C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: Women - Part 3
The Adulterous Behavior 30% Of People Won't Admit To
With more and more people looking for jobs, employment recruiting agencies and HR offices are flooded every day with tons of resumes. While we're sure a good amount of them are pristine and make individuals look amazing on paper, there's always that interesting resume that would make you scratch your head and ask, "Seriously?""Morning Express" host Robin Meade recently revealed CareerBuilder's most memorable list of resume faux pas, and some of them were just too hilarious (and crazy) to be true. After seeing that listing "God" as a reference and a 24-page summary of a job seeker's career made the list, we went out and asked a few people in recruiting and H.R. to tell us the goofiest things they'd found on resumes.
"Someone who used to work at Subway called himself a 'Sandwich Artist' on his resume." -- Katie, a recruiter in Jersey City, N.J.
"One person had typos all over his resume like 'take order for the costumersz and provide good customer service' when he described his time at McDonald's. Someone [else] also put baking as one of their skills and then in parentheses put 'pies, cupcakes, cakes, etc.'" -- Michelle, New York–based staffing consultant.
"So one time when I was working in P.R. I had someone drop off a resume to the front desk of the office. (We weren't even hiring at the time!) He was a math major with NO P.R. experience. I couldn't even understand the resume since it was all written in numerical data, but the ONE section I could read was the Additional Information at the bottom where he wrote 'Mathematical Genius and Kung Fu Champion.' I assume he dropped off MANY of these around NYC that day.
"Another thing I often get are head shots. People (women, usually) attach head shots to their resumes? This happened a lot when I was working on events, often from people looking for internships. Strange. I would never bring in anyone who sent me a head shot -- it's creepy." -- Rosemary, former recruiter, New York
"After interviewing a candidate, I looked her up on the Internet and the first result was her name and aka on ripoffreport.com detailing her salacious affair with a married man. She was described as a 'homewrecking whore.' Her name was rather unique and she lived in the same city, so there was no doubt that it was her." -- Al, a recruiter in San Diego
Watch the video below to find out more resume no-nos.
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Monday 20 September
By Jenn
Subway actually refers to their employees as "Sandwich Artists."
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Monday 20 September
By Lo
Sandwich Artist is actually what the position is called at Subway.
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Monday 20 September
By Jessie
I used to work at Subway as a Sandwich Artist, and I had an interview with a pretentious hack who actually referred to herself as a "Human Resources Executive."
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Thursday 23 September
By joshua r
Thank you Jessie! For speaking up for us past or present sandwich artists! :-)
Monday 20 September
By Jessie
I actually used to work at Subway back in high school and they really are 'sandwich artists'. Seriously, that was our job title. There wasn't even an 'employee of the month'; just a somewhat patronizing 'sandwich artist of the month'. They didn't even include your picture, just an old clipart from '93 of a sub sandwich. Long story short, have no idea why anyone would try utilize that in a grown up resume.
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Monday 20 September
By monica
Like everyone else has said, "sandwich artist" is the official job title if you work at Subway, you couldn't really state your position on a resume any other way.
That being said, I was so happy when I was promoted to supervisor when I worked there and could use that on my resume instead of "sandwich artist" (and even happier when I stopped working there lol)
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Tuesday 21 September
By Jantien
On the headshot: it depends. Resumes do differ from country to country. In the Netherlands it wouldn't be considered weird, as long as your picture is tiny and (of course) professional. Same way as most people do on LinkedIn. One of the companies I worked for had a job opening: I remember the HR manager being positive about the fact that one of the candidates added a photo (" That's a nice touch!")
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Tuesday 21 September
By Lynn
Like everyone else who has commented, I was a Sandwich Artist, and put it on my resume back when I had fewer things to fill it out. As ridiculous as it sounds, it actually is the title, so I had no choice in my terminology.
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Wednesday 22 September
By anni
Lynn, of course you did. What else could you possibly be doing at subway, manager or making sandwiches. S.a. sounds like you are too stupid to realize that was for the commercial. If I worked for Sherwan Williams, I wouldn't say I was a 'paint expert'.
Thursday 23 September
By Marie
Some comments mention the "head-shot" thing differing from country to country. Some even mentioned Netherlands. Just a quick reminder...."This is the USA people! Who the hell cares what's done in The Netherlands?"! I for one, sure as hell don't. Am interested in this country only. Pretty damn-dumb comments.......real geniuses, geez.
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Wednesday 22 September
By cqdeed
No Marie. You may be in the USA but this is the internet. FYI the internet is international, it is not confined to the USA.
Wednesday 22 September
By rexirex
When I worked in a retail store in the mall, someone dropped off an application and under the "position desired" space, they wrote "manijer". I mean, really, if you can't even spell the title you want, you're not getting the job.
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Wednesday 22 September
By Zl@ko
What is really creepy Rosemary is YOU. That is why you are "former" recruiter. What is so "creepy" and "strange" about adding the picture to the resume???
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Wednesday 22 September
By Chuck
What kind of idiots are hiring at these places? First of all many companies like Subway have unique job descriptions and bakers specialize in many diverse areas so it shouldn't be unusual for them to list what they actually baked. It's no wonder we have such a large unemployment problem with these bozos at the helm. I have owned bakeries and a variety of other businesses and I never judged an employee on how well written his or her resume was. I did however give them the respect and at least the opportunity to have an interview because if they thought enough of my business to want to work there then I at least owed them the time to talk with them about it. And by the way I never had a HR department because they obviously are the least qualified of all to know what my business required. So next time you want to start making jokes about someones resume, you may want to start working on your own, you will soon need it.
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Wednesday 22 September
By subway
I work at subway and we actually are called sandwich artists.
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Wednesday 22 September
By nukeya
Hiring managers are barely able to perform the job they have, they don't research, they don't see creativity when it's right in front of them, and they are barely able to give a decent interview. I've actually seen HR people say "ooh I like the color of this resume paper, think I'll give this one a call". Honestly, most hr managers are not fit to hire anyone. Everyone they meet is categorized, usually incorrectly. You can have no criminal history, pass all the credit report checks (which should be illegal imho), and they won't even look at the content of your resume, which even if you have a wonderful work history, your resume will most likely land in a twilight zone. They will however steer friends and relatives into a position, real professional.
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Wednesday 22 September
By Frankie
I worked at Abercrombie and Fitch, and my job title was 'model'. I didn't like the way it misrepresented my position at A&F, but that was what I was. The way these individuals filled out their applications sounds exactly how I've always filled out an application. In the small space I am given to write all the duties of my job as a barista, I don't have room to write in a complete sentence, so I usually write in bullet form, "hot/cold drinks, register, coffee beans, general cleaning". Unless I'm applying for a position that requires excellent spelling and grammar, why should the bakery at my local grocery store care? Also, if that application with the spelling error was online, it's a very easy mistake to slip and accidentally hit the z button and not notice. These aren't even funny, it just makes me realize what pretentious douchebags are in control of whether I'm still unemployed or not.
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Thursday 23 September
By Michelle
If someone slipped when typing an application or resume, and misspelled something, that is absolutely no excuse. The art of proofreading is something that more people need to practice, especially when trying to make a good impression and when applying for a job!
Monday 11 October
By John
How do these H.R. People have jobs?
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Wednesday 22 September
By whatever
How about the person who tried put, "Best Retards" at the end of their cover letter instead of Best Regards. That one takes the cake - at least the best one I have ever heard from an employer. Ha! So advice: Don't ever end anything, even a letter, with Best Regards unless it is in your own legible handwriting!!
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