CV Piss taking in a Recruiter magazine...

If you found out that your Resume or CV was being used in a magazine as a ?point and laugh? piece because your hobbies and skills or your work back ground.. or just generally what would you do?

I have a magazine called the recruiter https://www.recruiter.co.uk/Home/Default.aspx, and at the back of it there is a piece call ?Small talk? in this slither of words it contains a quote from some persons CV, it says..

No time for work to busy playing..
Recruiters continue to send in amusing CVs. This candidate hasn?t worked for a while,- we don?t thing he has the time! Check out his busy extra curricular activities.
?Hobbies and interest:- Music:Playing Musical instruments ? Guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, keyboards drums. Art and Crafts ? drawing, painting. I am also interested in astronomy, photography films and reading. I enjoy outdoor pursuits such as cycling, skateboarding and surfing. I make boomerangs too.

Keep sending them in!!


WTF! Is wrong with this CV?? My hobbies are not too disimular to that, I read a lot of book, mostly comedy, and I love going out with my mates. That?s on my CV. Any how, I read this and got a little bit pissed with what was put. So I have written a letter? and sending it to the editor today via email. I will keep you posted if they reply..


But whats your thoughts on this?? is it ok to do such a thing is a professional magazine?

I don't see what's so funny about it.

I put tapdancing on my CV once and i was employed because of it. They asked if i could really tap dance and i said no, i just put it there because it looked good and they was all ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

thats my funny CV story.

It's better than these..

Funny CVs
collection of funny quotes from real CVs
CV Quotes These are taken from real CVs and cover letters and were printed in the July 21,1997 issue of Fortune Magazine

"I demand a salary commiserate with my extensive experience."

"I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computor and spreasheet progroms."

"Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year."

"Wholly responsible for two (2) failed financial institutions."

"Reason for leaving last job: maturity leave."

"Failed bar exam with relatively high grades."

"It's best for employers that I not work with people."

"Let's meet , so you can 'ooh' and 'aah' over my experience."


"You will want me to be Head Honcho in no time."

"Am a perfectionist and rarely if if ever forget details."

"I was working for my mom until she decided to move."

"Marital status: single. Unmarried. Unengaged. Uninvolved. No commitments."

"I have an excellent track record, although I am not a horse."

"I am loyal to my employer at all costs...Please feel free to respond to my resume on my office voice mail."

"I have become completely paranoid, trusting completely no one and absolutely nothing."

"My goal is to be a meterologist. But since I possess no training in meteorology, I suppose I should try stock brokerage."

"I procrastinate, especially when the task is unpleasant."

"Personal interests: donating blood. Fourteen gallons so far."

"As indicted, I have over five years of analyzing investments."

"Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store."

"Note: Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as 'job-hopping'. I have never quit a job."

"Marital status: often. Children: various."

"Reason for leaving last job: They insisted that all employees get to work by 8:45 am every morning. I couldn't work under those conditions."

"The company made me a scapegoat, just like my three previous employers."

"Finished eighth in my class of ten."

"References: none. I've left a path of destruction behind me."

Write your letter mark and make sure its a bloody good one, how f***ing rude that these people think it's acceptable to piss take someones hobbies and CV.

The people that send these CV's in probably have hobbies like w**king, talking s*** and biscuit eating!

there's nothing wrong with biscuit eating!

No there isnt babe but employers of that nature probably take it to the extreme and class it as a hobby.

Employers on the whole are t***s though.

Agreed..

I have just added those three hobbies to my CV

Nice one!

Ya know what i'm gonna add them to mine as well!

I think we all should..

Your CVs sound interesting. We don't add anything to do with marital status or kids (in fact it's against the law to ask a potential employee those questions) and we dont' put hobbies on our resumes either. They may come up in interviews though.

I dont think its that funny but I dont see anything wrong in putting them in the magazine. I mean there is no way to link it back to a particular person. But quick question what does cv mean, I get that its like a resume but what does it stand for??