Re: Having fun with your resume - good idea/bad idea

[Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Not even.  The purpose of your resume is to convince someone to want to
talk to you about it.

Gene Kim-Eng


On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> I've met very few hiring managers who took more than 15 seconds to
> initially qualify or disqualify a candidate in a first round resume review.
> I and others I know would roundfile a 8-10 page resume in a heartbeat. Why?
> It shows poor grasp of the purpose of the writing assignment: to convince
> someone to hire you (aka "sales").
>

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