ever get the feeling you didn't get an interview because you misspelled

[bertha katzenengel]

a word in your cover letter?

:puke::dunce: <<<----- barfing on myself :eyes:

:banghead:

[crim son]

1. Spellcheck, Bertha!

What were you thinking? :spank:

No, I hope that's not the reason. Or do I? Because I know it's something you won't do again...

[bertha katzenengel]

3. Here's what I was thinking:

I will get a job but it's probably going to be at minimum wage, papering the Taj Mahal with the cover letters and resumes I've sent out in the last two months.

[crim son]

4. Well, welcome to my world.

I'm going from a goddamn mansion to a creepy little house, because of the divorce. Minimum wage will feed you. I wish you luck! Really.

[bertha katzenengel]

5. Jesus god.

I haven't kept up, crim son. I didn't know. I'm sorry. :hug:

[crim son]

11. Shit. I wasn't trying to elicit sympathy!

I'm just saying I know it all sucks. I'm fine, believe me.

[bertha katzenengel]

12. i know you weren't. didn't mean

to embarrass you.

[crim son]

13. It's okay.

Wory not! :hug: The right job will come along, and I hope it pays you well! -Lisa

[VeggieTart]

14. Spellcheck won't get everything

Like if you write "their" when you should have written "they're." Or use "too" when you should have written "to" and other homophonic words.

[rug]

2. Otfen.

[bertha katzenengel]

6. when you realize it, it's like taking a bite of a shit sandwich, isn't it?

it's one of the worst feelings . . .

[rug]

10. Especially when you realize it after hitting "Send".

[Redstone]

7. no I didnt never do nuthing like that and i also abloutley never made

any cpatilaztion or grammer or pucntuation mistakes iether.

I,m really good, with that, stuff.

Redstone

[Redstone]

8. You know what I just realized? (I should post this in the "things

you've never done" thread.)

I have NEVER written a resume. Not once in my entire working life.

Damn, that's strange.

Redstone

[conscious evolution]

9. Igave the wrong area code for my own phone # once

on a bunch of resumes once.
Wondered why I never got any replies.

[Nikia]

15. I think that it depends

Spelling is an important skill and virtue. Sometimes the employer doesn't seem to be good at it, however.
It always makes me laugh when I read job ads where there are several grammar and spelling errors. One of these ads with multiple mistakes was for a proofreader position. My husband thought that perhaps they wanted a correction in the cover letter.

[benny05]

16. One misspelling is OK

When it is more than one and with syntax errors, it's best to have someone look over the cover letter.