Comments on: You sent your resume with a typo? Get over it http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:32:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Boulevard Creative Solutions http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-268538 Boulevard Creative Solutions Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:29:43 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-268538 can*! can*!

]]> By: Boulevard Creative Solutions http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-268537 Boulevard Creative Solutions Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:28:01 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-268537 Boulevard Creative Solutions is can help you write your resume, for an affordable price. E-mail us at boulevardcs@gmail.com or call 281-469-3020. Boulevard Creative Solutions is can help you write your resume, for an affordable price. E-mail us at boulevardcs@gmail.com or call 281-469-3020.

]]> By: Abigailwheetley http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-263685 Abigailwheetley Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:51:00 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-263685 This made me feel so much better. I'm about to drop off a formal application to a job where they already have my resume. The typo is significant because it lists the wrong date for the end of employment at a certain job. I did consider including a revised version, but am now hoping that if asked for clarification I can simply apologize. Human. I am a human. Feeling better.  This made me feel so much better. I'm about to drop off a formal application to a job where they already have my resume. The typo is significant because it lists the wrong date for the end of employment at a certain job. I did consider including a revised version, but am now hoping that if asked for clarification I can simply apologize. Human. I am a human. Feeling better. 

]]> By: Bryan http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-259406 Bryan Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:26:17 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-259406 Typos are a part of life (I'm sure I have thousands on my blog). But typos on your resume? What better way to say "I don't give a damn about this job?" Typos are a part of life (I'm sure I have thousands on my blog).

But typos on your resume? What better way to say "I don't give a damn about this job?"

]]> By: Dustin http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-227544 Dustin Fri, 07 May 2010 21:13:45 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-227544 Talking about typos... "If the reader has 150 resumes to go through and need to pare it down to 205 in two days, they will find any reason to toss a resume." I have a feeling he meant pare it down to 25 ;) Talking about typos…

"If the reader has 150 resumes to go through and need to pare it down to 205 in two days, they will find any reason to toss a resume."

I have a feeling he meant pare it down to 25 ;)

]]> By: Twala http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-221703 Twala Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:09:41 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-221703 What about minor grammar/puncuation mistakes, will they cause you to lose out on a job? What about minor grammar/puncuation mistakes, will they cause you to lose out on a job?

]]> By: Mark http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-189183 Mark Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:03:22 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-189183 I think it's frightfully important to keep these sorts of things in perspective, and surely there's no hard and fast rule for all typos (or all employers, for that matter, as is well illustrated by many of the comments above) but this study -- http://www.accountemps.com/PressRoom?id=2491 -- is sobering to say the least. What would be interesting to me would be a study of how many typos and "errors" are actually caught/noticed by employers and human resource personnel... I think it's frightfully important to keep these sorts of things in perspective, and surely there's no hard and fast rule for all typos (or all employers, for that matter, as is well illustrated by many of the comments above) but this study — http://www.accountemps.com/PressRoom?id=2491 — is sobering to say the least.

What would be interesting to me would be a study of how many typos and "errors" are actually caught/noticed by employers and human resource personnel…

]]> By: dcgrrl | The world needs more editors. So does your blog. http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-185183 dcgrrl | The world needs more editors. So does your blog. Wed, 06 May 2009 15:41:50 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-185183 [...] This blogger is giving out career advice, but in the comments of this post — and in another post — she advises that a typo within a resume is a fine idea, and I’m never going [...] [...] This blogger is giving out career advice, but in the comments of this post — and in another post — she advises that a typo within a resume is a fine idea, and I’m never going [...]

]]> By: Kate http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-183195 Kate Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:03:58 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-183195 I once sent a cover letter in which I misspelled the name of the CEO of the company in the salutation. Classy! But I got the job and two years later I've earned two promotions and escaped two rounds of layoffs. I was very lucky that time, but I definitely agree that a typo isn't the very worst thing in the whole world. Of course, this was in a start-up. I'm betting start-ups are less focused on this sort of thing. Penelope? I once sent a cover letter in which I misspelled the name of the CEO of the company in the salutation. Classy! But I got the job and two years later I've earned two promotions and escaped two rounds of layoffs.

I was very lucky that time, but I definitely agree that a typo isn't the very worst thing in the whole world. Of course, this was in a start-up. I'm betting start-ups are less focused on this sort of thing. Penelope?

]]> By: William Mitchell, CPRW http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/comment-page-1/#comment-179910 William Mitchell, CPRW Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:56:08 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/10/03/you-sent-your-resume-with-a-typo-get-over-it/#comment-179910 I don't think a type is the worst thing in the world, but you sure don't want to have more than two or three. Usually, proofing your work over and over won't get the job done. It is best to let someone else proof it for you. Your eye has been "trained" to gloss right over the typo after a while. A fresh set of eyes will likely catch an error immediately that you missed five times. But I have actually worked at a company where I saw a resume get tossed for two typos, so they are out there. It depends upon who gets the resume and the situation. If the reader has 150 resumes to go through and need to pare it down to 205 in two days, they will find any reason to toss a resume. William Mitchell, CPRW The Resume Clinic I don't think a type is the worst thing in the world, but you sure don't want to have more than two or three. Usually, proofing your work over and over won't get the job done. It is best to let someone else proof it for you. Your eye has been "trained" to gloss right over the typo after a while. A fresh set of eyes will likely catch an error immediately that you missed five times.

But I have actually worked at a company where I saw a resume get tossed for two typos, so they are out there. It depends upon who gets the resume and the situation. If the reader has 150 resumes to go through and need to pare it down to 205 in two days, they will find any reason to toss a resume.

William Mitchell, CPRW
The Resume Clinic

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