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I recently applied to the Content Designer, 2023 Graduate remote role at Atlassian and I'd appreciate it if I could get a referral.
Here are some details to aid in your decision-making:
- Last summer, I worked at Google as a UX Content Design Intern.
- I am currently in a grad program at
NYU and will graduate in Spring 2023.
- Before graduate school, I spent 3+ years as a Copywriter in Advertising.
I'd really appreciate any recommendation I can get at this time.
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I once saw somebody say that they were fluent in Klingon. I looked it up and it's the language from Star Trek and I literally couldn't believe that they were serious. I even asked them in the initial phone screening and they said that they were just joking and they put it because they thought nobody was going to read their résumé.
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Oh, my word that is hilarious!
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Someone put that they placed 2nd in state for cross country or something like that in high school. Like... yeah this has nothing to do with that lol
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I'm gonna say that is hilarious. I could just see some of my students putting something like that.
I worked as a staffing manager for a claims center. The ones that come to mind for me are:
Typing speed is 70wpm (typewriter) and 60wpm (computer)
Capable of advanced file and document searching
Someone listed almost every single web browser, each as a separate bullet point…
And the funniest to me, maybe bit concerning, was someone listing the names of all the sexual harassment trainings they had as part of their onboardings for prior jobs. Like with the complete titles too.
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Okay, so let's break out the old Royal typewriter, or do you want the first electric one?🤣
Haha that's funny
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I also feel like there's no benchmark to test against to see if someone is just proficient or actually an expert so there ends up being a lot of leeway. I tend to shy away from the "expert" terminology on my resume unless I'm confident that I can speak to something I can do that most people aren't able to