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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Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML
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
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
Today, I sent a thank you note after a job interview, emphasizing my accuracy at editing written reports; I misspelled the company's name. FML
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
Today, I got an e-mail regarding an IT support job I applied to. The e-mail had numerous formatting errors due to bad code, and typos all over the place. It said I wasn't qualified for the job. FML
Today, I realized I sent over 2 dozen job applications with my dating profile word doc instead of my resume. FML
Today, I sent a cover letter to a potential employer. In the letter, I talked about my great attention to detail, my strong ability to focus, and my stellar writing skills. After hitting send, I reread the letter and noticed that I typed my name "B-R-A-I-N." My name is Brian. FML
Today, I noticed that I've been spelling my company's name wrong in my email signature for over a year. FML
Today, after spending four days having my resume, cover letter, and references proofread and perfected by professionals, I finally submitted it all to the summer internship of my dreams. I received a rejection letter ten minutes later. FML
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Top comments
moleSG 6
That's why you look it over BEFORE sending it. Sorry, but YDI.
DalekScythe 0
oh look, I found another homoretardis in its natural habitat trolling and giving the most dumbass YDI remarks.... what a hideous sight!
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Comments (135)
kahyia 0
EPIC FAIL this has been done before.... and might i add the other one was WAY BETTER http://www.fmylife.com/work/1008813
where_i_stood 0
spelt. *
jessicaclaire 0
YDI for not reading it over before sending it off.
israelnotjacob 20
Yeah you have to double check everything, and I mean EVERYTHING before you send in a resume, down to the last detail. Every letter, every space, every punctuation mark. In other words YDI for not checking things over carefully.
MadeOfAwesome 1
PROOFREAD, BITCH
Ub3r_Crippl3 0
This is why we check our work over BEFORE we turn it in.
stanicky 0
Spelt... not spelled.
wbrycem 0
At last check ... both worked.
dinosgorawrr 0
haha you totally deserve that one! why wouldn't you check it BEFORE you send it?
irrelevantxx 0
That's why there's a such thing as checking twice, bud.
dtubbz53 0
huh, weird..you didn't check over your resume or the fml..you know it's sad when you can't spell "spelled" right
wistfultigerlily 0
dumbass. do your research before you beat on someone. just look it up. spelt and spelled are both correct; spelt has simply fallen out of common use, but is completely acceptable.