Today, I noticed that in my cover letter I wrote, "I also have an eye.", instead of, "I also have an eye for detail", and I have been sending it out for the past few weeks. No wonder I haven't gotten any replies. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 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 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
Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML
Today, I think I've figured out why I haven't had any replies to my job applications, or just weird ones. I was sending them from an old email address, which is something like "69_party_dude_420@…" (that's not the actual address, so don't @ me!) instead of my professional one, which is listed on my CV. FML
Today, I realized I sent over 2 dozen job applications with my dating profile word doc instead of my resume. FML
Today, I realized after sending out countless copies of my resume to companies, I failed to add my phone number on it. FML
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
Today, I got a job! When they sent me the offer letter, I sent it back ASAP after being satisfied with the salary and benefits. My problem? I wrote that I'd accepted the wrong position (in the interview it went by different names) The irony? I'm supposed to be in QC, ie., I'm supposed to have a keen eye for errors. FML
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Top comments
peroxideprincess 0
hmm...meaning you really don't have an eye for detail...but you do have eyes. so, what you sent out is basically correct. :)
abes22 0
oh the eye-rony..
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Comments (86)
twenty2182 0
Ever try proofreading??
fallcakes 0
I want an eye..
abes22 0
oh the eye-rony..
manga_fml 15
haha!!! that's awesome!! but sucky. :(
besad_fml 0
So you're not supposed to have eyes? That's interesting.
kxs401 0
Well, it's not generally something you brag about in a cover letter... unless I've just been doing it wrong this whole time. Oh my god, maybe THAT'S why I don't have a job!
Grimmerie 31
If someone handed me a cover letter informing me she or he also had an eye, I would hire them on the spot. You never know who will be impressed ...
Mellieexbabee 0
YDI for not proof-reading!
peroxideprincess 0
hmm...meaning you really don't have an eye for detail...but you do have eyes. so, what you sent out is basically correct. :)
kozmikstarz 0
It's only correct if she only has one eye.
fogrunner 13
Nah. She has one eye. Plus another eye. %D
Dazzozo 0
...FYL
chellinha93 0
now that sucks.
kozmikstarz 0
Why does it seem like there are so many resume FMLs? BORING.
omghehehe 0
Oh no! LOL That's very funny. They may have thought you only had one eye too. hahaha
mikadelic 0
You kinda deserve that.