Funny Things You've Seen on Resumes?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday December 9, 2003 @09:30AM from the selling-oneself-on-paper dept.

noackjr asks: "Everyone wants a great job, but writing a quality resume requires creativity and a fair bit of work (we won't go into actually having the proper skills, qualifications, or experiences -- let's not cloud the issue). Alternatively, sprucing up your resume with a few choice pieces of quasi-truth might set you apart from other 'qualified' candidates (the HR person will never figure it out, right?). A friend from college included knowledge of 'C, C+, and C++' on his resume. He had worked in C and C++ and just figured there had to be a C+ as well (too bad he didn't list C+-). He ended up getting a $50,000+/yr job with a major US tech firm using that resume. Anyone else come across funny/pathetic attempts to improve a resume?"

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Re:Programming languages by msuzio · 2003-12-09 10:44 · Score: 1, Redundant

> They don't give out Nobel prizes for "Most
> Novel New Method to Kill People".

Irony intended, I'm sure, but you do know what Alfred Nobel was famous for, right?

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Re:Mod parent underrated by fm6 · 2003-12-09 10:54 · Score: 0, Redundant

Redundant is a little overused, isn't it? Especially in this case -- how can the very first post be redundant?
I think there might be a few folks who think I'm evil, and come hunting for me whenever they get a few mod points. Not that big a deal.