Greg Edwards-268690 (11/30/2013)
Gary Varga (11/29/2013)
Jeff Moden (11/29/2013)
The exception to that rule is that spelling errors are simply not forgivable and incorrect substitution of correctly spelled words (for example, you meant to use the word "data" but used "date" instead) are mostly not forgivable (I'll allow only 1 or 2) because if you don't care that much about your own resume, why would you care about the job at hand?Good call.
I remember a weekly newletter at work, with a picture of a sign.
Authorized Personal Only.....talking about an aisle not to be used except by certain personnel.
I chuckled as I pointed it out to the gal putting out the newsletter.
She was amazed at how many eyes had looked and not opened their mouth.
I guess it was close enough for everyone.
Imagine what someone from the outside taking a tour might think.
The aisle got a new sign within a week.
Sloppy can be very bad at times.
There are many jobs out there which require attention to the little details.
Excellent point!
I saw an example once where someone had taken a whole sentence and jumbled up all but the leading and trailing "sound" letters or even left some of the intermediate letters out. People were told they would be shown the sentence for a short period of time and then be expected to repeat the sentence. Most repeated the sentence correctly without ever realizing that the words had been jumbled. They explained it as "familiarity" with words and that a lot of humans only "see" the first and last "sound" letters of a reasonably short word.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.