YSaC, Vol. 394: That would go under ‘Special Skills’.

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HELP Need HR Prof Consult to update resume = $75?


Seeking a ‘quick’ consult with an experienced “Human- Resource- Group” professional.
Concerns ‘possible’ risks of submitting resume when could ‘likely’(?) be vetted with a ‘significant’ blot in the public records.

Let’s say, ‘hypothetically’, that I accidentally ‘killed’ a guy while I was in ‘prison’ for child ‘pornography’. Is that something I should mention in my cover letter, or do I wait for the interview?

Thanks for the submission, Aubrey!

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35 responses to “YSaC, Vol. 394: That would go under ‘Special Skills’.”

  1. dogface Avatar
    dogface

    Right, because “changing” your resume will “totally” solve the problem of your “potential” employers doing a “background check”.

  2. corn flakes Avatar
    corn flakes

    “People” have-also; warned me’ to/check my “resume” because I may[?] or may-not[?] throw “Punctuation” around-care-lessly (?!*)

  3. candace Avatar

    In “other words”, how do I explain the “gap” in my employment-history where I was “imprisoned” for knocking over the Kwik-E-Mart while under the influence of liquid stupidity (?) and dressed as a “gorilla”.

  4. Czadd Avatar
    Czadd

    I wonder what the ‘difference’ is between single quotes and double quotes in the seller’s “mind”…

    1. vickie Avatar
      vickie

      the difference of taking all that energy to hit the shift key??

  5. kelli Avatar

    I’ll consult you for free. If, indeed, you have a significant blot on public record; don’t worry about your resume. Just practice asking, “Would you like fries with that?”

    1. CapnMac Avatar
      CapnMac

      More like usted dice “Sí, soy un trabajador buena para Sheetrock”

  6. Laura Jane Avatar

    I was “born” in 1975 in Long ‘Beach’ Calif. I graduated with “honors” from Woodrow Wilson “High” School and then “earned” a “Bachelor’s” degree from UC Berkley.

    Heeee this is fun– I could do this all day!

  7. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Ah, now this is where all those “creative” writing classes come in “handy!”

    1. Maureen Avatar
      Maureen

      You’ve got that wrong. It’s “creative” ‘writing'(?) classes, which come in”handy”(!)

  8. TeDiouS Avatar

    I am finding it impossible to read the ad and comments without putting a ridiculous amount of emphasis on the “quoted” words, even in my head.

    And now I have a headache.

  9. kristen55 Avatar
    kristen55

    I can picture all of you talking and making ‘bunny ears’ with your hands in the air – I love it LOL

  10. Usually-Lurking Janett Avatar
    Usually-Lurking Janett

    Damn. Really wish I had a face for camera work…I would TOTALLY be putting this ad into video form right now.

  11. ghostcat Avatar

    I’ll “consult” with you, “Sparky”. I’ll even do “it” for”free”.

    :loads “cannon” with “quotation marks”:

    1. TypoMagic Avatar

      That’s so “sweet” of you “Ghostcat”.

  12. TypoMagic Avatar

    Resume = $75?

    That just doesn’t seem right… *Pulls out Catulator*

    Resume times George Burns, subtract the Theory of Relatives, add Pie… take the square root of nebraska and convolute with the population of Rhode Island. Dump it all in a pile, blend on medium speed until smooth and bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees (or 6.98 radians).

    Serve with the associative property of addition and fresh derivatives. Serves a harmonica band.

    So there you are: Resume = Harmonica band. Sparky wasn’t even close.

    1. SisterLyle Avatar
      SisterLyle

      Mrrroww…. mew. *nods sagely*

    2. Windrose Avatar
      Windrose

      Don’t forget it’s May Day! There have to be rose petals somewhere. 8)

  13. Addicted 'Reader' Avatar
    Addicted ‘Reader’

    Sure, I’ll ‘help.’

    First ‘give’ me the money.

    ::counts:: …73, 74, 75 dollars, good.

    Ok, ‘Sparky,’ here’s the ‘deal:’

    There is ‘no’ way to make your ‘resume’ look “good.”

    Too ‘bad,’ good bye.

  14. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Sparky, before we go any farther, please write out in “explicit” detail the ‘blot’ that concerns you, and “sign” and date it on the bottom. Good. Now, I will use my”contacts” to eliminate the record of you actions from the public domain. And you will continue to “pay” me $75 (?) thousand every ‘month’ to keep this signed “confession” out of the ‘newspapers.’

    A “pleasure” doing “business” with you, Spark!

  15. HamCan Avatar

    Maybe Sparky is applying for a job as a Rorschach tester.

  16. Dave and the ferret Avatar

    Sounds ‘fine'(?) to me. While we’re at it, I can “help” you with your ‘ethics’ class.

  17. Addicted Reader Avatar
    Addicted Reader

    I’m ‘having’ trouble posting this ‘in’ yesterday’s ‘comments,’ so ‘to’ Silva:

    Haeoppyyy Beoulaieteuod Biaorthdaeiyyy!!!

  18. kelli Avatar

    I am a “time traveler” who can “help” you with your “blot.”. Simply put $75? on a red table for sale take it for free last thursday and I will “take care” of “you.”

    1. SisterLyle Avatar
      SisterLyle

      And the nomination for ‘Where the hell did my afternoon go?!’ goes to Questionable Content.

      1. drmk Avatar

        One of my very favorite webcomics, that.

      2. Windrose Avatar
        Windrose

        Jeph Jacques and his lady Christie are two of the sweetest, most enjoyable web cartoonists I ever met. Very close to Rich Stevens and Randy Milholland.

        1. SisterLyle Avatar
          SisterLyle

          I’ve made it to the upper 400’s today. I swear I blinked and lost an hour to the comic at one point. I was fully intending to do some writing and possibly waste some time in Sims. I got nothing done except dinner, and even then I had to drag myself away from the comic to accomplish it.

  19. ToBScholarly Avatar
    ToBScholarly

    It is posts like these that make me yearn for an Excessive Air Quotes tag.

    Question: Are they considered air quotes if they are in print?

    1. Addicted Reader Avatar
      Addicted Reader

      I think that tag should be called “Excessive” “Quotes.”

      1. Astrognash Avatar

        “I” ‘concur’.

  20. CapnMac Avatar
    CapnMac

    Well, from the future, it’s sounding like Sparki Sparkilevitch has realized that claiming to have a PhD in Soviet Studies is not quite the same as seven years inside Lubiyanka Prison, even if it is May Day . . .

    Nice try СПРКЯ

  21. nonsensicalcat Avatar
    nonsensicalcat

    I’ve deciphered the subtext:

    $75? = your percentage of the going rate for a healthy liver is $75. It’s questionable because you may have some liver damage, in which case Sparky won’t fetch as much for it on the black market.
    ‘quick’ consult = Sparky will lock you in his basement for <3 days
    "Human-Resource-Group" professional = anyone who isn't an officer of the law
    'possible' risks = Sparky put this whole liver-selling thing on his resume
    'likely' (?) = Sparky would go to jail for a loooong time
    'significant' = dead bodies in the basement of other "HELPers"

  22. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Typo, Punchity punch punch!

    G’Night, Cornwall!

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