Funny or strange things written on CV's

Sticky_Fingers · 29-08-2011 01:31PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I've found that if you do a technical job your qualifications, experience and skills are all that matters. If you do a non-technical job, hobbies and interests become important.

I won't really agree with that, if you have the right hobbies then they can make all the difference to an interviewer. Say you are going for an electronic engineering job and you list robotics or device prototyping as an interest then you'll stand head and shoulders above similarly qualified candidates. If you bring something really cool you made in your spare time into the interview (as long as its relevant of course) you may even get in ahead of others who are more academically qualified then you.

bette · 29-08-2011 01:31PM

Archeron wrote: »

I once seen a CV handed into a place I worked in, and there was a snot smeared right down the front page.

that was on of the most disgusting things I've seen.

That should read

"I once saw..."
or
"I have seen once..."

:rolleyes:

tallaghtmick · 29-08-2011 01:32PM

My sis done my C.V for me years ago and I never read it properly......well she put playing computer games as a hobby:rolleyes:

29-08-2011 01:33PM

tallaghtmick wrote: »

My sis done my C.V for me years ago and I never read it properly......well she put playing computer games as a hobby:rolleyes:

I have that and it got me an interview once

syklops · 29-08-2011 01:38PM

bluewolf wrote: »

I have that and it got me an interview once

Yeah but thats because you're a gurl, and girl + gamer = awesome!

At least thats how it used to be. Now you can play Nintendogs on a pink DS and call yourself a gamer.

Archeron · 29-08-2011 01:42PM

bette wrote: »

That should read

"I once saw..."
or
"I have seen once..."

:rolleyes:

Noted, thank you.

WindSock · 29-08-2011 01:43PM

Of all the bloody things I had to spell wrong on mine, it was 'school'

Bipolar Joe · 29-08-2011 01:46PM

syklops wrote: »

Yeah but thats because you're a gurl, and girl + gamer = awesome!

At least thats how it used to be. Now you can play Nintendogs on a pink DS and call yourself a gamer.

Off topic, but this makes the nerd in me RAGE HARD.

TiGeR KiNgS · 29-08-2011 01:48PM

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Off topic, but this makes the nerd in me RAGE HARD.

I thought it would be your bipolar

johnny_ultimate · 29-08-2011 01:50PM

We got one into the video shop I worked in. It was a nicely laid out CV, but detailed to the point of absurdity. Under job responsibilities on one job, the guy put down:

"Responsibilities: Putting the things in the right place"

smash · 29-08-2011 01:56PM

Got one in from a Polish lad a few years ago and in his hobbies he had written "Tactical combat and weapons training".

Eldoco · 29-08-2011 02:00PM

I remember I was looking at some the application forms that got dropped into the shop I used to work in and under heading of marital status this guy put down used to do a bit of kick boxing when I was a kid.

wild_cat · 29-08-2011 02:08PM

About three years ago I managed to send out about 40 C.V's with the wrong mobile number on them*****ing epic facepalm*.

I ended up getting a job where I applied via an online form putting in my correct mobile number separately. The manager only noticed my CV mistake after giving me the job and thus proceeded to jeer me about it a few months later. Especially as it was call centre work.

wild_cat · 29-08-2011 02:12PM

syklops wrote: »

Not in my experience. The hobbies and interests are usually the clincher when you have 2 similar candidates, and as someone else posted, its a talking point. Having just come out of 1 hour interview, we were trying to get a feel for the guy since he will be on our team, so being able to ask him about non-computer stuff from his CV was of huge benefit.

I have left out hobbies from CV. It's pretty easy to gauge with what I have in my skills set what hobbies I have. I thought it just added more clutter.

mikki_v · 29-08-2011 02:14PM

One that I get all the time and drives me nuts

Degree: Batchelor ....

Now that's the beans/peas whatever but certainly not your degree!

rafaetha · 29-08-2011 02:34PM

im invisible wrote: »

likes to play football = team player,
likes chess = not so much
likes TCG (Trading Card Games) = DO NOT HIRE

Noted. But it all depends on the point of view of the recruiter. If you're looking for someone to do data analysis or another technical job, isn't chess a good thing? Chess = focused.

syklops · 29-08-2011 03:00PM

wild_cat wrote: »

I have left out hobbies from CV. It's pretty easy to gauge with what I have in my skills set what hobbies I have. I thought it just added more clutter.

A CV should generally be about 2 pages in length. If you have the space at the bottom I would say stick it in. You dont need to include every job you ever had just the last 2-3. and any others of relevance. Also often what people do in their free time reflects their passion and drive. As another person said, if you want a job in Electronics and your hobbies include Robotics, then that puts you head and shoulders above the guy who listed his hobbies as reading and relaxing.

krudler · 29-08-2011 03:06PM

it wrecks my head when people who have no interest in the job they're going for apply, like when I worked in HMV, sat in on a couple of interviews and chatted to people handing in cv's at the counter, and the amount of people who had absolutely no interest in movies, music or video games (the three things hmv is known for) was crazy, fair enough if you like music and wouldnt know too much about movies or games or some combination of the three, but no interest in any of them? its not like Centra or something where you dont have to give a fiddlers about stuff you do need to have some kind of knowledge of music or movies, even at a basic level.

we used to test the newbies working in the stock room by letting them pick out a cd to put on the stereo in there from the 1000's of albums in there, if it was something we liked they'd do well :pac:

Hal Emmerich · 29-08-2011 10:03PM

im invisible wrote: »

likes to play football = team player,
likes chess = not so much

likes TCG (Trading Card Games) = DO NOT HIRE

bull****e

TeaServer · 29-08-2011 10:35PM

im invisible wrote: »

likes to play football = team player,
likes chess = not so much

likes TCG (Trading Card Games) = DO NOT HIRE

This is traditional thinking, it could just as easily mean

likes to play football = can drift along under the radar on the back of others work,
likes chess = all my work is my own

likes TCG (Trading Card Games) = ?, I don't know what this is.

/T

languagenerd · 29-08-2011 11:20PM

Apanachi wrote: »

Public Reations?????

Yep, that's exactly what I meant :P.

Littlehorny · 29-08-2011 11:33PM

Say a cv from a guy once that was 47 pages long! He had pictures of his kids AND his dog in it!

Frynge · 29-08-2011 11:45PM

cv recently, for a barjob, lad had listed

"meats i worked with

beef
chicken
pork
lamb"

gooch2k9 · 29-08-2011 11:49PM

Dohnny Jepp wrote: »

Hobbys and interests are talking points with the interviewer. If he played rugby and you have have it in your hobbys and interests then you's have a little thing to chat about.
It may not be relevant to the job, but it'll stick in the interviewers mind, and if two prospects are neck and neck, the interviewer will remember the chat about rugby.

Its happened before and will happen again.

Unless you play full back, solitary business that.

Mickey H · 30-08-2011 02:11AM

theGavin wrote: »

I once wrote in my achievements section that I found Waldo.

Where was the f***er hiding?

cocoshovel · 30-08-2011 02:19AM

Hmmm if you ask for their hobbies then thats what you will get. I don't understand why some employers laugh (or at least that was the impression I got from a few posts here) when they see some peoples quite normal, unrelated work hobbies.

Hal Emmerich · 30-08-2011 02:26AM

cocoshovel wrote: »

Hmmm if you ask for their hobbies then thats what you will get. I don't understand why some employers laugh (or at least that was the impression I got from a few posts here) when they see some peoples quite normal, unrelated work hobbies.

Plus bloody one!!

Stupid posts on this thread.

TheFullDuck · 30-08-2011 02:31AM

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

I was working in a Spar when I got a CV from a young chinese guy call Thomas Thomas, I double checked he claimed his name was Thomas Thomas, anyway he had down as a hobby "serving customers"

Laughed for a solid 5 mins at this

Hurricane-Dean · 30-08-2011 02:48AM

Funniest I got was when I was helping the HR manager sort out the crap CVs and she handed me one with the heading "my Currikulim Vite" with more horrendous spelling and hobbies "badmiton". I only stopped laughing when I realised it was my best friend.

Yes he still gets slagged to this day and that was 4 years ago :pac:

flas · 30-08-2011 02:48AM

i was applying for jobs a few weeks ago, was getting really pissed off with not hearing anything back except the usual automated crap, so i just started putting in stuff like "I would hate for your company to miss out on the oppertunity to hire me" or "I hope you are the ones lucky enough to employ me", just basically spouting bollox! got a trial for a job, started last saturday, seems to be going well last few days!happy days!

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