April Fools' Day - CV Gaffes
In the spirit of April Fools' Day, Vector would like to share this rather amusing article take from the Recruitment Consultant Magazine which also carries a serious message - check the content of your CV. For further advice on how to produce a successful CV please visit our dedicated page getting-the-best-from-your-it-contractor-cv .
Recruitment Consultant Magazine - CV gaffes make for funny reading but no job offers
Today is April Fools’ Day and in the spirit of the ridiculous the more outrageous Freudian slips and outright clangers on CVs have been revealed.
The CV clangers, studied by Corinne Mills, career management spokesperson for Monster, did not unsurprisingly result in any jobs for the applicants.
The mistakes included:
“As security guard my job is to pervert unauthorised people from coming onto the site.”
“My job involved processing clams.”
“I am a pubic relations officer.”
“My interests include cooking dogs and interesting people.”
“I was responsible for dissatisfied customers.”
“I relieved the conference manager”
“I am a prooficient typist.”
“I was responsible for fraudulent claims.”
This may have actually been an effort to tempt an employer: “While working in this role, I had intercourse with a variety of people.”
And lastly, probably the worst CV mistake of all is admitting a falling out with not just one, but several bosses: “Left last four jobs only because the managers were completely unreasonable.”
Corinne added: “These mistakes were all made by job seekers applying for professional, in some cases high-level positions. The moral of this story is that it doesn’t matter how well-qualified you are, badly written CVs mean closed doors.”
