Thursday, August 04, 2011
Someone is Whining about a Long Resume in G+
Someone in Google Plus asks:
William responds:
In the 1980s Robert Half and Associates wrote a book on how to interview job candidates which stressed that one should try to be POSITIVE with the candidate and explore how they might contributed to the Company, rather than be negative and try to tear them down.
If it is in theory possible for someone to send an impressive resume and be a disappointment in the work place then it is conceivable that a person with a disappointing resume could be just right for the job unless of course you are hiring them to write resumes. I wonder how desperate the candidate is for a job if he/she were aware of this long thread which defames their character. What else is wrong with the resume aside from the fact that it lists every job they have ever had? Do you see errors in spelling or punctuation? What sort of job is it? If you are looking for a programmer then perhaps they are a terrific programmer but a terrible resume writer. A lot of people pay someone to write their resume for them. Perhaps they would be a great employee but they simply chose the wrong person to write their resume. How many resumes in total have you received? If you received one thousand then I find it strange that you are so preoccupied with this one. If you received two resumes then have them both come in.
If it is in theory possible for someone to send an impressive resume and be a disappointment in the work place then it is conceivable that a person with a disappointing resume could be just right for the job unless of course you are hiring them to write resumes. I wonder how desperate the candidate is for a job if he/she were aware of this long thread which defames their character. What else is wrong with the resume aside from the fact that it lists every job they have ever had? Do you see errors in spelling or punctuation? What sort of job is it? If you are looking for a programmer then perhaps they are a terrific programmer but a terrible resume writer. A lot of people pay someone to write their resume for them. Perhaps they would be a great employee but they simply chose the wrong person to write their resume. How many resumes in total have you received? If you received one thousand then I find it strange that you are so preoccupied with this one. If you received two resumes then have them both come in.
