Interviewee Shows Up with a Rough Handwritten Resume
Netizens Say "MZ Did MZ"
A baffling story has been shared about a store owner who received a roughly handwritten resume from a job applicant in their 20s.
On the 9th, an online community for self-employed people called 'Apeunikka Sajangida' (Because It Hurts, I'm the Boss) featured a post titled "Has anyone ever received a resume like this?" The author, A, who runs a store, said, "I was speechless for about 10 seconds as soon as I saw it," and attached a photo of the resume.
In the photo revealed by A, the A4 paper shows the applicant's name, mobile phone number, and address handwritten. The education and work experience sections are filled in by drawing square boxes. The roughly scribbled handwriting and crooked boxes give the impression of a careless submission. A expressed disbelief, saying, "Kids these days are surprising. MZ kids are not easy."
Netizens reacted with shock to the post, commenting things like, "The MZ generation just did what MZ does," "Did they even graduate from college?", "Even if they haven't experienced working life, this is common sense," "There are countless resume templates on the internet," "Where's the sincerity?", "They should have at least drawn something properly," "You can already tell how they will handle work," "Someone even attached a selfie to their resume at my store recently," and "Will they act like this when they get a job?"
Applicant Writes Phone Model Instead of Phone Number in Mobile Phone Section of Job Application
A photo of a part-time job applicant who wrote the mobile phone model instead of the mobile phone number in the mobile phone section of the job application form. [Photo by Online Community Capture]
Among these cases, a recent part-time job applicant caused a stir by writing their phone model instead of their phone number in the mobile phone number section of the job application.
On the 23rd of last month, an online community post titled "Hiring part-timers, are kids these days for real?" was uploaded. The post included a photo of the job application form. Next to the box labeled 'Mobile Phone' is a box for 'Phone Number.' However, one applicant shocked readers by writing 'iPhone 12 Mini' in the mobile phone section instead of their phone number. The part-time job was at a PC bang, and the applicant is known to be a high school student.
Netizens pointed out serious literacy issues among the younger generation after seeing this. Comments included, "You can't have a conversation with kids these days," "They probably know fewer than 1,000 words," "At school, they only learn word meanings and the class ends," "Why would anyone be curious about the phone model they're using?" "Foreigners probably speak Korean better," and "The MZ generation really is a problematic generation."
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