Top 10 CV Blunders
Here at Yellow Cat Recruitment we consider ourselves very lucky to be able to assist some of the capitals highest calibre candidates in the Media, Marketing and Business Support field. Every day we receive numerous CVs from people with interesting backgrounds and impressive career histories.
As an agency we receive over 100 CVs a day and are often impressed by the time and effort that is put into some of the applications we receive. A CV is seen as a first foot in the door and a way of introducing yourself to prospective employees. It is therefore expected to be well presented, engaging and, most importantly accurate. Unfortunately this is not always the case!
Over the years we have seen numerous errors on candidate CVs, some have been honest mistakes whilst others that have been catastrophic! Below is our top ten from the past few years. We hope you find them as amusing as we did!
1. “Received a plague for Customer Service Executive Of The Year 2007″
2. “I left this position to go on maturity leave”
3. “I failed both exams with high grades”
4. “Assisted with filing, billing, printing and coping”
5. “Required to use my exceptional attention to to detail”
6. “Completed curses in French and Spanish”
7. “Responsible for ruining the entire department whilst manager was away”
8. “Accomplishments: Oversight of entire department.”
9. “Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to hearing from you shorty”
10. “Interests include eating Big Macs…”
We’re sure you’ll agree that there are some classics there and although they are very amusing, they teach us a valuable lesson – don’t just rely on spell check! Make sure you proof read your CV at least once before sending it to anyone!