{"id":135880,"date":"2026-05-13T16:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/should-bad-writing-be-a-deal-breaker-when-hiring\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:41:30","slug":"should-bad-writing-be-a-deal-breaker-when-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/should-bad-writing-be-a-deal-breaker-when-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Should bad writing be a deal-breaker when hiring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-37954\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Should bad writing be a deal-breaker when hiring?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-connect\">By<\/span> <span class=\"author\">alison green<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-connect\">But<\/span> <abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2026-05-13\">13 May 2026<\/abbr>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A reader writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am getting a lot of applicants for jobs like welder, electrician etc. These resumes contain more mistakes (think grammar and spelling errors). I&#8217;m having a hard time understanding whether a candidate&#8217;s attention to detail on an application is really a reflection of their ability to do a good job at these jobs. I&#8217;m interested in hearing your opinion because for other positions (like admin or office) I would strongly consider attention to detail.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I answer this question \u2013 and two others \u2013 today in Inc. In, where I&#8217;m revisiting letters that are buried in the archives here from years ago (and sometimes updating\/expanding their responses). You <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/alison-green\/should-sloppy-writing-be-a-deal-breaker-when-youre-hiring\/91337829\">You can read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other questions I&#8217;ll be answering there today include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What should I say to a student employee who asks why someone left?<\/li>\n<li>Is &#8220;Thank you in advance&#8221; rude?<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .comments-link --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"after-post-meta entry-meta\">\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should bad writing be a deal-breaker when hiring? By alison green But 13 May 2026 A reader writes: I am getting a lot of applicants for jobs like welder, electrician etc. These resumes contain more mistakes (think grammar and spelling errors). I&#8217;m having a hard time understanding whether a candidate&#8217;s attention to detail on an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[1411,29359,5419,10619],"class_list":{"0":"post-135880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-bread","8":"tag-bad","9":"tag-dealbreaker","10":"tag-hiring","11":"tag-writing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135885,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135880\/revisions\/135885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}