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My point is that it's not worth stressing over. Stress over the real content. Who cares if company XYZ went out of business or was swallowed by ABC ten years ago? The point is that I *did* something there that is pertinent to this job.
More importantly, especially if you've been doing mostly short-term contracts with various contracting firms, it becomes a huge job just trying to keep up with all those histories. I'll make a reasonable attempt to keep up-to-date, but I can't account for every change - especially if I'm no longer in the same city and not in contact with people at that company.
These things will wash out in the application process, so I'm not going to stress over it.
--- Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> wrote:
>This is the way that I look at it:
>
>When a job is advertised, people have to wade through dozens - even
>hundreds - of resumes. If you can make their job easier, then they just
>might think more kindly of your application; this is the same idea
>that's behind the T-letter.
>
>Yes, the resume-sifters may not check your previous jobs until after
>you've been short-listed. Yes, they may be well-enough informed to know
>about local company name changes. But, given their work load, counting
>on the memories of even experienced HR personnel may not be the best
>idea.And, in fact, many HR personnel these days are far from
>experienced, especially those making the first cuts.
>
>If a minor addition or revision, such as adding a company's new name in
>parentheses can reduce the chances of misunderstanding and can be done
>quickly, why not do it? The chances of hurting your application are
>minimal, you've invested very little, and you may helped yourself.
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