On Jul 27, 2011, at 11:28 AM, Bhairitu wrote: > Well as someone who had to pour through resumes to hire people I have my > two bits too. Too me a flashy looking resume didn't mean anything more > than the applicant had "a flashy looking resume." It really tell me > anything as to whether they could do the job or not. One of my best > hires was an engineer whose resume was about 5 unformatted pages long > and mainly just a dump of everything he had done. If HR had done > filtering for me it his would have gone into the trash can. But he came > in and had a program that showed his skills which was what we were > looking for. > > A couple thoughts on Mark's, contrary to what's been said due to Mark's > age NO PICTURE. In fact hide age as much as possible. This is > especially true if the hiring manager is half Mark's age. Put the > degrees earned in but no dates. Also limit the employment trail to a > decade or so. Fool 'em into thinking you're a youngster so you get an > interview.
Great idea, Bhair. And as long as we're trying to fool 'em, why not go all the way and fool 'em into thinking you're someone else entirely? Using a different name would do the trick nicely. So I would advise Mark to ditch his common name for something really attention-getting~~how about Orion Landau, say, or Ludacris Landau? Jasper Landau might work, or even Abdul-Jabaar Landau. I mean, it beats actually *doing* something other than whining on an internet forum about how desperate your situation is and then doing absolutely nothing when good suggestions are offered. Sal
