worst lines in a CV . . .

[NDA]

Jonathan27 said:

Great Pretender said:

What kind of job requires you to put a 'personal interests' section in your CV?

This section is generally reserved for candidates who struggle to fill two pages on their CV, when limited just to professional or academic achievements.

It's quite revealing too - which is why employers like to have this bit of flavour. Someone who lists team games might be seen as a team player, someone who lists reading and watching the TV might be a bit odd.....

But slip ups are great, I interviewed a girl fresh out of university who, apart from her 'great leadership skills and business experience' (not sure how you secure these skills at 23 without having worked before) went on to add 'I have a great memory, was a member of the debating society, keen horsewoman and have a good memory....'

[mph1977]

Whirlwind said:

Ganglandboss said:

"Has a record of substantial achievement in some demanding roles. A serious man for serious projects."

That's actually quite a good line

probably better in a reference for someone than on your CV though ...

[ShadownINja]

NDA said:

'I have a great memory, was a member of the debating society, keen horsewoman and have a good memory....'

Re interests, most application forms have a section and I doubt writing "Not relevant to my application" is going to win favours.

Edited by ShadownINja on Monday 8th November 16:46

[Alfa numeric]

My ex-wife used to work in an employment agency that sent out forms for prospective candidates to fill in. One of the questions was "What is your main ambition in life and how do you plan to achieve it?"

One of the more memorable answers was "My main ambition in life is to own a convertible Suzuki Vitara. Last year I achieved this ambition"

The spelling may not have been that good though...

[MKnight702]

Alfa numeric said:

One of the more memorable answers was "My main ambition in life is to own a convertible Suzuki Vitara. Last year I achieved this ambition"

How low can people's expectations get? Surely they misspelled Ferrari 430 as Suzuki Vitara easilly done I guess.

[omgus]

I have had one that stated "re-fencing is available on request".

While chefing i saw one that said "still have 9 functioning fingers and a new found respect for sharp knives"

The most memorable i saw was a 3/4 page CV for a late 20's lad that basically stated: Address, which school he went to (but no qualifications) and a single job position with a company held for 11 years. The cover letter was basically a description/essay of how he had started as a lacky and graduated to head of sales for a medium sized company in 10 years and was now looking for a new challenge. It worked.