Thursday, July 23, 2009

A Recruiter’s Viewpoint on Resumes

Resumes are rarely interesting.

Resumes rarely provide much meaningful information about the applicant’s experience.

Honesty is difficult to achieve in a resume or interview.

Applicants say what they think the recruiter wants to hear.

Applicants are rarely interesting. Candidates are frequently interesting.

A recruiter’s interest in an applicant may change based on the amount of flexibility in the job spec. Recruiters screen out applicants and screen in candidates.

Recruiters know more about what they are looking for than applicants know what they are looking for.

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