Results: Obsolete Job Skills
Published on 02/06/2017
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Sometimes, no matter how qualified we may feel, there are certain job skills that shouldn't be included on resumes anymore (according to The Huffington Post). Which of the following do you think should still be included?
Working the fax machine
17%
354 votes
Repairing a telephone — and traveling to someone's home to do it
13%
259 votes
Managing a Blockbuster store
16%
332 votes
Rewinding videotapes
14%
283 votes
Reading an analogue clock
16%
325 votes
Manufacturing a road atlas
13%
271 votes
Operating an office switchboard
19%
392 votes
Knowing grammar — at any job
38%
777 votes
Using software that nobody uses anymore
14%
280 votes
Typing fast (on a typewriter)
25%
511 votes
Undecided
11%
222 votes
N/A
24%
497 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
22 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.18% | 8 | |
| None | 0.02% | 1 |
| None of these | 0.02% | 1 |
| all | 0.02% | 1 |
| Neat, clean and well dressed, no visible tattoos, the public finds them offensive | 0.02% | 1 |
| Paid to protest against President Trump. | 0.02% | 1 |
| It would depend on what would be relevent to the job being applied for. | 0.02% | 1 |
| shorthand | 0.02% | 1 |
| 66666 | 0.02% | 1 |
| Professional Letter Writing | 0.02% | 1 |
| using a rotatory telephone | 0.02% | 1 |
| sewing by hand or machine | 0.02% | 1 |
| Telephone manners | 0.02% | 1 |
| Doing cash without a scanner | 0.02% | 1 |
| Answering a telephone properly | 0.02% | 1 |
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Have you recently updated your resume & removed things that may be obsolete now? Yes
13%
267 votes
No
39%
796 votes
Undecided
6%
113 votes
Not Applicable
43%
872 votes
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