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Hail all thickos and nasty bastards
Fortune magazine provided us with these actual resumes and cover letters:
'I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computor and spreasheet progroms.'
'Am a perfectionist and rarely if if ever forget details.'
'Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year.'
'Wholly responsible for two (2) failed financial institutions.'
'Reason for leaving last job: maturity leave.'
'Failed bar exam with relatively high grades.'
'It's best for employers that I not work with people.'
'Let's meet, so you can "ooh" and "ahh" over my experience.'
'I was working for my mum until she decided to move.'
'Marital status: Single. Unmarried. Unengaged. Uninvolved. No commitments.'
'I have an excellent track record, although I am not a horse.'
'I am loyal to my employer at all costs...Please feel free to respond to my
resume on my office voice mail.'
'My goal is to be a meteorologist. But since I possess no training in
meteorology, I suppose I should try stock brokerage.'
'I procrastinate, especially when the task is unpleasant.'
'Personal interests: donating blood. Fourteen gallons so far.'
'Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store.'
'Note: Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as "job-hopping". I have never quit
a job.'
'Marital status: often. Children: various.'
'The company made me a scapegoat, just like my three previous employers.'
'Finished eighth in my class of 10.'
'References: none. I've left a path of destruction behind me.'
Quotes from actual performance evaluations. And you thought your boss was nice:
'Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to
dig.'
'I would not allow this employee to breed.'
'This associate is really not so much of a has-been, but more of a definately
won't be.'
'This young lady has delusions of adequacy.'
'Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap.'
'When she opens her mouth, it seems that this is only to change whichever foot
was previously in there.'
'He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to acheive them.'
'This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.'
'This employee should go far - and the sooner he starts, the better.'
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