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Many of the job ads are horrific so it doesn't surprise me the responses are bad. But if you interview with the person who wrote the ad, they won't know any better!
I see the word receive all the time spelled with the I before the E. I would say about 90% of the American population cannot correctly spell the word receive, or receipt.
Those applicants need to hope that the first line resume screeners are themselves semi literate and cannot recognize the common blunders discussed here. There are a whole lot of people who make a lot of these mistakes.
Those applicants need to hope that the first line resume screeners are themselves semi literate and cannot recognize the common blunders discussed here. There are a whole lot of people who make a lot of these mistakes.
Lose/loose makes me crazy.
It drives me crazy too, and if I saw it on a resume, I would toss the resume out.
75% of the population write down loose when they mean lose. For example, they will say "I need to loose weight". Instead of the correct spelling "I need to lose weight". If they spell this way on resumes and job applications, what kind of job can they realistically expect to get?
Um, no. 75% of the population can actually spell and knows when to use words and their spellings appropriately.
An incorrectly spelled word on a resume gets it tossed into the Shred pile.
I see the word receive all the time spelled with the I before the E. I would say about 90% of the American population cannot correctly spell the word receive, or receipt. I've rarely seen these spelled the right way.
I now believe these numbers only correlate to the quality of people from whom you are receiving such documents. Perhaps you should aim higher.
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