A Bhattacharya wrote:I Heck, I have seen documents in big companies shared across inter-country teams that have lots of spelling and grammar mistakes, and nobody's productivity was lessened.
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:is it appropriate in India to have spelling errors in the CV. All of the instances I've seen of errors in the resume/cv have come from people who went to school in India. (I've also seen many correct resumes/cvs from people who went to school in India.) This gets me wondering if it is socially acceptable there or if it is just a coincidence.
Pushkar Choudhary wrote: If the person does not understand English properly, there could be errors even after using the spell-checker. .... To summarize, I think the reason could be a bit more than carelessness for some people, since they might not be very fluent in English. Of course, this can never be a reason/excuse to make mistakes specially when you're applying for jobs in the US.
Jeanne wrote:I've seen "Strut" instead of "Struts" enough times in this forum....
I would think, more likely, good English spelling than a good command of the language.Maneesh Godbole wrote: . . . If you want to be a good programmer, you have to know good English.
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I would think, more likely, good English spelling than a good command of the language.Maneesh Godbole wrote: . . . If you want to be a good programmer, you have to know good English.
Changed.ankur rathi wrote:Shouldn't cvs in subject of this thread be CVs?
ankur rathi wrote:Shouldn't cvs in subject of this thread be CVs?
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Pushkar Choudhary wrote:I've also seen people make mistakes with "there" and "their". Again, a spell-checker would be of not much use here.
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Andrew Monkhouse wrote:..more than one case where the company has been surprised that my hand delivered resume contained relevant information that the referrer chose to leave off. And I had one case where the prospective employer had been given totally wrong information about me.
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:I was hoping someone would say that spelling doesn't matter to understand the opposing point of view. Nobody?
Pushkar Choudhary wrote:I've also seen people make mistakes with "there" and "their".
Jan de Boer wrote:I state that English spelling rules are that ridiculous, I think at least a few errors can be ignored.
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Jan de Boer wrote:I also do not understand why I have commented on this thread since it is 3 years old? How did it came 'up front in the list'? I cannot remember what I did actually..
Jan de Boer wrote:or that you are dyslectic or something
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:And my answer:
Absolutely not. It shows carelessness and lack of attention to detail. I see words spelled wrong, technology names spelled wrong and in one case, a customer's name spelled wrong. And for the excuse of not knowing English well: I'd like to think that anyone interviewing for a job in the US at least knows someone he/she can ask to proofread a resume/cv.
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