I completely agree that resumes and cover letters should have no errors in spelling and should be grammatically correct. However, what about the job posting that has spelling and grammatical errors? What kind of message does that send? I recently marked up a job posting where I found both spelling and grammatical errors. Example: "Research and resolves employee Payroll related issues". Or "Responds to inquires from employees". I seem to find errors in almost every posting I see. I am a very detailed administrative person so it bothers me to see this. Why should a job posting get away with being riddled with errors but a resume will be tossed out for the same infraction. It should go both ways.
Absolutely correct! This kind of problem is just as bad (or perhaps worse). Your comment would make another great blog topic. Best, Nanci Lamborn, SPHR (author)
Nov 7th 2009 @ 12:22PM Susan Bindman
I completely agree that resumes and cover letters should have no errors in spelling and should be grammatically correct. However, what about the job posting that has spelling and grammatical errors? What kind of message does that send? I recently marked up a job posting where I found both spelling and grammatical errors. Example: "Research and resolves employee Payroll related issues". Or "Responds to inquires from employees". I seem to find errors in almost every posting I see. I am a very detailed administrative person so it bothers me to see this. Why should a job posting get away with being riddled with errors but a resume will be tossed out for the same infraction. It should go both ways.
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Nov 8th 2009 @ 11:43PM Nanci Lamborn
Absolutely correct! This kind of problem is just as bad (or perhaps worse). Your comment would make another great blog topic.
Best,
Nanci Lamborn, SPHR (author)