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Even back in the era when reading resumes and hiring was a manual human process, the standard advice was that resumes should be perfect. Nicely formatted, with
by throwawayboise 5y ago
Even back in the era when reading resumes and hiring was a manual human process, the standard advice was that resumes should be perfect. Nicely formatted, with no spelling or grammatical errors. You have ample time to think about the content, to proofread it yourself, and to have someone else proofread it. It's the first impression the potential employer has of you, no reason to not make an effort.
- b112 5y agoConsidering the node ecosystem, wouldn't those with mistakes on their resume be the perfect fit?
- celdon25 5y agoI wouldn't be surprised if there's already a correlation.
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- SantalBlush 5y agoYou're right, but I wonder how many resumes a job seeker submitted 30 years ago compared with today.
- mcenedella 5y agoProbably 8 to 15, versus 80 to 100 now.
- ghaff 5y agoI'm not sure that's true at all. Coming out of school pre-Web when real information was much harder to come by (even job postings), I sprayed and prayed a lot of resumes to HR departments. (And my first engineering job came through one of those.)
- watwut 5y agoThat is advice to Jon seeker. It is never advice toward hiring manager. It was always criticized as not smart and leading to many false rejects.