Three out of four executives surveyed said that just one or two typos in a resume is all it takes to put an otherwise qualified job applicant in the "fat chance" file, according to the Aug. 2 Los Angeles Times. And 40% of the 1,000 executives who participated in the recent Accountemps telephone survey said that even a single typo took a candidate out of the running.

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