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By day, when I am not looking at the Internet to kill time, I am a professional recruiter in a Human Resources Department for a very large company. Even in today's terrible economy we still have hundreds of open positions because we are working with the government and there is still lots of work the government is outsourcing to the private sector.
I can not believe the Resumes we get from people. Doesn't anyone look at Resume preparation guides on the Internet or look at job search books at the local Library? People send Resumes with huge grammatical mistakes, full of outdated information, list jobs that they did for a few months 20 years ago, and in some cases send documents that are 5-7 pages.
Why are so many well educated seemingly successful people such terrible job hunters? Why don't they have friends and relatives, who know how to write, review their Resume?
By day, when I am not looking at the Internet to kill time, I am a professional recruiter in a Human Resources Department for a very large company. Even in today's terrible economy we still have hundreds of open positions because we are working with the government and there is still lots of work the government is outsourcing to the private sector.
I can not believe the Resumes we get from people. Doesn't anyone look at Resume preparation guides on the Internet or look at job search books at the local Library? People send Resumes with huge grammatical mistakes, full of outdated information, list jobs that they did for a few months 20 years ago, and in some cases send documents that are 5-7 pages.
Why are so many well educated seemingly successful people such terrible job hunters? Why don't they have friends and relatives, who know how to write, review their Resume?
Holy Mackeral!!!
If you want to help people on here with their resumes, just offer your service! instead of holy moly i can't believe how many people can't write, do their hair, dress properly, use the kings english properly,etc, etc, ad nauseaum.
I hadn't had to seriously update my resume for over 20-yrs, so I knew what was ahead. I did extensive research to develop a draft. I then took it to the career transition company that was part of my severance and they made some minor tweaks. I'm gratified that every article I read about cover letters and resumes reflects my product. Net-net though, I'm still looking and I continue to tailor it to the few positions that interest me.
Every writer knows that you can't proof read your own work. It's always a wise idea to ask someone to review your resume for you. There are some grammatical and speling errors that spell check doesn't pick up.
Yes, people are fallible and want contradictory things.
For many it would appear that job seekers are picky...they don't want to work out of their neighborhood, don't want to work past 4:30, want a career they love, won't or can't relocate, won't do telemaketing because it kills the soul, won't go to job fairs, because they never pan out, won't pay someone to fix their resume or go to their local community college career center or job center where they will critique it for free and all the while they complain about there being no jobs.
But as both George Bush and Hussain Obama and the President of the Board of labor Statistics will point out that our country has lost 6 million plus jobs in the past year, so it is easy to point out people's inconsistencies, but you can't get around the fact that this country has lost 6 million plus jobs.
Try to squeak around that!
And yes, people will continue to be inconsistent. That is life!! and yes, inconsistent people will complain. Listening to anyone, we will notice inconsistencies. Again, that is life, living with human beings! ;-))
Every writer knows that you can't proof read your own work. It's always a wise idea to ask someone to review your resume for you. There are some grammatical and speling errors that spell check doesn't pick up.
There isn't much difference between the job market and housing market. Back before the housing bust you could put the biggest pile of crap on the market in socal and it would start a bidding war. Jobs are the same way. When the economy is booming, and workers have the upper hand, some companies will look past these things if the prospective employee can do the job.
But it is probably my field (engineering) that sees a lot of this. I have worked with incredibly smart people that look as though they can't tie their own shoes. They always have other things on their mind. Don't even get me started on appearance or hygiene! Eccentric? who knows.
I came back to twist the knife a little more. I know you did it as a joke, right annerk?
Um yeah, that's it, yup!
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Exactly! LOL!
Eccentric? who knows.
