Relatable, Awkward and Work: The eyeball zone

The eyeball zone

By crazylobster - 14/11/2009 16:52 - Australia

Today, I noticed that in my cover letter I wrote, "I also have an eye.", instead of, "I also have an eye for detail", and I have been sending it out for the past few weeks. No wonder I haven't gotten any replies. FML

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By jusfonzin - 16/04/2009 04:09 - United States

Today, I sent a cover letter to a potential employer. In the letter, I talked about my great attention to detail, my strong ability to focus, and my stellar writing skills. After hitting send, I reread the letter and noticed that I typed my name "B-R-A-I-N." My name is Brian. FML

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Attention to detail

By MelodyPW - 19/12/2022 03:00 - Algeria

Today, I wrote an email for a job offer. I checked it, double-checked it, triple-checked it, and then sent it. It's only THEN that I realised my CV wasn't attached. FML

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By anonymouschicka - 01/08/2009 19:20 - United States

Today, I finished doing a resume that I had spent three hours on. I e-mailed it to the business I was applying for, satisfied. I decided to look it over. The first thing I notice, I spelt my own name wrong. FML

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By Max - 04/03/2017 22:00

Today, I sent a thank you note after a job interview, emphasizing my accuracy at editing written reports; I misspelled the company's name. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/09/2009 14:12 - United States

Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML

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Who am I?

By Frederick - 11/10/2024 20:00 - Canada

Today, I think I've figured out why I haven't had any replies to my job applications, or just weird ones. I was sending them from an old email address, which is something like "69_party_dude_420@…" (that's not the actual address, so don't @ me!) instead of my professional one, which is listed on my CV. FML

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By sam - 26/10/2017 08:00 - United States - Sun Prairie

Today, I realized I sent over 2 dozen job applications with my dating profile word doc instead of my resume. FML

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By Loser - 04/05/2009 20:15 - Canada

Today, I decided to modify my resume since I've handed out over 30 of them in the past couple of weeks and I haven't gotten any calls back. As soon as I opened it on word document, I noticed that I had forgotten to include my phone number for employers to contact me. FML

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By jobless - 07/02/2010 06:12 - United States

Today, I realized after sending out countless copies of my resume to companies, I failed to add my phone number on it. FML

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By KayIsKiwi99 - 29/08/2016 19:00 - United States - Houston

Today, I realized after turning in my resume to over 100 job openings over the past month, that the resume I've been submitting does not have my phone number or any other contact information besides my name. FML

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peroxideprincess 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 20:15

hmm...meaning you really don't have an eye for detail...but you do have eyes. so, what you sent out is basically correct. :)

abes22 0

Friday 15 July 2011 20:17

oh the eye-rony..

Comments

callargh 0

Sunday 15 November 2009 0:10

I'd hire you. I'm ******* sick of all these applicants without eyes. What's up with them, anyway?

omghehehe 0

Sunday 15 November 2009 2:10

hahahaha

mjluver4life 0

Sunday 15 November 2009 0:21

OMG lol.

xd0rkiee 0

Sunday 15 November 2009 0:58

YDI for using cliches and not getting anyone to proofread your cover letter.

Anberu 0

Sunday 15 November 2009 1:10

Well, since you don't seem to have an eye for detail, any job that hired you for that probably wouldn't last long.

failuristic 3

Sunday 15 November 2009 1:23

I find it really ironic how the OP like... meant to say "an eye for details" but instead didn't... rofl... Yup, irony.

patticake1601 0

Sunday 15 November 2009 1:35

LMAO

3P0N1N3 0

Sunday 15 November 2009 2:48

To everyone who said it was funny because it shows she doesn't have an eye for detail after all....I don't think that was lost on her when she posted it. What she should've said if asked is that she wanted to see if her potential employer also was detail conscious since details are very important to her.