Most CVs contain a few easy-to-overlook goofs. It is these types of mistakes that may scupper your chances of getting that dream job. We have compiled a list of some of the most outrageous and funny ones that we have seen over the past ten years. That wrong spelling or grammatical error could be a deal breaker.
1. Career break in 1999 to renovate my horse.
2. Work experience: Dealing with customers’ conflicts that arouse.
3. Reason for leaving last job: Maturity leave.
4. Hobbies: Enjoy cooking Chinese and Italians.
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5. I am about to enroll on a Business and Finance Degree with the Open University. I feel that this qualification will prove detrimental to me for future success.
6. Languages: Speak English and Spinach.
7. Hobbies: Getting drunk every night down by the water, playing guitar and smoking pot.
8. Let’s meet, so you can ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ over my experience.
9. Objective: I need money because I have bills to pay and I would like to have a life, go out partying, please my young wife with gifts, and have a menu entrée consisting of more than soup.
10. I am very bad about time and don’t mind admitting it. Having to arrive at a certain hour doesn’t make sense to me. What does make sense is that I do the job. Any company that insists upon rigid time schedules will find me a nightmare.
11. Special skills: I’ve got a PhD in human feelings.
12. I have a bachelorette degree in computers.
13. Marital status: Married, eight childre
