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This is bananas. I'm a cancer survivor and I've administered hundreds of job interviews; I guarantee a large part of the difference in callbacks, if not the who
by niccaluim 11y ago
This is bananas. I'm a cancer survivor and I've administered hundreds of job interviews; I guarantee a large part of the difference in callbacks, if not the whole difference, is down to the combination of resumes and hats. Explaining a gap on your resume, great. Wearing a hat with "CANCER SURVIVOR" on it to an interview, ok, a little unusual, but whatever. Doing both? That's weird—not because it has anything to do with cancer, but because the applicant is putting so much energy into driving home an irrelevant point. I'd feel the same way if you explained a gap by saying you volunteered at a sloth rescue in South America (which would be awesome) and wore a hat with "SLOTH VOLUNTEER" on it (which, combined with the gap explanation, would be a bit much). It just screams "I have no idea who I am so I've constructed a fragile identity around this one aspect of my life."
- g8gggu89 11y agoThis sounds like the people who need to announce that they are trans everywhere.
- ch4s3 11y ago>need to announce Really? Are they announcing, or just being themselves. I guess in a certain way we all "announce" who we want to be perceived as in public.
- g8gggu89 11y agoYes announcing, when it's at the top of their profile for whatever website profile/tech talk/whatever they have.
- astrodust 11y agoOr vegetarian. Or pet owners. Or gamers.
- mazeway 11y agoOr hackers.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThe term "hacker", despite its current dillution with bastardizations like "growth hacker" still holds its caveat - you don't get to call yourself a hacker. It's a term others may apply to you.
- niccaluim 11y agoThat reminds me of a joke I read the other day: Bystander: "Oh my god, this man is dying! Is anyone here a doctor!?" Vegan: "I'm a vegan"
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