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“Top 11 Worst IT Resumes”

Filed under Resumes and Cover Letters
Posted by Libraries, August 22, 2006
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Andrew Conry-Murray and Tom LaSusa, Network Computing, July 6, 2006, vol. 17, iss. 13, p. 82

The following piece is a very brief but very humorous list of dubious achievements that actually appeared in the resumes of jobseekers in the IT industry. The piece should also make job applicants in other fields think twice before adding dubious or trivial accomplishments to their own resumes.

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To be sure your resume doesn’t include any such faux pas, make an appointment with a Simmons career counselor for a resume review. Call 617-521-2488 to schedule.

For online resume resources, visit our e-Library at http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/career/resumes.shtml.

—Peter Simm