I had never interviewed people before accepting my current gig in Cube City, and I have to say that the experience of interviewing prospective cube dwellers has been quite a self-esteem boost. There are some crazy people out there looking for jobs, no matter what the economic situation. They remind you of how employable you really are.
Most of us are really good at "hiding the crazy" for the first six months on the job, but a lot of interviewees can't make it past the first six seconds of the interview.
A friend sent me a resume for laughs recently, as her Cube City is hiring an executive assistant. Well, trying to hire an executive assistant. They've been actively interviewing candidates for at least two months. This particular resume proved that some job seekers can't even get interviews because their resumes are so whacked. There were a lot of things wrong with the resume, but one sparkling gem was a list of reasons for leaving each job. One reason had something to do with the distance of the commute, how this issue was discussed during the interview, and how the job "just didn't work out." How can you submit a resume like that and really think that you have a chance of getting a job? That's just...crazy!
This Halloween, I hope we can all hide the crazy with our costumes -- at least long enough to score some candy and savor the flavor of being employable.
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Scissor Girl,
Here's a bullet point that I recently reviewed on a resume. This person is also applying for an executive assitant position and felt the need to inform us that she has a skill of being voted class favorite in high school. Now I might expect this from someone who just graduated and is fishing for anything they can to look like they have accomplished something, but this person graduated in the 90's! How's that for crazy!
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