Comments on: A Resume’s First Impression http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/02/28/a-resumes-first-impression/ Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:13:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Pender http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/02/28/a-resumes-first-impression/#comment-84827 Pender Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:38:58 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/02/28/a-resumes-first-impression/#comment-84827 I've been reading a lot of resumes lately. Some from internal people and some from external (external being not at all affiliated with the company yet, internal meaning they're alerady in the company just on another team). A couple of weeks ago we got one from an EXCELLENT external candidate, and a so-so internal. Looks like we're going to be getting the so-so internal guy because it's easier to hire them. The external guy's resume was 7 pages, but it freakin' needed to be, the guy dabbles in curing diseases in his spare time. The internal guy's resume was hilarious, he had grammar mistakes and misaligned bullets, 5 seconds into reading it I was shaking my head. Apparently on his interview he stammered a lot, not really knowing how to answer the questions. He scares me. I’ve been reading a lot of resumes lately. Some from internal people and some from external (external being not at all affiliated with the company yet, internal meaning they’re alerady in the company just on another team). A couple of weeks ago we got one from an EXCELLENT external candidate, and a so-so internal. Looks like we’re going to be getting the so-so internal guy because it’s easier to hire them.

The external guy’s resume was 7 pages, but it freakin’ needed to be, the guy dabbles in curing diseases in his spare time. The internal guy’s resume was hilarious, he had grammar mistakes and misaligned bullets, 5 seconds into reading it I was shaking my head. Apparently on his interview he stammered a lot, not really knowing how to answer the questions. He scares me.

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