[AFJuvat]

I'm weeding through a bunch of resumes, as my department is hiring two additional people.

I am, myself guilty of not writing clearly, or misusing punctuation on more than one occasion. However, when submitting a resume, this is the first impression your potential employer will get of you. It would be to your benefit to proofread,

My god, this is painful. Here are a few things I've noticed.

1. It is VERY hard to take you seriously if you are applying for a job through e-mail, and the resume comes from "findtherooster@email.com" Yes, that will get right through our corporate spam filter.

2. In a related note, I know what 420 means; you may want to leave that out of your email address.

3. I can appreciate that you are going to school and I am happy that you are getting a 3.5 GPA. However, listing all of the classes you've taken and the grade you received isn't really necessary.

4. When listing your computer software skills, be specific as to what versions. I'm sorry, unless you are in your late 30's or early 40's, you probably aren't really an expert on ALL version of Windows software. You graduated high school seven years ago, and college last year, I doubt you fall into the age group I'm talking about.

5. Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox are not software skills.

6. When listing your accomplishments, give me "what you did, and what was its impact". "Training employees" all by itself isn't really helpful.

7. When writing numbers, as in "I supervised seven people." It is customary to type out the written form of the number for any number ten, or less. "I supervised 2 people" just doesn't look right.

8. I've never seen "problem Solving" (sic) expressed as an "interest" before

9. They are called commas, periods, and spaces; and they desperately want to be your friends. There are very few legitimate uses for an ampersand on a resume. " X & X & X & X" when listing responsibilities is just painful to read.

10. Bullet statements start with a capital letter.

11. Don't start cover letters with a question. It makes you look like a bad infomercial.

12. Scented, pink parchment with a kitten watermark - just say no.

13. Nouns and verbs like to agree.