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Re: Unusual resumes

Subject: Re: Unusual resumes
From: Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:32:36 -0500

Sounds like the agency has a resume format they squeeze everyone into. If that format makes you queasy about considering the people submitted (and, I admit, it would me), contact them and say that you cannot get a feel for these peoples' qualifications from the canned format, you would like to see the candidates' actual resumes (sans contact information, of course).

Jo Byrd



Writer Whirler wrote:

I have been asked to evaluate some tech writer resumes forwarded for a contract position open in another department. Most contain the usual information: company name, dates of employment, etc. But a few, all from the same agency, do not contain any specific company names or employment history. Rather, they say something like, "Software manuals, Major National Bank" and "Internet development, Major Human Resources Firm". This information is followed by a description of the tasks performed. There is no sense about how long these candidates worked for those firms or who the firms are. My first impulse upon seeing these resumes was to reject them. Why in the world would you want to hide this information? And how much time would need to be spent in the interview just finding out who the candidate worked for and for how long?

Has anyone else ever encountered these types of resumes? What is the advantage in presenting someone's work history in this fashion? Or am I just out of touch with current trends?

Thanks.




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