- Let’s meet, so you can ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ over my experience.”
- Qualifications: “I have guts, drive, ambition and heart, which is probably more than a lot of the drones that you have working for you.” (Good one, insult all of this employer’s staff; that’s going to get you the interview.
I don’t think so.)
- A woman who sent her CV and cover letter without deleting someone else’s editing, including such comments as “I don’t think you want to say this about yourself here.” (I would have loved to have seen what she had written.)
- Another reason for
leaving - "After receiving advice from several different angels, I have decided to pursue a new line of work." Hmmm.
- “Nine-page cover letter accompanied by a four-page CV.”
Here in the UK, there is a radio presenter by the name of Nick Ferarri, who once worked with the media mogul Rupert Murdoch,
and they were reviewing CVs for a graduate’s post.
One of the applicants had a 13-page CV. Rupert Murdoch said I have
been in the media industry for the past 50 years, and I have a one-page CV.
This chap been in the industry for less than a year, and he has a 13-page CV!
They say that mocking is catching.
And I know it is not good to be laughing at someone else’s expense, so to redeem myself a little, I’d like to make it up by giving you a free copy of one of my books:
“How To Find Your Ideal Job In The Shortest Time Possible.”
It includes a 30-day step-by-step action plan to help you land your ideal job (of course, just while you are getting things sorted out to start your own business.)
Click the link below to download your free copy — and feel free to share it with anyone who might benefit:
HowTo Find Your Ideal Job
Warm regards
Joel Brandis Davis
FREC
