strangest thing you've seen on a CV?

AHarvey · 21 Jan 2019 at 13:06

I know this probably won't apply to a lot of people but what's the strangest thing you've seen on a CV?

We've just had someone in who's CV states they are "99% Trustworthy!"...

My initial reaction was just "WHAT?"

mattx2 · 21 Jan 2019 at 13:21

I've sen a lot of really bad spelling mistakes

skyripper · 21 Jan 2019 at 13:29

Whose.

233 · 21 Jan 2019 at 13:32

sitting going over a pile of CVs at this very moment for a night shift admin position,

i have a very KEN eye for detail.

5 people from outside the EU that want to work in our office in Glasgow part time,

lots of people wanting to take on a second job (and i mean most of our applicants are wanting an additional 25-30 hours on top of a full time position elsewhere)

and someone has also sent us a blank sheet of A4 no contact details just blank A4

Throrik · 21 Jan 2019 at 17:48

So many people's CVs are 4-5 pages long, listing technologies and specifics about jobs from a bygone era. I don't particularly care if you used Windows 3.1, it's 2019 - keep it brief and cater your CV to the role your applying for.

Mostly though, recruiters... I despise you all

stop changing people's CVs, stop telling them bad info and stop sending us crap.

OpenToSuggestions · 21 Jan 2019 at 17:54

mattx2 said:
I've sen a lot of really bad spelling mistakes

malachi · 21 Jan 2019 at 18:38

Saw an application quote the lyrics from Respect. We all had abit of a giggle.

fretted · 21 Jan 2019 at 20:59

I get CVs from Indian developers all the time who state their work experiences using metric measurements eg. 4.3 years. Is that four years and three months or four months?

Terminal_Boy · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:02

Mugshots of themselves. What’s up with that?

malachi · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:21

Terminal_Boy said:
Mugshots of themselves. What’s up with that?

That's a mainland Europe thing.

the_r_sole · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:30

my favourite ever was guy who had a lot of his skills based around photoshop/visualisation stuff and he had attached some samples of work in a pdf - the pdf had a nice cover page then a load of blank pages with a caption saying "image removed to reduce file size" - genius!

Rroff · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:30

fretted said:
I get CVs from Indian developers all the time who state their work experiences using metric measurements eg. 4.3 years. Is that four years and three months or four months?

I stopped bothering being that precise on my CV a long time ago - no one cares. If they do care I'm probably better off working elsewhere anyhow.

Terminal_Boy · 21 Jan 2019 at 22:26

Throrik said:
So many people's CVs are 4-5 pages long, listing technologies and specifics about jobs from a bygone era. I don't particularly care if you used Windows 3.1, it's 2019 - keep it brief and cater your CV to the role your applying for.

Mostly though, recruiters... I despise you all stop changing people's CVs, stop telling them bad info and stop sending us crap.

Recruiters only exist to give estate agents people to look down upon.

Lopéz · 21 Jan 2019 at 23:16

malachi said:
That's a mainland Europe thing.

Yep, very common.

My favourite quote from a CV was:

"I single handedly revolutionised the tourism industry in Sierra Leone"

Housey · 21 Jan 2019 at 23:30

Throrik said:
Mostly though, recruiters... I despise you all stop changing people's CVs, stop telling them bad info and stop sending us crap.

And stop sending me blind invites on LinkedIn. I must get 5 a week, it’s tiresome.

mid_gen · 22 Jan 2019 at 06:35

malachi said:
That's a mainland Europe thing.

Yeah, you have to include a mugshot in many European countries.

To be fair the recruiters are my current place sift out the hilarious CVs before I see em. Takes half the fun away

Scania · 22 Jan 2019 at 07:06

AHarvey said:
We've just had someone in who's CV states they are "99% Trustworthy!"...

My initial reaction was just "WHAT?"

To be fair that’s probably a lot higher than average, I’d be tempted to interview them just out of curiosity.

malachi · 22 Jan 2019 at 08:34

mid_gen said:
Yeah, you have to include a mugshot in many European countries.

To be fair the recruiters are my current place sift out the hilarious CVs before I see em. Takes half the fun away

I haven't included one in any of mine. Unless they ask for it then I don't bother.

Josh · 22 Jan 2019 at 08:56

A lady once wrote this under hobbies

"Nature and Badger enthusiast"

We stopped looking at hobbies after that - she got the job but left shortly after due to being a total headcase.

Tbh it was written in the stares after the badger bit.

MrRockliffe · 22 Jan 2019 at 09:11

mattx2 said:
I've sen a lot of really bad spelling mistakes