Unfortunately, the Internet has provided one more way job applicants can embarrass themselves in front of HR and future managers.
In her ABC News online column, Michelle Goodman provides some recent examples.
One comes from Cara MacDonald, who placed an online ad for an administrative professional. One applicant sent a link to her personal Web site, complete with YouTube videos.
MacDonald was too curious and followed the link. Now she wishes she had chosen otherwise.
The video showed the applicant dancing provocatively in a lacy lingerie top and super-short mini skirt.
“Periodically, throughout those five minutes of disturbia, she flashes the camera,” according to MacDonald, “and it’s ‘I see London, I see France — she’s not wearing underpants?'”
Needless to say, the applicant didn’t get the job.
Other common applicant blunders include providing e-mail addresses that may tell too much about the person, such as sexpig, sexygirl or boozehound @ whatever.com.
We’d like to hear about recent online-based applicants blunders you’ve seen (and maybe wished you hadn’t). Drop us a note in the comments box below.
