AUTHOR: M. DATE: 10:25:00 AM ----- BODY:

Dear job applicant, A few tips that may make it easier for you when sending me your resume: - Send a cover letter so I have some inkling of why you want this job, particularly when your resume does not include a single hint about why you might be qualified for this position. - Do not use "orientate" in your career objective description. That word doesn't exist. And please: capital letters won't kill you. - Do not send me a 4-page resume. Especially if you are 23. - Do not spend 3/4 of your cover letter talking about your Excel skills. There is a reason why the necessary computer skills occupied one line at the bottom of the job description. - Do not tell me you want a job where you can "save the world." I appreciate your idealism but I need to know that you have some inkling of what the hell you're talking about. - Do not email me asking for "more information about my company." If you can't google the name of the agency yourself, I will assume you are not terribly resourceful. I do not hire people who cannot think their way out of a paper bag. Best of luck in your job search, M. p.s. If your email address is "psycho[fill in Sesame Street character here], you may want to consider signing up for a free account with a slightly more respectable name.

-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Erin COMMENT-DATE:12:25 PM COMMENT-BODY:Stop it. No way!

Wow... that's pretty horrifying. Good luck getting employment kiddo -- you're going to need it.

:| -------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Anonymous COMMENT-DATE:3:25 PM COMMENT-BODY:Oops. That's really horrifying. God, I'm glad I never did anything that ridiculous, thanks to the CDO-inspired help of one AJWP. :) -------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Anonymous COMMENT-DATE:11:57 PM COMMENT-BODY:You must have received resumes from the applicants I turned down last month. Honestly, one of the email addresses included "hooters". -------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Misa Gracie COMMENT-DATE:1:18 PM COMMENT-BODY:And the few that actually make it to the interview process aren't much better. I once asked an applicant to give me a real life example of her customer service experience and she launched into a full blown rendition of her latest call to her credit card company.

Nice. Don't call us - we'll call you. -------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Mermaidgrrrl COMMENT-DATE:5:46 AM COMMENT-BODY:Please - I'm begging you - I have to know - was it Grover that they'd used for the e-mail? It's going to kill me if you don't tell me. -------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Hashbrown COMMENT-DATE:8:41 AM COMMENT-BODY:Girl, I hear you. I had a prospective intern email me with an email that contained vixenchick. NOt so good for a therapy internship. --------