Comments on: Resume, Nevermore http://corvusconsulting.ca/2007/11/resume-beware/ Home of Todd Sieling's product design and strategy services for the web. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Alex http://corvusconsulting.ca/2007/11/resume-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Alex Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 That's an interesting idea Todd, which I'd like to see spread. I'm not overly fond of resume myself, both from the view as a candidate, and as the person slogging through a stack to find one candidate in fifty worth pursuing. I'm curious as to the differences in the responses sent in reply to the posting. What's the range of letter length, and what set the interesting folks apart? While I understand that you don't deduct points for grammar,I'm curious if any of the strong candidates were a bit weak on that front. I ask because in the past I have dropped resumes with poor grammar and/or typos for a few reasons: * Unlike the background and listed skills, poor usage of grammar and multiple misspellings are easy to spot. * In this day of ubiquitous spelling and grammar checking tools, it is extremely easy to verify that all is well with one's writing. * While I will allow one, or possibly two small errors to pass, the resume and other forms of communication are a window into the candidate's attention to detail, which is very hard to learn about prior to working directly with a person. Again, this is a very interesting concept and one that I'll assign some brain cells to chew on as I go about my day. Thanks for sharing it! That’s an interesting idea Todd, which I’d like to see spread. I’m not overly fond of resume myself, both from the view as a candidate, and as the person slogging through a stack to find one candidate in fifty worth pursuing. I’m curious as to the differences in the responses sent in reply to the posting. What’s the range of letter length, and what set the interesting folks apart? While I understand that you don’t deduct points for grammar,I’m curious if any of the strong candidates were a bit weak on that front. I ask because in the past I have dropped resumes with poor grammar and/or typos for a few reasons:

* Unlike the background and listed skills, poor usage of grammar and multiple misspellings are easy to spot.
* In this day of ubiquitous spelling and grammar checking tools, it is extremely easy to verify that all is well with one’s writing.
* While I will allow one, or possibly two small errors to pass, the resume and other forms of communication are a window into the candidate’s attention to detail, which is very hard to learn about prior to working directly with a person.

Again, this is a very interesting concept and one that I’ll assign some brain cells to chew on as I go about my day. Thanks for sharing it!

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