March 1, 2011

The Week’s Worst Resumes

I am recruiting again. I reviewed 60 resumes today. Found four candidates to phone screen. Yep, the pickins are slim. Ah, but the process does give me blog fuel. Here’s what made me cringe.

One guy actually created his resume to look like a slick marketing page. It had a blue background and each section had different headings and graphics. Who am I? What do I know? What have I done? The funniest part was the header. The candidate’s initials were in gigantic font at the top of the resume. In thick black lettering were two letters. B.S.…

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