What Not To Put On Your Resume
Here are ten things people should not have put on their resume:
A job candidate...So... why would someone steal a pig?
- attached a letter from her mother.
- used pale blue paper with teddy bears printed around the border.
- explained a three-month gap in employment by saying that he was getting over the death of his cat.
- specified that his availability to work Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays is limited because the weekends are "drinking time."
- included a picture of herself in a cheerleading uniform.
- drew a picture of a car on the outside of the envelope and said the car would be a gift to the hiring manager.
- listed hobbies that included sitting on a levee at night watching alligators.
- mentioned the fact that her sister had once won a strawberry-eating contest.
- stated that he works well in the nude.
- explained an arrest record by stating, "We stole a pig, but it was a really small pig."
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