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From one of the comments - > The Library Director seem very interested in me, but when she looked at my résumé little more carefully she said “you appear to be

From one of the comments - > The Library Director seem very interested in me, but when she looked at my résumé little more carefully she said “you appear to be a job hopper.” To which my reply would be, gilded in sarcasm to an appropriate level as I've no time for someone that doesn't take time to at least read and think about a CV, perhaps there was something redeeming earlier, perhaps, "I'm terribly sorry, did you just get my CV? I'd love to work on improving internal communications." Library Director. Technical Assistant. Technical Director. Office Assistant. Any job. Doesn't matter. For as much as Hiring is an unsolved problem, XYZ seeks to solve it that may pop up on Show now and again, once someone's writing a letter of interest, speaking on the telephone, appearing face-to-face, or other mode of interaction, someone's giving you their time, the least one can do is reciprocate that.

MattGaiser 5y ago
> To which my reply would be, gilded in sarcasm to an appropriate level as I've no time for someone that doesn't take time to at least read and think about a CV, perhaps there was something redeeming earlier, perhaps, "I'm terribly sorry, did you just get my CV? I'd love to work on improving internal communications." You would rather they toss your resume rather than give you a chance to explain? This seems like a more desirable outcome than then reading your resume and making a decision without further input from you.
- zhte415 5y ago
  If they toss a CV based on that, then I don't think I'd like being there. If they don't 'looked at my résumé little more carefully' in advance, I don't think I'd like working there. I do appreciate some things do sometimes squeeze time, hence the question and the something redeeming, but that's an exception not a rule, and far too many treat it as a rule. "I'm so busy" is an ego failure; sometimes, often, an applicant feels (or is) subordinated to that - could go so far as to call it passive aggressive fazing - a similar question by the interviewer could be asked in a far different manner.

MattGaiser 5y ago

> To which my reply would be, gilded in sarcasm to an appropriate level as I've no time for someone that doesn't take time to at least read and think about a CV, perhaps there was something redeeming earlier, perhaps, "I'm terribly sorry, did you just get my CV? I'd love to work on improving internal communications." You would rather they toss your resume rather than give you a chance to explain? This seems like a more desirable outcome than then reading your resume and making a decision without further input from you.

zhte415 5y ago
If they toss a CV based on that, then I don't think I'd like being there. If they don't 'looked at my résumé little more carefully' in advance, I don't think I'd like working there. I do appreciate some things do sometimes squeeze time, hence the question and the something redeeming, but that's an exception not a rule, and far too many treat it as a rule. "I'm so busy" is an ego failure; sometimes, often, an applicant feels (or is) subordinated to that - could go so far as to call it passive aggressive fazing - a similar question by the interviewer could be asked in a far different manner.