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

[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.