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By captainfail - 14/07/2009 15:27 - Germany

Today, I applied for my first job. I didn't know how to write a resume, so I copied and pasted one from someone else and reworked it. I got on the bus, handed it in, and left. Then I remembered I forgot to change the contact info and date. FML

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By jzone32 - 14/10/2009 05:45 - Canada

Today, I had my first job interview in years. While I was waiting for the manager to come out I realized I had forgotten the resume that I had printed out the night before, since he specifically asked me to bring one. FML

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By anonymouschicka - 01/08/2009 19:20 - United States

Today, I finished doing a resume that I had spent three hours on. I e-mailed it to the business I was applying for, satisfied. I decided to look it over. The first thing I notice, I spelt my own name wrong. FML

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By Loser - 04/05/2009 20:15 - Canada

Today, I decided to modify my resume since I've handed out over 30 of them in the past couple of weeks and I haven't gotten any calls back. As soon as I opened it on word document, I noticed that I had forgotten to include my phone number for employers to contact me. FML

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By sam - 26/10/2017 08:00 - United States - Sun Prairie

Today, I realized I sent over 2 dozen job applications with my dating profile word doc instead of my resume. FML

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By jobless - 07/02/2010 06:12 - United States

Today, I realized after sending out countless copies of my resume to companies, I failed to add my phone number on it. FML

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By tammylauraine - 29/02/2012 18:21 - United States

Today, after handing out several résumés for several jobs, I realized that I forgot to add my phone number to them. FML

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It's called a calendar

By Anonymous - 19/05/2021 17:31 - India - Mumbai

Today, it was my first day at my first job, I got up early, got ready, waited an hour for HR to call. I called them instead and they didn't answer, so I wrote an email to the partners. It turns out I got the first day date wrong. Some first impression. FML

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By nojob - 07/05/2009 19:15 - Canada

Today, I was desperately handing out resumes. I came to my local grocery store and asked for a job application, the customer service rep told me all she needed was my resume. I smiled and gave it to her only to see her read it, laugh and put it straight in the garbage as I walked out. FML

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Attention to detail

By MelodyPW - 19/12/2022 03:00 - Algeria

Today, I wrote an email for a job offer. I checked it, double-checked it, triple-checked it, and then sent it. It's only THEN that I realised my CV wasn't attached. FML

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At least they're reading them…

By Typidiot - 25/10/2017 01:37

Today, I spent ages writing a draft press release as part of a copywriting job application. I worked really hard and read it through several times before submitting. They emailed me to point out that I'd misspelled the name of the company. Twice. FML

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tenniskettle 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 20:00

YDI- and dont deserve to get the job over people who werent lazy and wrote their own

instantfail 0

Tuesday 14 July 2009 19:58

Fail

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luckyducky123 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 2:25

I'm surprised you don't know how to write a resumé, I learned how to in Grade 10. I understand taking a resumé just for the format, I do it a lot and I'm sure a lot of other people do. But, why did you copy it in the first place? I go to a site, find a resumé then start a new document and just keep referring to the website. That way I don't have to worry about such an error. So, I'm gonna have to say.. both FYL and YDI.

painislife 2

Wednesday 15 July 2009 3:13

Stupid

atyahoodotcom 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 4:14

Schools don't teach the same thing so its not your fault for not knowing how to write a resume. Unfortunately, you didn't take the initiative or time to find out how. So you decided to write a resume on the day that you applied? Why didn't you wait a day or two to ask someone to review it or even start a day or two earlier? YDI. PROOFREAD Stupid.

master565 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 5:07

u could have looked online to find out how

ziqi92 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 5:51

ur an idiot to be copying resumes. seriously, u dont deserve any kind of job like that...

WindsorDog 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 7:45

Wow your 1st job and you take the lazy way out and then 1/2 ass it to boot. You must be proud

beast92 2

Wednesday 15 July 2009 8:39

epic fail. YDI

kennakatherine 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 8:48

It is REALLY not that hard to write a resume. YDI for not trying to learn how to before resorting to copy and pasting.

tyson346 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 23:43

Lol

Arancaytar 0

Friday 17 July 2009 0:04

Oh my god, the WEIRDEST thing happened to me this week. I got a call from some guys I never heard from before, asking me to come by for a job interview. The interview went great and I now have the perfect job! I never even *applied* with them. Weird!