Comments on: We Tried to Avoid the Typos in Today’s Roundup

By: kay Riley

kay Riley — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:45:15 +0000

Funny Article!! But seriously, it is very hard to proofread your own resume after you have written, revised and re-read it a million times; but job seekers should have someone else look at it with fresh eyes. Another suggestion would be to read the resume from the bottom up. This will trick your brain into thinking its reading something new and you won’t tend to skip over things, thinking “this part is correct, I’ve read it over 100 times already”.

Although some may think it’s harsh to “judge” the capabilities of a potential employer simply because of a few typos (I don’t’ mean a stray one or two), I disagree. A job seeker needs to have a resume that is stellar, realizing this is the first impression they give about themselves; it is basically their introduction to a potential employer. If their resume is anything less than spotless, then I can understand why an employer may conclude they aren’t paying attention to detail and thus may pass them by for the many other applicants who did.

By: Paul Basile

Paul Basile — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:11:40 +0000

OK, it’s funny and entertaining. Really. But why would recruiters or anyone automatically exclude anyone based on anything that wasn’t a proven predictor of performance? Who KNOWS, without doubt, that typos on resumes lead to poor performers? Recruiters guess way too often when they could know instead.

By: Lisa Scott-Hall

Lisa Scott-Hall — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:46:24 +0000

I am the friend “everybody” calls with the “how to spell “blah, blah, blah” and “can you look over (means rewrite) my resume and how much do you charge…I swear I will pay you when I get a job.” To which I always reply, “I can’t charge my friends money.” So, I have an enormous cache of candy, wHine (not a typo) and good will toward me…Took my kiddo to “Occupational Day” when she was in 4th grade and this was my intro: “My mom spells well and she goes to lunch a lot and writes “rezzies” for all her friends. I think it’s called Copy Something.” Ah, fame and no fortune. I’ll take fries with that, any day.

By: Skye Callan

Skye Callan — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:02:03 +0000

Happy Embrace Your Geekness Day! Interestingly, today is also Fool’s Paradise Day.

By: Ken Schmitt

Ken Schmitt — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:28:55 +0000

As the owner of an executive career coaching and recruiting firm I concur with the above list! There is no excuse for typos anymore. Not only is there software but everyone has at least one friend who can proofread before a resume is printed or submitted.

Thanks for the laughs this morning.
Ken Schmitt
http://www.turningpointsearch.net

By: Ronald Katz

Ronald Katz — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:53:49 +0000

Please allow me to be the grammar geek today and point out that I feel you meant to reference friggatriskaidekaphobia. This is specifically an abnormal fear of Friday the 13th. Otherwise you could have run this column on the 13th of any month regardless of whether or not the day of the week was Friday. But you chose today so I conclude that is why you highlight the one of my all-time favorite 17 letter words.

Just joshing with you. I love this list of things hiring managers hate the most. Very useful for job-seekers. Happy Friday! (the 13th!)
Only the best,
Ron