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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 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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At least they're reading them…

By Typidiot - 25/10/2017 01:37

Today, I spent ages writing a draft press release as part of a copywriting job application. I worked really hard and read it through several times before submitting. They emailed me to point out that I'd misspelled the name of the company. Twice. 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 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 captainfail - 14/07/2009 15:27 - Germany

Today, I applied for my first job. I didn't know how to write a resume, so I copied and pasted one from someone else and reworked it. I got on the bus, handed it in, and left. Then I remembered I forgot to change the contact info and date. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/12/2013 08:08 - United States - Seattle

Today, I got an e-mail regarding an IT support job I applied to. The e-mail had numerous formatting errors due to bad code, and typos all over the place. It said I wasn't qualified for the job. 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 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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By nobodyreadsmyemails - 27/10/2009 22:24 - Canada

Today, I noticed that I've been spelling my company's name wrong in my email signature for over a year. FML

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Thanks, I hate it

By PiMan - 19/01/2010 19:20 - United States

Today, after spending four days having my resume, cover letter, and references proofread and perfected by professionals, I finally submitted it all to the summer internship of my dreams. I received a rejection letter ten minutes later. FML

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moleSG 6

Saturday 1 August 2009 23:34

That's why you look it over BEFORE sending it. Sorry, but YDI.

DalekScythe 0

Friday 23 September 2011 1:06

oh look, I found another homoretardis in its natural habitat trolling and giving the most dumbass YDI remarks.... what a hideous sight!

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kahyia 0

Saturday 1 August 2009 23:53

EPIC FAIL this has been done before.... and might i add the other one was WAY BETTER http://www.fmylife.com/work/1008813

where_i_stood 0

Saturday 1 August 2009 23:57

spelt. *

jessicaclaire 0

Saturday 1 August 2009 23:59

YDI for not reading it over before sending it off.

israelnotjacob 20

Sunday 2 August 2009 0:04

Yeah you have to double check everything, and I mean EVERYTHING before you send in a resume, down to the last detail. Every letter, every space, every punctuation mark. In other words YDI for not checking things over carefully.

MadeOfAwesome 1

Sunday 2 August 2009 0:05

PROOFREAD, BITCH

Ub3r_Crippl3 0

Sunday 2 August 2009 0:07

This is why we check our work over BEFORE we turn it in.

stanicky 0

Sunday 2 August 2009 0:09

Spelt... not spelled.

wbrycem 0

Sunday 2 August 2009 0:13

At last check ... both worked.

dinosgorawrr 0

Sunday 2 August 2009 0:15

haha you totally deserve that one! why wouldn't you check it BEFORE you send it?

irrelevantxx 0

Sunday 2 August 2009 0:20

That's why there's a such thing as checking twice, bud.

dtubbz53 0

Sunday 2 August 2009 0:26

huh, weird..you didn't check over your resume or the fml..you know it's sad when you can't spell "spelled" right

wistfultigerlily 0

Sunday 2 August 2009 4:33

dumbass. do your research before you beat on someone. just look it up. spelt and spelled are both correct; spelt has simply fallen out of common use, but is completely acceptable.