A certain amount of bullshitting is to be expected when people draw up their CVs, and MadConomist compiled a list of silly things people actually put on their CVs or job applications.
- I am very detail-oreinted.
- It’s best for employers that I not work with people.
- Here are my qualifications for you to overlook.
- Seek challenges that test my mind and body, since the two are usually inseparable.
- I am a rabid typist.
- I worked as a Corporate Lesion.
- Special skills: Thyping.
- Previous rank: Senior instigator.
- Reason for leaving: They stopped paying me.
- Strengths: Impersonal skills.
- Graduated in the top 66% of my class.
- Excellent memory; strong math aptitude; excellent memory; effective management skills; and very good at math.
- Married, eight children. Prefer frequent travel.
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2 replies on “Silly Things People Actually Put on Their CVs”
9. Reason for leaving: They stopped paying me.
classic :)
“12 Excellent memory; strong math aptitude; excellent memory; effective management skills; and very good at math”.
I had a good hearty laugh at that. :D
I hope that this wasn’t for a job as a nurse or something, “Have you had your medication yet Mr Leibowitz? Mr Leibowitz? Oh God! Call the doctor!”