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By Jobless - 13/08/2009 01:47 - United States

Today, my 16 yr old cousin needed help making a job resume so I give him mine to see as an example. He changed my name to his and it got him a job right away. The sad part? I handed my resume out to about 30 places and I am still unemployed. FML

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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 Anonymous - 18/10/2009 10:52 - Australia

Today, I handed out 30 resumes only to find out, after the last resume was handed out, my brother had changed the last sentence of every paragraph to 'I am a massive douche bag.' 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 Anonymous - 25/10/2015 03:39 - United States

Today, my cousin got hired after six days of job-hunting. I graduated from university six months ago and haven't even scored a single interview; he's a deadbeat junkie who just got out of prison after doing time for armed robbery. 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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By KayIsKiwi99 - 29/08/2016 19:00 - United States - Houston

Today, I realized after turning in my resume to over 100 job openings over the past month, that the resume I've been submitting does not have my phone number or any other contact information besides my name. FML

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By AbhorrentApplication - 28/04/2013 23:40 - United States - Reston

Today, my ten-year-old sister had to write out my job application because no one can read my terrible handwriting. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/05/2019 03:00

Today, my boyfriend's 16-year-old daughter got a job. I'm 29, with a Master's degree and I'm still unemployed. 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 thesixth - 02/03/2016 18:53 - Kenya

Today, being jobless and all, I tried calling my dad for a job after my many years of pride. He invited me to an interview to compete against 10 people, probably more qualified than I am. FML

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bhtooefr 0

Thursday 13 August 2009 12:59

If this isn't fake... Try putting your first initial on the resume, instead of your first name. That way, they won't see your gender in your name, and you might get your foot in the door. I've seen it work for other people... (I'm a guy, though, so that trick won't help me. Sucks.)

Jcataquiz 0

Thursday 13 August 2009 14:46

I submitted this FML, and if anyone else is wondering, i wasn't making this up and I'm only 18 years old. haha

Comments

sarahlh_23 0

Sunday 16 August 2009 7:41

Clearly your resume is fit for a 16 year old. Fix it. AMBITION!!! GROW UP!!

naughtypuppy 0

Tuesday 18 August 2009 2:42

Ain't a question of being a man or a woman looking for a job in this special case! Owing to me, the real damned stupid ones are the recruiters who think they have power on you when they are facing a jobless! Some of them are not even skilled enough to do a good job when hirin'on unskilled asses like them! These are words from another skilled jobless woman! just keep the faith, we'll get through it soon!

DynamicDave 11

Thursday 19 November 2009 1:36

YDI for capitalizing "job"

Jakojan 4

Tuesday 23 February 2010 22:36

No 76. YDI for being so life-less that you need to reread each FML 30 times to look for a small, insignificant typo like an accidentally capitalized letter.

TreBayBay2102 0

Sunday 9 January 2011 7:55

it's because your overqualified for all the jobs a 16 yr old would be applying for so it was really easy for him to get a job using your résumé

angel55033 12

Thursday 20 January 2011 9:11

16 year olds can be paid less

angelchvz94 2

Thursday 28 April 2011 4:46

your a girl, he's a guy welcome to the real world

writergirl23 19

Tuesday 21 February 2012 9:28

The difference is he handed it to any old employer wanting a student part time minimum wage job, and you probably handed it to people who wanted degrees.