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Subject:Bad resume text From:"LAGOLD.US.ORACLE.COM" <LAGOLD -at- US -dot- ORACLE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 5 Aug 1994 13:53:21 PDT
Two of my all-time favorites came from the same resume:
"Distributed books from Mountain View to Palo Alto."
(For those of you not familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area, this is like
saying "Ran the gamut from A to B." Mountain View and Palo Alto are
neighboring towns.)
"Initiated and authored a Style Guide for Safeway Meat Tags."