Here is a new one – candidates who use provocative usernames in the online resume submission software. 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? Well, this is much better: Poindexter, a community manager at Disaboom.com, a Denver-based Web community for those with disabilities, recently had to retract a job offer from an entry-level candidate who proved to be a LinkedIn liar. Shortly after extending the offer, Poindexter Googled the new hire and found that his assistant-to-be’s LinkedIn profile had been updated to include a nonexistent position at Disaboom… Read More
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Killian’s Cover Letters from Hell are out again with some highly entertaining fare. This one does it for me: I’m looking for work because even though my company was profitable last year, this year they are expecting a large defecate.
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