Comments on: How I can tell in 3 seconds if someone actually wants a job. http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:27:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Poppy Cede http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/comment-page-1/#comment-10881 Poppy Cede Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:55:40 +0000 http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/#comment-10881 <b>Abs,</b> you get it!!!! THANK YOU! And... if you need a techie hiring manager, I live for this shit. Of course, it kinda helps to have someone who understands your business, which we've learned I do NOT (wth is that thing you do?) but I love to hire people. (Firing I've never done. :grins: ) Abs, you get it!!!! THANK YOU! And… if you need a techie hiring manager, I live for this shit. Of course, it kinda helps to have someone who understands your business, which we’ve learned I do NOT (wth is that thing you do?) but I love to hire people. (Firing I’ve never done. :grins: )

]]> By: The Absurdist http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/comment-page-1/#comment-10878 The Absurdist Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:58:12 +0000 http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/#comment-10878 Girl don't even get me STARTED on resumes. Pulheaze... I am hiring a crapload of people right now. First, if you can't use spell check, don't send me your fucking resume. If you can't put page numbers on your resume, don't send me your fucking resume. Put your name on every page. Like I have time to find your shit if I drop my papers from my hands. Please bold the important words so I can find them easily. PLEASE BULLET LIST YOUR EXPERIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES. DO NOT WRITE ME A FUCKING EPIC WITH 800 PARAGRAPHS. DO I LOOK LIKE AN EDITOR? PLEASE give me a one page overview that precedes your entire working history. Yes, my resume is pushing it at four pages too. So I give you a precis to work with. And to the above, yeah, because we job hop so much, and us techies have lots of things to write down, one pagers don't work anymore. Plus, when you have been in the industry for 15+ years, one page doesn't cut it. Even execs have a professional portfolio put together for distribution. So now, we do a one page precis/overview, then we put the chronological resume behind it. Girl don’t even get me STARTED on resumes. Pulheaze… I am hiring a crapload of people right now.

First, if you can’t use spell check, don’t send me your fucking resume.

If you can’t put page numbers on your resume, don’t send me your fucking resume.

Put your name on every page. Like I have time to find your shit if I drop my papers from my hands.

Please bold the important words so I can find them easily.

PLEASE BULLET LIST YOUR EXPERIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES. DO NOT WRITE ME A FUCKING EPIC WITH 800 PARAGRAPHS. DO I LOOK LIKE AN EDITOR?

PLEASE give me a one page overview that precedes your entire working history. Yes, my resume is pushing it at four pages too. So I give you a precis to work with.

And to the above, yeah, because we job hop so much, and us techies have lots of things to write down, one pagers don’t work anymore. Plus, when you have been in the industry for 15+ years, one page doesn’t cut it. Even execs have a professional portfolio put together for distribution.

So now, we do a one page precis/overview, then we put the chronological resume behind it.

]]> By: Poppy Cede http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/comment-page-1/#comment-10856 Poppy Cede Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:44:49 +0000 http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/#comment-10856 Hi, Helen! IT people are verbose. Who knew. And, I was trying to be less verbose but I really meant application plus resume plus cover letter plus references. That's a lot to put into a Poppable. Hi, Helen!

IT people are verbose. Who knew. And, I was trying to be less verbose but I really meant application plus resume plus cover letter plus references. That’s a lot to put into a Poppable.

]]> By: Helen http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/comment-page-1/#comment-10855 Helen Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:38:54 +0000 http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/#comment-10855 Call me old fashioned but what happened to the one page resume? Peace............... Call me old fashioned but what happened to the one page resume?
Peace……………

]]> By: Poppy Cede http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/comment-page-1/#comment-10854 Poppy Cede Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:58:33 +0000 http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/#comment-10854 No, I am not. No, I am not.

]]> By: anonymouscoworker http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/comment-page-1/#comment-10853 anonymouscoworker Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:56:20 +0000 http://poppycede.com/2007/11/16/how-i-can-tell-in-3-seconds-if-someone-actually-wants-a-job/#comment-10853 Are you being sarcastic? Are you being sarcastic?

]]>