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How to Tick Off a Hiring Manager
Of course you don’t mean to do it. You’re just asking a question, or not reading the job description closely enough. But there you’ve gone and done it.
A few weeks ago a friend of mine forwarded me an email from a prospective applicant. She’s an HR Director for a company that people recognize and would want to work for. You don’t want to tick her off.
But someone did, and no matter how qualified they might be-she ain’t gonna call ‘em.
They sent her an email inquiring if she was still hiring for a job that was posted on Monster.com. They didn’t send their resume, just asked her to let them know if she was still hiring, then they would apply.
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No commentsAre You Really Outstanding?
Lately my friends have been paying off favors in the form of illustrative examples of what’s really going on in the world of a hiring manager. His company was looking for a technical writer. Seems like a pretty straightforward search doesn’t it? He showed me a resume where the candidate was a self-proclaimed writer, but the resume included such typos as defining his objective to “be able to sale[sic] one of my scripts,” that his work will “always look at it’s best”, and..the real capper…”I am a very good proofread.[sic]”
Holy SMOKES!! Are ya SURE????? ‘Cause I’m kinda not feelin’ that you are such a good proofread(er).
Man, you’ve gotta hope that this person posted their resume on the job board when they were drunk or stayed up for 24 hours straight. Regardless, I’d feel confident in betting that he won’t be getting any phone calls soon. Which is too bad because I’m sure that he’s a perfectly nice, well-intentioned guy, but when you post your resume as a writer, and that’s the only skillset you address on the resume, you’ve got to deliver.
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1 commentBeef Up That Resume To Get The Job You Want
Last week I talked about resumes that were too “busy,” where people felt the need to put everything including the kitchen sink in there in the hopes that that one magic bullet-point would entice the employer to schedule an interview. This week let’s talk about minimalist resumes.
The best example I have is a client who worked at a small high-end manufacturing company. From reading the resume she sent me, it seemed like she put together sales reports, reported to the CEO of the company, and sent out a few marketing pieces. She listed her college education at the top, but it had nothing to do with what she was doing now, or what she wanted her next job to be. It was pretty ho-hum.
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