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tabbycat31

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2. I hired people last cycle

Reply to cynatnite (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 04:16 PM

Jan 2013

And I've seen it all when it comes to resumes. The worst one I got was from a guy who used the word 'stuff' liberally. When he was describing his volunteer campaign experience (I work on campaigns) he said "phone banking and other fun stuff."

He also worked at JC Penney and his description for what he did was 'helping customers find stuff' and that resume quickly became infamous in our office. I did not call him for the interview, even though he applied no fewer than 5 times.

ETA keep it to one page if possible. And if things are not relevant to the position, you can leave them off.

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Do you have pointers for good cover letters and resumes... [View all] cynatnite Jun 2012 OP

Short and personal. rbnyc Jun 2012 #1

Message auto-removed time 4 me to fly Feb 2013 #6

I hired people last cycle tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #2

Except when you shouldn't keep it to one page jeff47 Feb 2013 #3

I guess that would depend on the field tabbycat31 Feb 2013 #4

Yep, that was exactly what I was trying to get across jeff47 Feb 2013 #5

Tailor each cover letter to the specific job and employer durbin Jun 2013 #7