[campbellcj]

It's not something I would give any weight or probably even notice.

I read a lot of resumes - sometimes dozens per day - and am constantly amazed at how pathetically bad many of them are. I eliminate many from consideration in 10-15 seconds. At the risk of sounding harsh, maybe some people deserve to be unemployed. The problem is, then they're a burden on society and we all pay to subsidize their existence, so I really wish they would try harder to help themselves or seek professional help somewhere.

Today we actually had a guy show up at our door and literally try to push his way inside, past our receptionist. She locked him out and came and told us he was in the hall. He had responded via email to a job posting and hadn't heard back yet. It's only been a week or so and we had a deluge of applications to review. Despite the ad having said NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE, he had called our office 2-3 times asking why he had not gotten an interview scheduled yet.

The classic part is that he left a copy of his resume (again) today, as one of my guys shooed him off the premises, and there was a BLATANT EFFING TYPO right in the middle of the page. Plus, his skill set did not match the job description to boot. Quadruple fail!