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A friend of mine once hired somebody based on the fact that he listed one of his resume skills as "trimming celery", from his stint working in a grocery store.

I'm pretty sure trimming celery didn't have anything to do with the job he was hired for, but it demonstrated a dry sense of humor and willingness to take on new challenges. At the very least my friend was curious enough about anybody who would put that on their resume to give him an interview and see what he was like!

Depending on the job and the industry, humor in a resume might not fly, but for this guy it did!

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