Cheap Tickets and Resumes

Article: United to honor free fares

Author: Chris Isidore

September 13, 2013

            In the article “United to honor free fares” written by Chris Isidore, he talks about United Airlines honoring mistakenly sold plane tickets.  The company made a comment saying this mistake happened by human error not a computer glitch.  Tickets were being sold as low as five to ten dollars apiece.  Chris then quotes a man named Andy Farrimond, where he talks about how he noticed those prices and began telling coworkers around him.  His coworkers, along with himself, bought multiple plane tickets ranging from Las Vegas, NV to Honolulu, HW.

            Where was I when this mishap happened? Five dollars to go to Hawaii, I missed out! In my opinion it was awesome that the company is honoring these plane tickets, especially since it was a human error in the first place.  Of course it also sucks for the company to lose money because who knows how many tickets were sold for those low prices.  They can only hope that this mistake does not happen again. 

Article: Hiring managers reveal the biggest resume mistakes

Author: Aliah Git

September 11, 2013

In the article “Hiring managers reveal the biggest resume mistakes” by Aliah Git, she talks about the biggest and common mistakes found in resumes.  The study was conducted by a research firm Harris Interactive and it was published by CareerBuilder.com.  Some of the outrageous mistakes found were resumes using text language, the candidate neglecting to include his/ her name and baby pictures included in the resume.  The common mistakes in resumes had typos, inappropriate email addresses, missing information, the resume is too generic, printed on decorative paper and the resume was either too short or too long.  The article then concludes by answering the question” How long should a resume be”?

I think this article was helpful.  It gives more insight to the mistakes that happen in resumes. I know that I will double check my resume and have someone revise it/ and or give me pointers. “How long should a resume be” is a question that I often here and I never know the answer.  In the article it states that if you are freshly out of college your resume should be a page long.  If you have been around for a long time it should be two pages highlighting the skills you obtained over the years through your experiences. Resumes are the first thing employers see, therefore the most important thing besides a first impression. But initially that is your first impression.