Many job-seekers get even the basics wrong when it comes to writing a CV. One recruitment company says that more than a third of the job-hunting graduates with whom it deals are rejected for their poor grasp of language and won’t make it past recruiters’ inboxes. “Badly written, poorly punctuated CVs and covering letters reflect inadequate communication skills and attention to detail,” says Sunil Duggal, the MD of Just IT Recruitment.

Here are ten examples of CVs that went to the bottom of Just IT’s heap:

The neurotic: a candidate submitted a password-protected CV that could not be accessed.

The evangelist: who ended a covering letter with “Jesus loves you”.

The banker: the applicant who put all his confidential bank details on his CV.

The cyber-criminal: who put that his life’s ambition was to be a computer hacker.

The punctual one: a candidate who said “I’m good at timekeeping. I wake up at 6am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday,” on her covering letter.

The bone idle: a candidate who sent across a generic template, leaving gaps where there should have been information describing the job position in which he was interested, and the company to which he was applying.

The enigma: a CV was submitted with no name or contact details.

The pervert: the CV with an “inappropriate” suggestive e-mail address.

The narcissist: a covering letter from a candidate with one objective: “to please and attain supreme perfection”

The porn star: a CV that included a photograph more suitable for a glamour shoot.

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