This short article from Reuters discusses how typos on your resume or cover letter can kill your chances of getting a job. The article sites the following results from a survey of Canadian employers:
A telephone survey of 100 senior Canadian executives showed that more than a fifth of executives said a single typo on a resume or cover letter could cost a potential employee a job, while 28 percent said two mistakes would kill their chances.
I would really put the probability of typos killing your chances even higher than this. The last few positions that I was hiring for each received well over 500 applications. Given these numbers, I only had a couple of minutes to look at each resume. I was simply looking for reasons to eliminate candidates, and typos are an easy one.
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