Try to correctly spell the name of the company you're hoping to work for!
I can't believe I just tossed two resumes into the recycle bin because they don't seem to know this little detail!
I sometimes have to sort through hundreds of resumes for one opening. I'm sure a lot of reasonably qualified people never make it past my initial sorting process, just because they failed to proof read!
I know typos happen to all of us (I sure as heck make a lot of them). But for a resume or application, please have someone else check it over for you before you submit. Preferably someone with good grammar and for whom English (or whatever language you are using) is a first language.
Oh, and if I say you MUST be able to do X, please clearly indicate somewhere that you at least know what X is. Dont make me search your resume in the hopes it is there, cuz Im not that desperate to hire you.
And another thing - there is a difference between There, Their, and They're. Learn about it.
While you are at it, learn when to use ME and when to use I. The first person singular pronoun is I when it's a subject and me when it's an object. For example: Susan and I wrote a book about Susan and me.
It's not "No one is as good as me" it's "No one is as good as I" just finish the sentence and you'll know what to do: "No one is as good as I AM at being me" not "No one is as good as me is at being me."
Don't let the word "than" mess you up. Susan loves Arthur more than I means more than I do. Whereas, Susan loves Arthur more than me means more than she loves me.
I don't care if no one speaks this way anymore. We're not having an informal conversation here. You are applying for a job that requires excellent oral and written communication in a formal environment.
Also, please be consistant in your punctuation. Consistency is a good thing.
Which is not to say you should use the same boring adjective/adverb to describe your talents three sentences in a row. I don't really want to hire a boring writer with a limited vocabulary. It suggests you never read books and haven't heard of a little thing called a thesaurus, and that suggests you are .... not someone likely to get the job.
I am dyslexic. My spelling is atrocious. That's one reason I'm hiring somone to deal with my correspondence! If I wanted crap, I'd do it myself!
I can't believe I just tossed two resumes into the recycle bin because they don't seem to know this little detail!
I sometimes have to sort through hundreds of resumes for one opening. I'm sure a lot of reasonably qualified people never make it past my initial sorting process, just because they failed to proof read!
I know typos happen to all of us (I sure as heck make a lot of them). But for a resume or application, please have someone else check it over for you before you submit. Preferably someone with good grammar and for whom English (or whatever language you are using) is a first language.
Oh, and if I say you MUST be able to do X, please clearly indicate somewhere that you at least know what X is. Dont make me search your resume in the hopes it is there, cuz Im not that desperate to hire you.
And another thing - there is a difference between There, Their, and They're. Learn about it.
While you are at it, learn when to use ME and when to use I. The first person singular pronoun is I when it's a subject and me when it's an object. For example: Susan and I wrote a book about Susan and me.
It's not "No one is as good as me" it's "No one is as good as I" just finish the sentence and you'll know what to do: "No one is as good as I AM at being me" not "No one is as good as me is at being me."
Don't let the word "than" mess you up. Susan loves Arthur more than I means more than I do. Whereas, Susan loves Arthur more than me means more than she loves me.
I don't care if no one speaks this way anymore. We're not having an informal conversation here. You are applying for a job that requires excellent oral and written communication in a formal environment.
Also, please be consistant in your punctuation. Consistency is a good thing.
Which is not to say you should use the same boring adjective/adverb to describe your talents three sentences in a row. I don't really want to hire a boring writer with a limited vocabulary. It suggests you never read books and haven't heard of a little thing called a thesaurus, and that suggests you are .... not someone likely to get the job.
I am dyslexic. My spelling is atrocious. That's one reason I'm hiring somone to deal with my correspondence! If I wanted crap, I'd do it myself!
