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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2006-03-22 03:57 pm
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More job hunting!

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Resume emailed out.

I'm finding it interesting; reading the job solicitations makes me wonder if the biggest need in Santa Clara County isn't for copy editors. I'm seeing so many basic spelling and grammar errors that a simple re-reading of the copy before hitting send would have caught. And these are for some fairly high-powered jobs! An add for attorneys claimed that the new hire would work in a "fast-paced, exsighting office."

Spell check, people!
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[identity profile] pauldrye.livejournal.com 2006-03-23 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
They may have said what they meant. Was the firm Charles, Wonder, Feliciano & Healey?
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[personal profile] kshandra 2006-03-23 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
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[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2006-03-23 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
And I evidently missed something completely...
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[personal profile] kshandra 2006-03-23 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ray, Stevie, Jose Jr., and Jeff.

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2006-03-23 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
No wonder I didn't see that one coming.. :)
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[personal profile] kshandra 2006-03-23 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
I'm out of peanuts - you get pretzels:

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[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2006-03-23 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Didn't list the name, but it was in Downtown San Jose.

[identity profile] robertprior.livejournal.com 2006-03-23 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
An add for attorneys claimed that the new hire would work in a "fast-paced, exsighting office."

Do you mean an "ad" rather than an "add"? :-)

If this was for a divorce layer, then ex-sighting might be part of the job...

[identity profile] kat-box.livejournal.com 2006-03-23 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
About 10 years ago I temped at a large hotel in downtown Vancouver that was advertising for a Purchasing Manager. My guesstimate was at least $50K for the salary. You should have seen the quality of resumes sent in. :O If I'd had anything to do with the selection process there would have been VERY few that actually made it past me. Let's see, there was:

* Copy of copy of copy sent in
* Copy with large black line down the entire page
* Cover letter with a huge whiteout block over the name and address of the person it had PREVIOUSLY been addressed to
* Cover letter written on a tiny "from the desk of" pad of paper
* On coloured paper (and no, I'm not talking the nice stuff. I'm talking ORANGE)

And those are just a few examples. :S
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