a HORRIBLE experience of DOOM:

[deird1]

Happily sending your CV to the seventh editing company, and only then realising that the first line of the whole thing has the following:

"I have recented completing an editing course..."

I HAVE SENT THIS TO SEVEN COMPANIES. SEVEN EDITING COMPANIES. WHILE TELLING THEM ALL WHAT AN AWESOME EDITOR I AM.


*is facepalming into eternity*

Comments

[kirby1024]

Owwww.

Don't suppose there are more than 7 editing companies out in Australia? Maybe? Maybe?

That's a serious suck there. :(

[velvetwhip]

Perhaps they'll find it funny? You could always tell them it was intentional - a bit of an attention-grabber.


Gabrielle

[klme.livejournal.com]

I think this is your only hope - if they give you the chance to!
You poor silly chook...

[curiouswombat]

Oops!

[quinara]

I think you could get away with saying it was deliberate (whether you get the chance to say so, is the issue); that's some extreme suffix-swapping. It might put some people off for making you look like a joker, but there's got to be at least a couple of people who read it and smile. Whatever you do, don't tell them you didn't spot the mistake!

[bruttimabuoni]

Noooo! *pats*

It will be forgotten in time. It will.

[glorious-pancake-morning.blogspot.com]

Argh. I nearly sent one containing a half-written sentence in the middle of it today. Luckily my internet has been so appalling lately that it timed out while I was trying to upload. About seven times. I was so frustrated I gave up... then, phew, noticed the whoopsie.

But don't feel too badly. There'll be so many more opportunities. You ARE going to be an editor, just you wait.

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

Would changing your name, moving to a new country and having plastic surgery, then re-applying for the jobs, be an option?
:-)

(Though on the other hand: hopefully they'll find it funny - and if they don't, well, would you want to work for a company which had no sense of humour?)

[spuffyduds]

Augh! Yeah, it is SO hard to proofread your own work--you know what you MEANT to say & tend to SEE it whether it's there or not!

[blackfrancine.livejournal.com]

Yikes. This same thing happened to me (I'm a copy editor). Luckily, the managing editor didn't notice the mistake on my resume until I was in the interview, so I was able to point it out and tell her that I'd noticed it as soon as I submitted the application (the company made you copy and paste your resume into their online application). And I told her that I'd actually filled out a second application so that I could paste in the corrected resume.

And I got the job.

I'd suggest sending out a second resume to the companies and just including a letter that says that it's an updated version because you noticed an error in the previous version. Or even just that it's an updated version. If you're not comfortable, you don't even need to point out the mistake.

Most publishing companies or people who do heavy editing will understand and appreciate your honesty. If you try and lie to them, they'll see right through it--catching mistakes is their bread and butter. They'll know what happened. As long as you show them that you caught it and are willing to own your original oversight, they might not really think anything of it. This is actually an instance where applying for an editorial job can be MORE forgiving--because editors KNOW firsthand how easy it is to miss things like that.

[(Anonymous)]

*bighugs*

I say write a new letter and send it out to the companies you've already tried, giving three weeks to a month of time after whenever you sent the first letter. If they noticed the flaw, they probably threw the letter directly in the garbage and forgot all about your name. If they didn't, no harm done, unless they notice it because you sent the second one, in which case they'll probably go, "Oh, she caught it before we did. She is good!"

[padawanspider.livejournal.com]

D'oh. That anonymous one is from me.

[slaymesoftly]

OMG, sweetie! It's funny, but in such a heartbreaking way. I'm really sorry. All you can do is resend with an apology and a reminder that the reason people need editors is because it's not a good idea to be your own proofreader. :)

[a2zmom]

AI! Sometimes life conspires against us. Hopefully, at least one company will find it funny. And if not, as someone mentioned, in a few monhs just send out a new resume.

[immer_am_lesen]

Oh.
Uh.
Ouch.

*hugs*
Like all the people above say- she'll be right. Try re-sending and hope for the best. It happens, you're (yes yes, I know, this may come as a shock...)only human, after all.