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>Surely resumes are the only way to deal with the volume of job requests some companies get? This is partly true. It is truly shocking to me how many resumes h
by irrational 5y ago
>Surely resumes are the only way to deal with the volume of job requests some companies get?
This is partly true. It is truly shocking to me how many resumes has spelling and grammatical errors. If there is one single document you will ever write that must be spelling and grammar error free, it is your resume. As soon as I come across a single spelling or grammar error in a resume, it immediately gets trashed. I don't care how good a programmer your are, details matter. If you are going to be sloppy with your resume, you are going to be sloppy with the company's code.
- miguelrochefort 5y ago> I don't care how good a programmer your are, details matter.
- irrational 5y agoHow do you know I didn't do that on purpose? ;-) But, I don't care about your spelling and grammar mistakes in emails and slack messages (and hacker news comments) after you are hired. Its just on your resume where it matters.
- maxk42 5y ago> It is truly shocking to me how many resumes has spelling and grammatical errors
- zem 5y agofortunately i am at a place in my career where i can safely count that as a bullet dodged and move on. for my part i make a particular point of ignoring irrelevant spelling and grammatical errors (especially the latter, because not only does it discriminate against non-native speakers, but even among native speakers "correct grammar" depends strongly on your primary dialect of english, which may not be the same as that of the candidate), as long as the resume itself is clear and unambiguous.