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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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 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 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, after handing out several résumés for several jobs, I realized that I forgot to add my phone number to them. FML
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
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
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 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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Top comments
tenniskettle 0
YDI- and dont deserve to get the job over people who werent lazy and wrote their own
instantfail 0
Fail
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instantfail 0
Fail
bnisawsome 0
just go back to the company and explain what happened. im sure this kind of thing happens enough so that they are used to it. its not like u did anything wrong by sing someone elses format
SookMauNoots 0
SUcK MY BALLS!
Hammertym3 0
I'm replying to the first comment so I can be at the top.
Noire_ 0
Not really. If she's anywhere near the same age as me, it's not uncommon to not know how to write a resume. I personally went to a Hire-a-Student place to get help writing mine. I strongly suggest the OP does the same next time. Holy sh*t I sound so uptight...
BleedingAssassin 0
haha troll? nice tho lol i hate how people are like "UCANT REPLY FIRST POST ONLY TO GET UR COMMENT SEENS" cuz who doesnt want their comments to be seen
electrikpunk 0
no actually that is not a common thing, just a stupid thing. Most people can figure out how to write their own resumées.
justdancebbyx3 7
You totally ******* deserved it.
Noire_ 0
Naw, not if she's my age. I'm 13, and I had no idea how to write one. Other people helped me. I know another 14 year old who got his dad to help him write his.
Rosalind_fml 0
Theoretically, everyone knows how to write a resume, just throw you experiences on a piece of paper and call it a day. However, not everyone can write a good resume that gets them noticed, and that's why there are zillions of resume self help books on the market. I personally checked out three of these from the library when I decided to reformat my resume a few years ago because I wasn't getting success.
Myke92 0
"resumées", huh? :P
MelanieBerrigan 0
haha that sucks... but YDI
amy_shmamy 0
why cant she just go in with a new resume?
spoo 24
bingo, just plagiarize again and use a slightly different font
your_face 15
I don't think she plagiarized it - that was what I thought at first, but I think she just changed the information in each field (except for contact) to her own.
eleanor_rigby 0
Wouldn't that be like, the first thing you would think to change? YDI
intotheblue 0
#3, you're assuming she THOUGHT in the first place. OP, there's nothing shameful about not knowing how to write a resume; we all had to learn at some point. But there IS something shameful about plagiarizing. You should ask someone to help you, or even look it up online. There are plenty of websites that teach you how to write things like that. I don't know about Germany, but here in America we have government agencies that help people find jobs (in New York State it's called One Work Source) and one of their services is to help you write resumes, and it's free. See if there's anything like that there?
sunkistfitch 4
I love you user name.
tenniskettle 0
YDI- and dont deserve to get the job over people who werent lazy and wrote their own
ISellHerbs 0
He stated he didn't KNOW how to write one so he just filled in his information. You aren't taught how to write a resume until college and it was his first job so he's probably only of high school age. So why wouldn't he just copy and paste? Should he rewrite all of the headings or sections himself to make it look identical? That's just called common sense to do it the easiest way. FYL.
AAAAHHHH12 2
You mean she. But just the same, YDI.
realrealitysuccs 0
#24 I jus graduated high school and I know how to write a resume I wasa taught in 10th grade I know how to do a business one and one for an acting job O.P You totally deserve it dum ass next time proof read and changing the name should have been the 1st thing u did U FAIL MISERABLY
heystephanie 0
I was taught how to write a resume in seventh grade. Then again in eighth, and finally in nineth grade. Whatever schools you guys have goen to fail at life if you haven't learned by college because most people get jobs before college. Also, this is when a simple google search on how to write a resume comes into play.
emzmcgee 0
Hey, shocking news break, not all public schools teach the same things at the same time or at all, amazing I know!!
blargity 0
i completely agree with #24 except i don't think this is an fml because you should be able to send another
CyclonePsycho 1
Actually, some high schools are starting to teach resume-writing skills in typing classes, and etc. The high school isn't necessarily rich or fancy. It's a still newer thing though, and a lot of students still don't learn until college.
illgutcha 0
I call BS on this one!
funkymunkey00 0
um plaigorism
deja54 0
Should've gone to college. They teach you to write a resume.
LuckyCharms_fml 0
If its their first job I doubt they're of college age
TheBigDawg 8
#7: Actually, college doesn't necessarily teach you how to make a resume. I had a class called "Internship" which was *supposed* to teach you how, but the teacher never did. Most people failed that class and complained, but she has tenure so even though she couldn't teach for beans...well. I managed to pass only because one of my neighbors works in HR and looks at resumes all day so she helped me write one. I was one of four to actually have a resume done, and therefore actually get an internship. The other people already had a job before the class.
missbucket 0
...sorry your college sucks...
TheBigDawg 8
Yeah, my college did suck. But anyway what I said is true. Not all colleges offer that. Also, awesome, 100th comment on this FML. :)
plexico 4
I hope the person whose original resume you copied gets the job. Dumbfuck.
oulala_fml 0
easyyyy.
redbluegreen 41
They actually teach you your freshman year of high school here how to write a résumé. That was truly pathetic though OP.
epicFAIL_Sometim 0
good idea, bad execution