Funny Things You've Seen on Resumes?

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?"

Comments

Re:Self Appraisal Goal List

[Anonymous Coward]

I listed one of my goals as "world domination".

You must be Christian then. I swear with all the bible-happy laws they manage to get passed, they are trying to save/convert/enslave us all.

C+ Does exist

[elendel]

Maybe you young-uns don't remember it (ok, I hardly do) but there _was_ a C+ language. Hence the C++, it extended on C+, which extended on C.

I don't remember everything that the language had, or didn't. But it is valid. Unless, of course, you just put it on your resume to look good - nobody ever uses it anymore, or even really did when it was current. It was superceded by C++ pretty quickly.