What's the biggest mistake you've made while looking for a job? For me I didn't realize I was sending out resumes with two embarrassing typos that I had missed.

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I applied for jobs for like three weeks with my husband's résumé. It just had our last name as the file title, so I was unknowingly applying for jobs for him. He actually got a couple of interviews, lol

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I was using a REALLY old version of my resume. One that didn't have all of my experience on it. I couldn't figure out why I kept getting rejected either.

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😂 I mean...that's a pretty accurate representation of how I'm looking these days. I once spelled my name wrong in my own resume, which turned my name from a man's name into a woman's name. I had a couple of surprised interviewers.

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I’m not great with pronouncing names I have never heard out loud before. So I, on more than one occasion, have mispronounced the recruiters or hiring manager‘s name. That’s an awkward way to start things.

I actually did the exact same thing. I had the wrong DATE on my file name and when I finally realized I was humiliated. I also have just fumbled certain interview questions that I should have aced, and I've ruminated about those fumbles a lot.

This is a pretty big miss that happens a lot. I’ve received a lot of resumes talking about how great our company is and they want to be a part of it. But, when naming the company in their communication to me, it’s not our company. It’s another agency.

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