“Mine Was My Bank Statement”: Man Applying for Job Mistakenly Sends Secondary School Throwback Photo As CV

“Mine Was My Bank Statement”: Man Applying for Job Mistakenly Sends Secondary School Throwback Photo As CV

  • An HR personnel got many laughing when she revealed the file a job seeker sent to a company as his CV
  • Seeing that the person submitted his throwback photo, the lady suggested that his "village people" must be on his case
  • Among the people who reacted to the mistaken submission was a woman who said she once submitted a doctor's report as her CV

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A Human Resource (HR) specialist has shared a video showing what an applicant mistakenly attached as his CV for a job.

In the video, the boss showed that the person sent his throwback photo with his friends in secondary school instead of a proper CV.

Job applications in Nigeria/Man submitted photo as CV.
People advised HR to contact him for correction. Photo source: @mostcool_hr, Getty Images/Cavan Images
Source: Getty Images

Job applicant submitted wrong file as CV

She (@mostcool_hr) scrolled over the photo on her laptop to show people the applicant's mistake. The HR said that "village people are real".

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People who reacted to the clip narrated how they once had very funny submissions from job applicants.

Watch the video below:

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:

Horrible_SingA said:

"I remember sending my doctor's report as CV.... the HR called me, she was just laughing without control. guess what? I got the job 2020 to date."

Queen Elizabeth said:

"I’ve gotten bank statements as CV as well."

M said:

"Do you have anything for nysc people? Just asking."

Adeola said:

"One of the guys look like Davido."

abigailandersoncouture said:

"Mine was a withdrawal request form."

Kenegurl said:

"Shock the village people and reach out to him."

Nonny said:

"Mine was my bank statement."

NMC said:

"For which job, pls. Am searching as well."

Adedayor5 said:

"Pls reach out to him to correct it."

Job seeker sent 1-line CV

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a lady who works as an HR expert shared a video that showed the one-line CV an applicant sent for a job that offers an N800,000 monthly salary.

She was surprised when she opened the Word document that he sent, and it was only a line of a funny statement.

Man earning N700k salary

In other news, a Nigerian man earning N700k salary and still had a farm business said he wanted to relocate out of Nigeria because all his friends had done so.

Confused about what step to take, the man sought advice from people on whether to make a move.

Source: Legit.ng

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Joseph Omotayo (HOD Human-Interest) Joseph Omotayo has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He once worked for Afridiaspora, OlisaTV & CLR. He is a 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking fellow. He can be reached via: joseph.omotayo@corp.legit.ng.