{"id":1570,"date":"2008-05-14T07:15:53","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T12:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/spell-check-aint-so-common\/"},"modified":"2008-05-14T05:53:43","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T10:53:43","slug":"spell-check-aint-so-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/spell-check-aint-so-common\/","title":{"rendered":"Spell Check Ain&#8217;t So Common"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The title of a resume I found online:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Experience Hard Warker<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title of a resume I found online: Experience Hard Warker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[321,654],"class_list":["post-1570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-resumes","tag-resume-error","tag-resume-misspelling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-pk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1423,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/02\/fun-from-the-sourcing-file\/","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":0},"title":"Fun From The Sourcing File","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"February 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the title from a sales resume: sales pro here looking for best carrer oppertunity Spell check is a jobseeker's best friend.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anecdotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anecdotes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/anecdotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1449,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/not-so-confidential\/","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":1},"title":"Not So Confidential","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I got a kick out of this - I'm looking through resumes online and I came across one that was listed as confidential.\u00a0 Candidates put a title to their resume that often says \"Experienced Sales Professional\" or something of that sort.\u00a0 The candidate can then hide their personal contact information\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anecdotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anecdotes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/anecdotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":596,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/01\/spell-check-sloppiness\/","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":2},"title":"Spell-check Sloppiness","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We've discussed the candidate faux pas of spelling errors in their resume. 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