Even if we were hiring right now, I don’t think we could get past the fact that this applicant not only sent us one of those dreaded cookie-cutter emails, but he made it obvious by putting every company’s email address in the To: field instead of the Bcc: field.

It’s easy to tell which students are involved and which students are merely embellishing. The students who are genuinely involved tend to have better experiences and skills listed, and can talk passionately about the work they do in an interview.

If you click through to the original article for nothing else, it’s worth it for the video link that sums up the point of this person’s email perfectly through a clip from the movie Half Baked in which a disgruntled burger flipper quits his job by… umm… cussing out every single one of his fellow employees.

What not to do: At a Sympatico.ca party last night, a University of Waterloo co-op student told me that he chose his current work placement because “it was the easiest one available.”

The consequences for lying on your resumé can range from your boss or co-workers simply losing respect for you or doubting your integrity, to losing that entry-level job, internship or co-op placement you worked so hard to get.

Some of the most common mistakes made by students in job interviews include: insufficient knowledge of key job details, no personal narrative, talking about what the job can do for you, not enough of the right details, generic understanding of the company.

When it comes to jobs, it doesn’t matter which program we graduate from or what school we attended, it’s a process of trial and error for each and every one of us. Any hiring manager will tell you they’ve seen the same mistakes from students and new grads thousands of times.

A Financial Post article published yesterday, Winning that coveted co-op, included a great list of interview what not to do’s from a Toronto-based business advisory firm that hires co-op students.

Over at The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl, there’s a recent guest post which tells job hunters exactly how not to start their cover letters (and I’m sure we’ve all been guilty of this at one time or another).

If you think your resumé needs a bit of tweaking, compare it to this list to see which pet peeves you’re guilty of.