How A Typo Can Ruin Your Chances Of Getting A Job

This is a tale of an opportunity lost before it even began. Imagine being in college and landing a paid internship at a major network. Good stuff right? Now imagine before you even show up to work, you get a call that says you're not right for the position. How in the world can something like that happen you may be asking yourself? Well, the short answer is a junior in college went through this experience when he made a typo on a thank you message to his future supervisor.

The long answer; the lack of paying attention to detail, determined his fate. The thought behind this is if you don't proofread your message to your would be supervisor, then you certainly would be less likely to proofread communications to a client bringing into question professionalism. Take a peek at the message below:

picture source: job.aol.com

I can't explain why the guy failed to capitalize 'Thursday' but that apparently was a deal breaker that cost him the job. If there is a lesson to be learned here, it's to pay attention to detail. Use the tools that are readily available for use (even on smartphones) and run a basic spell check. Today's job market is extremely competitive with highly skilled and talented professionals competing for the same job, don't allow basic errors to be the determining factor for why you didn't get the job.


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