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Revealed: Top 20 CV Bloopers Revealed: Top 20 CV Bloopers

'I have an excellent track record—although I am not a horse.' This is just one of the myriad mirth inducing, career-destroying gaffes to have gained a special place in our all-star lineup of devastating CV Bloopers: confessions and conundrums that sound a cautionary note for those planning to draft their own curriculum vitae.
Funny Business: CV Blunders The Return of the CV Blunders

He likes to start the interview with a hug; she feels compelled to write about her surgeries. Back by popular demand, CV Ireland serves up yet another steaming pile of curriculum vitae blunders, bloopers, and crazy catastropheseach one more outlandish than the last. Laugh and learn from the very best of the absolute worst.
Top 10 Routes to CV Rejection Top 10 Routes to CV Rejection

Some CVs get annhiliated on arrival while others stake claim to the manager's desk. Wouldn't it be great to know why? Well now you can. From poor presentation to unsettling hobbies (belly dancing, anyone?), we outline the top ten routes to the Halls of Curriculum Vitae Shame, along with practical advice to help you avoid them.
Top 20 Interview Catastrophes a
Top 20 Interview Catastrophes

Spanning the gamut from Batman wannabes to executive tap dancers, this hitlist of abominable interview candidates makes even the Secret Lemonade Drinker seem well-balanced by comparison. Brace yourself for a nightmare journey into the heart of corporate chaos—and the most career-crippling misdemeanours of all time.
Job Interview Secrets—Part 5 Embarrassing Body Language

'It ain't what you do—it's the way that you do it.' So sing Bananarama, and who are we to disagree? Body language from head to toe is the subject of our fifth and final Interview Secrets feature, so come hold your head up high, put your best foot forwardand learn to detect and control the telltale cues that give you away.
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