I agree, we reject more than 98% of all applicants because they can't
even make a proper resume or even spell everything correctly.
First, yes, a resume needs to be ace. It is your calling card. And with
today's computers, not much excuses and it does show attention to
detail. As most of use do not spell perfectly. Since you have time to
prep a resume, it should be close to perfect.
But I would not look for grammatical flaws so quick. Having interviewed
a few myself, I always look for the BS factor first. The resume that has
all the right words but the person obviously was just exposed at best as
opposed to knowing it. Quite a few resumes today are exaggerated, and if
I can't trust their statement of skills, why should I hire a problem? I
reduce the pile by about 90-95% in a 5-10 minute phone call.
Hey, but we need allow some latitude here once hired. Not all of us come
with a masters degree in English. Had one manager once like that, she
was more interested in my grammar than the point of keeping a $3B/yr
system up and running. She didn't care I was into the kernel of HP-UX
with the cause of the systems crashes, in my excitement of finding a 6
month old issue just 3 months after being hired drowned my spirits. I
put many hard hours into nailing that one.
Needless to say, I moved on. If management priorities are wrong, no need
to waste time.
