I have been hyping myself up to apply for jobs after graduating in December. I have a gig as a graphic designer right now, but need to get a full time position. I’ve been making edits to my resume and updating my website over the last couple months. After dragging my feet for too long, I found that there were actually a couple listings for jobs I would enjoy and have some experience in.
I spent time carefully reviewing all the information I was typing into the application, then uploaded my resume and sent it. I also sent in this resume to one other job a few weeks back. I decide to look at the resume after sending it in for some reason. I found a couple of icons weren’t aligned with the lines of type, as well as my name was somehow not centered suddenly on top of the resume. Not a good mistake to make if you’re a graphic designer. I sent it to my dad who then pointed out I misspelled “Summa Cum Laude”, something I’m pretty sure I googled because I had a feeling I would somehow misspell it despite that being such a small, stupid mistake.
I thought I reviewed it multiple times, I even had multiple people look over it before I sent it in. I’m feeling really really dumb right now.
TL;DR: I misspelled “Summa Cum Laude” on a resume.
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It’s only your first two applications, it really doesn’t matter. You’ll need to apply to hundreds of jobs.
I was a word-of-mouth lock for a job and said I’d send my resume out of respect; but accidentally attached an image of my cat.
I didnt add it together until I angrily looked at my own email months later wondering why they ghosted on my schedule and responses.
How’d you spell it?