When looking for a job you'll be more productive if you keep in mind the purpose of a resume. It is to get you the interview and should be written with that goal in mind. If you're applying for a advertised position include a cover letter introducing yourself and the skills you have that make you a perfect fit for the position. There is no rule that states you cannot rewrite your resume for each application.

The interview is where you sell yourself and get the job.

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When I go through a stack of resumes, the resumes that get my attention are the ones that appear to have been tailored to the specific job posting. In other words, I want the applicant to tell me what makes them a good candidate for the position, rather than expecting me to read their resume and try to figure out if they are a good candidate for the job.

But these examples have completely different meanings and if someone graduates from grade school without knowing how to use a contraction, that school failed. The fact that people can't be bothered to check their spelling when they have doubts about a word makes me wonder, sometimes. I actually saw someone write "I have know idea..."- how the hell could they not know the old way of scolding kids "N-O means no!"?

This is third grade stuff.

OTOH, a friend told me that when he was in school, a teacher said "For those of you who are good at spelling, kiss that goodbye because after four years here, you won't be able to spell worth a crap".

I know they have different meanings. That is my point.

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Monkey

These words have different meanings and they are spelled differently. So wouldn't it make sense that...

To
Two
Too

....should be spelled differently? Or mean the same thing?

I am not saying that it can't or shouldn't be learned. I just find it ridiculous that someone would police the grammar and spelling of a language that does not follow logic. The grammar police should be writing letters to governments and schools in an attempt to correct the real problem instead of following people around on message forums telling them how to spell things.