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)
nocommenthere 0
umm also spelt isnt a word you even messed up your fml guess you should look over things
InsideJokesRock 0
YDI spelling your name should be the easiest part of a resume but hey there are always more jobs in the sea.
Shyman4ever 0
Now that's national failure
tana123 0
idiot, it's 'spelled'. not 'spelt'. i'm not suprised you 'spelt' your name wrong.
where_i_stood 0
both are proper terms of the verb. Just "spelled" is more American. But spelt actually sounds better, like she knows proper grammar.
Amkii 0
#66 didn't curse. Wtf?
cs68507 0
If you are applying for a job that you really really need sometimes you are in such a hurry that you miss it even if you read it over many times. I stupidly spelled volunteer - voluteer. Luckily it was the second page of my resume and I ripped it off as I was walking in to apply for the job.
dreamofme 0
It's SPELLED. not SPELT. Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.
ColoursFade 0
I'd be shocked by your ignorance...but your pic says so much...
cRothabeast 0
good news is theyll never know the difference
Saluton 18
It's okay. To err is human. I also often miss what is written in the largest letters. Nevermind. :)
drummer_dude 0
For all you idiots out there (presumably ignorant Americans who have only grown up with "spelled") SPELT IS A WORD! I have Google Chrome and it keeps trying to correct English spellings of words with the American versions. It does this to words such as personalise, with the suffix "ise" instead of the American "ize". Back to the point however, SPELT IS A WORD. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spelt First definition: –verb a pt. and pp. of spell 1 . (pt. means past tense and pp. means past participle for those aforementioned idiots)