I just caught up to this email from CareerBuilder.com regarding anecdotal stories from hiring managers.\u00a0 These types of stories come out frequently and, honestly, I never get tired of them.\u00a0 Here is the bulleted list:<\/p>\n
When asked for the most memorable missteps they encountered when going through resumes, human resource managers and hiring managers reported the following:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate put God down as a reference (no phone number).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate listed her hobby as alligator watching.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate claimed to be a direct descendant of the Vikings.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate\u2019s email address had \u201clovesbeer\u201d in it.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate listed \u201cMaster of Time and Universe\u201d under his experience.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate started off the application with “Do you want a tiger?”<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate specifically pointed out that he was not a gypsy.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate\u2019s condition for accepting the position was being allowed to bring his pet monkey to the workplace.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate pointed out, “I’ll have your job in five years.”<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate sent a 24-page resume for a 5-year career.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate put a picture of her cat on top of her resume.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate declared himself the LeBron James of table games.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Candidate sent a video trying to hypnotize the HR manager into hiring him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That last one is excellent\u2026I\u2019m still laughing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just caught up to this email from CareerBuilder.com regarding anecdotal stories from hiring managers.\u00a0 These types of stories come out frequently and, honestly, I never get tired of them.\u00a0 Here is the bulleted list: When asked for the most memorable missteps they encountered when going through resumes, human resource managers and hiring managers reported the following: \u2022 Candidate put God down as a reference (no phone number). \u2022 Candidate listed her hobby as alligator watching. \u2022 Candidate claimed to be a direct descendant of the Vikings. \u2022 Candidate\u2019s email address had \u201clovesbeer\u201d in it. \u2022 Candidate listed \u201cMaster of Time and Universe\u201d under his experience. \u2022 Candidate started off… Read More<\/a><\/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":[12,2],"tags":[1646,1645,83,1643,1644],"class_list":["post-2430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-hiring","tag-bad-candidate-moves","tag-funny-hiring","tag-hiring-anecdote","tag-hiring-stories","tag-humorous-hiring"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-Dc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1731,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/using-social-networks-for-conducting-background-checks\/","url_meta":{"origin":2430,"position":0},"title":"Using Social Networks For Conducting Background Checks","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"September 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In catching up on some posts and articles from the weekend I came across a survey from CareerBuilder on Cheezhead.\u00a0 The survey is looking to see how many hiring managers use social networking sites for conducting background checks.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are the findings: Of those hiring managers who have screened job\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hiring"","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1687,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/stupid-candidate-tricks-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2430,"position":1},"title":"Stupid Candidate Tricks","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a new one - candidates who use provocative usernames in the online resume submission software.\u00a0 From abcnews.com: ...a candidate who entered his resume in the company's online database -- along with the username \"Sexpig.\" Yeah, what more needs to be said about that one?\u00a0 Well, this is much\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Anecdotes"","block_context":{"text":"Anecdotes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/anecdotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2230,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/01\/interview-myths\/","url_meta":{"origin":2430,"position":2},"title":"Interview Myths","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This article from Yahoo\u2019s Hot Jobs contains 5 hiring myths designed to help candidates perform better in an interview.\u00a0 Myth #1 is excellent for the hiring manager: Myth #1: Be prepared with a list of questions to ask at the close of the interview. 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