1. I thought the proper spelling issue would be obvious. It isn't. Let's now rephrase it to say 'Spell your job, your employer, your skills and your education/training properly'. There's far too many technitions out there without enginiring degrees, let alone a clue to spelling.
2. Leave your personal life out of it!! You might be 32, dating, with a son and love windsurfing and leading the cub scout troup, but we don't need to know.
3. Resumes are awesome when they explain your job history. One could make a strong argument, in fact, that that is their entire purpose. Do NOT list your employers and job titles without a few bullets (preferred) or a short paragraph (okay) underneath. Do NOT have a big glob of experiences followed by a short list of employer - title - dates. Connect the two, would ya?
3b. My boss, who really seems to be an expert on this whole resume / employment thing, has a rule for job descriptions. Start with 3 bullets and then add on one more for every year with a company. Now, if you've been somewhere for 30 years, doing the same thing, 33 bullets might be a tad much. Use your brain.
Diversion: it's my last month with the company. We've gotta get damn close to our quota before I leave, in order for me to be happy. So: anyone out there in the robot business, shout my way! I wanna get you hired!
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So you are involved with the 'evil' human resources department? Thanks for the tips, but they seem so obvious, do you have any more detailed insight into resumes? Perhaps some funny stories?
First off, Nay, I am not a part of the HR dept., evil or not.
Second, yea.. okay, I'll concede this wasn't the most amazing cluster of tips. Unfortunately, they were the most frequent issues this last couple of weeks.
Funny stories? hmm... A lot of them are the 'you had to be there' kind. Like the candidate who called me 5 times today to express his enthusiasm. Or the candidate who's "shy" and "a listener", and rambles and repeats this, five different ways until you're forced to cut him off.
But those just don't seem as good now, in writing.
I'll take a look around, see what I can do . . .
What are you hoping to hear? (Maybe that'll help)
I can do the robot. Does that count?
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