Proofreading your resumé with a fine-tooth comb; because you've picked a profession filled to capacity with nit-picking, anal-retentive assholes
Wherein that's my proposed seminar title
Looking over a few resumés and they're filled with typos and inconsistencies. And please, please, review the document's Properties. I'm not excited about seeing cartoon character names as author tags. Or in the company field, a company name from three jobs ago. Update and review, not that hard.
One more tip. I don't think "Egnlish" is a word.
Looking over a few resumés and they're filled with typos and inconsistencies. And please, please, review the document's Properties. I'm not excited about seeing cartoon character names as author tags. Or in the company field, a company name from three jobs ago. Update and review, not that hard.
One more tip. I don't think "Egnlish" is a word.
posted by bill at 12:31 PM
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I want to hire "Q Dawg".
I can see it now: "Would you prefer to go by 'Q' or 'Mr. Dawg'?"
You actually check the properties on resumes? Sheesh, that really is nitpicking, anal-retentive assholery. If I ever go job hunting again, I'll have to remeber to leave little messages in some of the fields just to see if it gets noticed.
It's like this, once I start picking up on the really obvious stuff, I get annoyed and curious.
Also, a lot of my stuff is internal but a fair amount is for external customers. For external documents, I just want the company name and not my name or the department name, so I have a habit of double-checking properties.
People actually send you resumes in document-file form, rather than as a pdf? Weird.
As for the pain of going through resumes, especially the badly done ones (the majority?), Dorothy Parker seems appropos here:
Resume
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.
I hope you're home now, enjoying Friday Happy Hour.
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