These are taken from real resumes and cover letters and were printed in Fortune Magazine:
1) I demand a salary commiserate with my extensive experience.
2) I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computer and spreadsheet programs.
3) Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year.
4) Reason for leaving last job: maturity leave.
5) Wholly responsible for two (2) failed financial institutions.
6) Its best for employers that I not work with people.
7) Lets meet, so you can ooh and aah over my experience.
You will want me to be Head Honcho in no time.
9) Am a perfectionist and rarely if if ever forget details.
10) I was working for my mom until she decided to move.
11) Failed bar exam with relatively high grades.
12) Marital status: single. Unmarried. Unengaged. Uninvolved. No Commitments.
13) I have an excellent track record, although I am not a horse.
14) I am loyal to my employer at all costs… Please feel free To respond to my resume on my office voice mail.
15) I have become completely paranoid, trusting completely no one and absolutely nothing.
16) My goal is to be a meteorologist. But since I possess no training in meteorology, I suppose I should try stock brokerage.
17) I procrastinate, especially when the task is unpleasant.
18) As indicted, I have over five years of analyzing investments.
19) Personal interests: donating blood. Fourteen gallons so far.
20) Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store.
21) Note: Please don’t misconstrue my
14 jobs as job-hopping. I have never quit a job.
22) Marital status: often. Children: various.
23) Reason for leaving last job: They insisted that all employees get to work by 8:45 a.m. every morning. Could not work under those conditions.
24) The company made me a scapegoat, just like my three previous employers.
25) Finished eighth in my class of ten.
26) References: None. I’ve left a path of destruction behind me.