If you're thinking of applying for a new job, best you take a very careful look at your CV. Leaving out a comma or a single letter can lead to embarrassing mistakes and could cost you the job!
Experts in the UK have compiled this list of examples from real CVs to show why a spelling and grammar check is so important....
Worst CV blunders
- My interests include cooking dogs and interesting people.
- As security guard my job is to pervert unauthorised people from coming onto the site
- I am a pubic relations officer
- I was responsible for dissatisfied customers
- I relieved the conference manager
- I am a prooficient typist
- Socially I like to dine out with different backgrounds
- I get well with all types of people
- I was responsible for fraudulent claims
- Experienced sheet mental worker
- Left last four jobs only because the managers were completely unreasonable
Experts in the UK have compiled this list of examples from real CVs to show why a spelling and grammar check is so important....
Worst CV blunders
- My interests include cooking dogs and interesting people.
- As security guard my job is to pervert unauthorised people from coming onto the site
- I am a pubic relations officer
- I was responsible for dissatisfied customers
- I relieved the conference manager
- I am a prooficient typist
- Socially I like to dine out with different backgrounds
- I get well with all types of people
- I was responsible for fraudulent claims
- Experienced sheet mental worker
- Left last four jobs only because the managers were completely unreasonable
