[wildrosegirl]

ASLplease ASLplease:

IMO, gramar and spelling are less important than effective comunications.

I take it you've never had to read hand written communications. As soon as I see spelling/grammar mistakes, I instinctively deduct 50 points from the person's IQ. Especially if that communication is a resume.

You want a warehouse position? Then don't state on your cover letter that you "got wear house experiance". You'll be immediately "G" filed.

[ASLplease]

You issue warehouse positions based on the acuracy of the resume? I think that is a bad idea, you should issue interviews based on the amount of skills the applicant demonstrates.....the last time I checked, a ware house person works with forms, scanners, and work gloves....I could care less if he can spell 'experience'.

[Lemmy]

Yeah, but what spelling mistakes say about a person (especially on a resume) is that they don't CARE whether something is done correctly. The fact that they spell poorly may not indicate anything about job skill, but the fact that they didn't care enough about their resume to check the spelling speaks VOLUMES.

[wildrosegirl]

ASLplease ASLplease:

You issue warehouse positions based on the acuracy of the resume? I think that is a bad idea, you should issue interviews based on the amount of skills the applicant demonstrates.....the last time I checked, a ware house person works with forms, scanners, and work gloves....I could care less if he can spell 'experience'.

Not completely, no.. ANY position that's reviewed according to all aspects of the person's ability, of course. HOWEVER - if I can't decode the resume through spelling/grammatical errors, I think it's fair to assume that little of the manual paperwork they submit will be of any better quality. If most of it has to be double checked, deciphered, etc., that's inefficient. Inefficiency is not something I consider to be a desirable quality in an employee for ANY position.

Just for the record - the warehouse position was just an example.

[wildrosegirl]

Lemmy Lemmy:

Yeah, but what spelling mistakes say about a person (especially on a resume) is that they don't CARE whether something is done correctly. The fact that they spell poorly may not indicate anything about job skill, but the fact that they didn't care enough about their resume to check the spelling speaks VOLUMES.

Exactly. The fact that they can't be bothered to proof-read for errors, reflects a level of laziness. Another trait I'm not a fan of.