Blooper on Resume

Question

After giving it a thought, I've decided to post this and get some feedback from you guys at the cost of canvassing my stupidity!

I have made a blooper in the chronological order on my resume during Part I of the application of the resume viz. I have put in the period of my current job as Present- Jan 2010 instead of Jan 2011 and the tenure for my previous job as 03/2008-10/2011 instead of 03/2008-10/2010. So I guess the obvious question is:

a) I am assuming the team at Kellogg looks at Part I and Part II in totality. Under this assumption, I hope to correct this error in the additional information section of my essays. Is my assumption correct?

b) Can such a schoolboy error in the resume be an outright grounds for rejection?

It's possible that the extreme speculation in b) is just a natural outcome of my current state of mind :oops:

Help much appreciated!

losttraveler · Answer

Ew... not sure how to even answer this.. if you call them to address it... then it looks like you overlooked it... and if you don't... well then you have to face it during the kroll background check should you get admitted... sorry man

MDF · Answer

Are the dates correct on the 'Work Experience' section of part 1?

If so, I wouldn't do anything except hope that the adcom doesn't notice the discrepancy. As long as the dates are correct on the application, I doubt you'll have a problem with Kroll.

However, if the dates are wrong on both your resume and the work experience section, I would probably notify the adcom. Otherwise, if you do get an admit, its very likely you'll have trouble with the Kroll verification. It's my understanding that Kroll checks very little, but your employment dates are one thing they definitely will verify.

rhythmandsoul · Answer

Well, I've managed to get positive and negative reactions on this one.

@MDF: Yeah, I have mentioned it correctly in the 'Work Experience section' . I still can't believe how I managed to overlook this on the resume. But the dates are correct on the other section. I guess there's nothing I can do about it now. However, would you go with my idea to write it in the 'Additional Information' section of Part II? Would you recommend that?

MDF · Answer

It looks like you're in a tough spot either way.

Personally, I would just say nothing and hope that they don't notice. It really is only two numbers that are incorrect (201 0  should be 201 1 , in two places) I think there's a good chance they won't notice, and if that is the case, you certainly don't want to call attention to that. Remember, these people are reading hundreds, maybe even thousands, of applications.

But at the same time, I could picture some adcom member who is having a bad day dinging you for that...

jko · Answer

Yeah I had a similar typo on my resume, had my GMAT on the resume and hit the wrong number when typing my verbal score. Can't decide whether to contact the AdCom about it or not, since I have it correctly on the application, and my GMAT official report was sent to them by GMAC.

I'm leaning towards letting it go since the overall score was right and I've reported it correctly in two other venues.

I'm leaning towards letting it go since the overall score was right and I've reported it correctly in two other venues.

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