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Bad resumes come in many flavors. And we didn't overlook wacky job search emails either. Here's the actual table of contents page from Resumes from Hell. View book (PDF) version of Table of Contents
| Introduction: What Makes Bad Resumes Funny? | 7 | |
| Hobbies and Other Strange Pursuits | 11 | |
| TMI (Too Much Information) | 15 | |
| "Actually, I'm Not As Qualified As You Think I Am" | 23 | |
| Questionable References | 27 | |
| Problematic Public Personas | 29 | |
| Careful with That "Send" Button: Know Your Technology | 31 | |
| Yeah, But How Do You Really Feel? | 39 | |
| Blown Away By My Own Abilities | 41 | |
| Computer-Philes for the Circular File | 49 | |
| Cover Letters: Generally Bad, Weird | 55 | |
| Disgruntled Creators | 63 | |
| Let Me Be a Little More Specific | 65 | |
| Language Gaffes | 71 | |
| Informal Banter | 77 | |
| Sounding Off: Voice Mails from Hell | 83 | |
| The Odd Self-Sell | 87 | |
| Makin' Friends with Recruiters | 93 | |
| Silly Skills | 99 | |
| If You Don't Ask, I Will: The Self-Questionnaire | 103 | |
| Warriors and Alpha Dogs | 107 | |
| Sloganeers | 113 | |
| Politics, Religion, and Other Inappropriate Subjects | 115 | |
| Hostile Email Interactions | 119 | |
| Resume Haters | 125 | |
| Buyer Beware | 127 | |
| Job Orders from Hell: Recruiters Gone Wild | 129 | |
| Pardon My Racism | 135 | |
| Odd Jobs and Telling Titles | 137 | |
| Let Me Impress You with My Little Black Book | 139 | |
| When Words Won't Do: Graphics from Hell | 141 | |
| Maybe You Should Quit Your Day Job | 149 |