I know they say it’s important for resumes, but I’ve never hired personnel. However now that I am working client side, I can definitely say that grammatical mistakes do count, especially for formal deliverables.
I’m all about throwing messy hand sketches with wild scribbles during the development process – even the email typed up in haste – but official submittals with little mistakes scream out a lack of pride and craft.
Obviously the big issues matter the most, but when big errors (some of which may be understandable) are compounded with minor sloppiness, it starts to leave a bad taste.
If they can’t get the little things right, should I really be that confident about the big things?