Funny Resume Flubs

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CareerBuilder asked HR managers about the most memorable resume no-nos they saw from job applicants. Here are some of the exaples submitted:

• Candidate put God down as a reference (no phone number).
• Candidate listed her hobby as alligator watching.
• Candidate claimed to be a direct descendant of the Vikings.
• Candidate's email address had "lovesbeer" in it.
• Candidate listed "Master of Time and Universe" under his experience.
• Candidate started off the application with "Do you want a tiger?"
• Candidate specifically pointed out that he was not a gypsy.
• Candidate's condition for accepting the position was being allowed to bring his
pet monkey to the workplace.
• Candidate pointed out, "I'll have your job in five years."
• Candidate sent a 24-page resume for a 5-year career.
• Candidate put a picture of her cat on top of her resume.
• Candidate declared himself the LeBron James of table games.
• Candidate sent a video trying to hypnotize the HR manager into hiring him.

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Muhammed El-Hasan, a business reporter at the Daily Breeze since 2000, covers aerospace and everything else about business in the South Bay. Muhammed previously reported at the San Bernardino Sun and the community news division of The Orange County Register. He also worked as a researcher in the Jerusalem bureau of the Los Angeles Times in 1996-97. But his career highlight as a young man was driving a forklift at a Gardena company near Hawthorne, where he grew up.

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