These are taken from real resumes and
cover letters and were printed in Fortune Magazine:
1) I demand a salary commiserate with my
extensive experience.
2) I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computer
and spreadsheet programs.
3) Received a plague for Salesperson of
the Year.
4) Reason for leaving last job: maturity
leave.
5) Wholly responsible for two (2) failed
financial institutions.
6) Its best for employers that I not work
with people.
7) Lets meet, so you can ooh and aah over
my experience.
8) You will want me to be Head Honcho in
no time.
9) Am a perfectionist and rarely if if
ever forget details.
10) I was working for my mom until she
decided to move.
11) Failed bar exam with relatively high
grades.
12) Marital status: single. Unmarried.
Unengaged. Uninvolved. No Commitments.
13) I have an excellent track record, although
I am not a horse.
14) I am loyal to my employer at all costs...
Please feel free To respond to my resume on my office voice mail.
15) I have become completely paranoid,
trusting completely no one and absolutely nothing.
16) My goal is to be a meteorologist. But
since I possess no training in meterology, I suppose I should try stock
brokerage.
17) I procrastinate, especially when the
task is unpleasant.
18) As indicted, I have over five years
of analyzing investments.
19) Personal interests: donating blood.
Fourteen gallons so far.
20) Instrumental in ruining entire operation
for a Midwest chain store.
21) Note: Please don't miscontrue my 14
jobs as job-hopping. I have never quit a job.
22) Marital status: often. Children: various.
23) Reason for leaving last job: They insisted
that all employees get to work by 8:45 a.m. every morning. Could not work
under those conditions.
24) The company made me a scapegoat, just
like my three previous employers.
25) Finished eighth in my class of ten.
26) References: None. I've left a path
of destruction behind me.
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