Soft Skills Subject: Pay Increases & Career Advancement

Pay raises are on the rise – Here’s how to ask for one

Time to take a break from your job search efforts and check out the 150 funniest resume mistakes.  If you thought you were having a hard time with finding a job, imagine these people.  This read will cheer you up.  Here are 13 favorites from the article:

1. Hobbies: “enjoy cooking Chinese and Italians”
2. “I’m intrested to here more about that. I’m working today in a furniture factory as a drawer”
3. Candidate stated the ability to persuade people sexually using her words.
4. “Skills: Strong Work Ethic, Attention to Detail, Team Player, Self Motivated, Attention to Detail”
5. Woman who sent her résumé and cover letter without deleting someone else’s editing, including such comments as “I don’t think you want to say this about yourself here”
6. “Planned new corporate facility at $3 million over budget.”
7. “I am a wedge with a sponge taped to it. My purpose is to wedge myself into someone’s door to absorb as much as possible.”
8. “Reason for leaving last job: maturity leave.”
9. Objective: “I want to play a major part in watching a company advance.”
10. Qualifications: “I have guts, drive, ambition and heart, which is probably more than a lot of the drones that you have working for you.”
11. Work experience: “Responsibilities included checking customers out.”
12. Application: How large was the department you worked in with your last company? “A: 3 stories.”
13. Education: “I have a bachelorette degree in computers.”

Enjoy this much needed break and good luck out there!