Resumes Can Spell Doom

Make a bad one and you've had it.

Resumés Can Spell Doom

 

By Elton Camp

 

When seeking work, it’s a pity

To irk the search committee.

The wrong things we do,

And the results we rue. 

 

It is always much better

To include a cover letter.

If the font is too small,

It may not be read at all.

 

Of carelessness it does tell

When words we misspell.

Mistakes before you are hired,

Your services won’t be required.

 

Faith in the spell checker

Can be a document wrecker.

“Their” I wrote in my haste.

With “there” it won’t replace.

 

If subject and verb don’t agree,

A dunce the committee will see.

A resumé on paper that’s blue

Gives the wrong impression, too.

 

Some words don’t mean a thing

Rejection is what they will bring.

“A self-starter well describes me”

The words are useless as can be.

 

“I am a people person”

Will prospects worsen.

Your e-mail address must be tame.

[email protected] don’t name.

 

To say, “Client service,” is okay

Unless McDonald’s was the way.

Reasonable employers certainly hate

Applicant experience levels to inflate.

 

In a resumé some matters are hated

Because they are not job related.

Number of children they do not need

Nor either your own religion or creed.

 

Also fonts of various size

Are too hard on the eyes.

Don’t include your website

If it should stay out of sight.

 

If you take this good advice,

And do your resumé up nice,

You may then become a friend.

Days of unemployment will end.

 

 

Reviews

[momo]

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS POEM! JEEZ Its like for every job i put my resume up I NEVER got a call but for every job I didnt I got called everytime! just goes to show ya..anyways great poem!