Typos and such

What are your thoughts? 

You have a great candidate but the materials contain all kinds of errors – typos, word misspellings, names spelled wrong, and incorrect grammar. 

I am seriously a “one strike and you are out” screen-er.   I have been told that I am too harsh.  

Here is my perspective:

I have a ton of applications.
I am looking for candidates with the right KSAs to do the job.
I have a ton of applications.
Somewhere I have to start making the cut. 

If I have a job that requires “attention to detail” and you don’t spell check AND proof your materials, I can’t consider that “attention to detail.”  Sorry but I just can’t. 

If you write me a thank you letter and spell my name WAY wrong, that’s lazy.  My name is all over the website, and mostly, it’s on my business card.  

I just can’t imagine a scenario where any of this is okay.  What are your thoughts?

Link to original post

Leave a Reply