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> The school ultimately felt the bitmoji résumé was inappropriate. > “We’re not a lot of crotchety old people who don’t understand how bitmojis work,” says Ms.

> The school ultimately felt the bitmoji résumé was inappropriate. > “We’re not a lot of crotchety old people who don’t understand how bitmojis work,” says Ms. Posthuma, who is 41. “It looked very juvenile.” Seems juvenile to overlook the substance of a resume just because the person also shows their personality. It's unfortunate more people don't care about the actual skills needed for the job and instead make hiring decisions on the weirdest possible criteria. My favorite, very common, example: throwing out a resume because it has a typo for positions where typos don't really matter (most positions). An approach where you stand out seems to make a lot of sense, nevertheless. You can be an "average" candidate and literally never get the job because they're only hiring one person for the position. An approach that turns some off but gets the attention of a few makes sense in many scenarios.

duxup 7y ago
It's hard to imagine the justification for "inappropriate" is for a bitmoji of someone waving hi. I can understand not caring for it or it not contributing to the resume but it seems strange to see something like that so negatively. The whole job application system seems like a meta game where the most absurd things get focused on.
- elicash 7y ago
  Another example: how people dress. It's bizarre that for most employers in the U.S., if you don't dress professionally enough in your interview you won't get a job. Even in jobs where you have a uniform and can't choose your own clothing if you were chosen for the position! This can cut both ways for folks who gather on Hacker News I think, where for some positions the way to signal you're the type of person who just cares about results is to INTENTIONALLY dress less professionally, weirdly enough. Dressing professionally shouldn't be seen as a negative, either. And don't get me started on the "firm handshake" people...
DangitBobby 7y ago
Agreed. And many commenters in here are saying that they'd throw out such a resume... Pretty alarming that so many would not just use such inconsequential measures for candidate selection, but be proud of themselves for it.

duxup 7y ago

It's hard to imagine the justification for "inappropriate" is for a bitmoji of someone waving hi. I can understand not caring for it or it not contributing to the resume but it seems strange to see something like that so negatively. The whole job application system seems like a meta game where the most absurd things get focused on.

elicash 7y ago
Another example: how people dress. It's bizarre that for most employers in the U.S., if you don't dress professionally enough in your interview you won't get a job. Even in jobs where you have a uniform and can't choose your own clothing if you were chosen for the position! This can cut both ways for folks who gather on Hacker News I think, where for some positions the way to signal you're the type of person who just cares about results is to INTENTIONALLY dress less professionally, weirdly enough. Dressing professionally shouldn't be seen as a negative, either. And don't get me started on the "firm handshake" people...

DangitBobby 7y ago

Agreed. And many commenters in here are saying that they'd throw out such a resume... Pretty alarming that so many would not just use such inconsequential measures for candidate selection, but be proud of themselves for it.