A blunder has cost a man a chance at his dream job. Photo / 123rf
A blunder has cost a man a chance at his dream job. Photo / 123rf
One man's job hunt had a bumpy start after he sent his STD results to the employer instead of his cover letter.
Jacques Paul says he was applying for his dream job and began working on his CV and cover letter before hoping to send it in and receive acallback.
After submitting the application, he checked again to make sure everything was in order.
However, the 27-year-old freaked out when instead of attaching the cover letter, he accidentally added the copy of his sexually transmitted disease results.
Taking to social media, he wrote: "I'd just got my PDF [of my STD results] downloaded, and I was all negative, thankfully," the London resident explained.
"Probably there's an HR note being like 'do not interact'."
Jacques Paul admittedly "freaked out" when he accidentally attached his STD test results to his job application. Photo / TikTok
While Paul was highly embarrassed by the incident he said he wanted to share his mistake to prevent others from making the same blunder and to stop errors from being stigmatised.
He also wanted to help reduce people's anxiety about having typos in their job applications.
Paul's video has 1.3 million views and a whole bunch of supportive comments.
"Mistakes happen. If I were the employer, I would reassure the candidate it would not affect the application and hopefully have a mutual laugh," said one.
"Haha I would simply need to move to another country," teased one commentator.
