[Malsua]

The video basically says, they’re looking at your name, how long you’ve been at your current and prior job and what your education is.

This may apply to entry level or low level employees or useless people like marketing twits, but it does not apply to any technical position or mid to upper management.

If a person does not meet the technical requirements for the job “C++ developer with 10 years experience” “Large Facility HVAC manager” or whatever, it’s entirely pointless to look at their resume.

While the points as the end are saying to keep it neat and concise, I agree. But who cares if someone has a degree from whatever university that they attended 25 years ago, it has very little bearing for a position that requires 10+ years of experience.

[sheana]

I was a headhunter for faculty for a major university for quite a few yrs. 10 seconds with a vitae and I was done.

[Eva]

When my husband was in charge of hiring, he always looked for the military sevice record and gave preference to veterans.

[OneWingedShark]

If a person does not meet the technical requirements for the job “C++ developer with 10 years experience” “Large Facility HVAC manager” or whatever, it’s entirely pointless to look at their resume.

Except that I've seen 5 and 10 years experience requirements on entry level job postings.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Well, when you see a job that calls for, say, "5-7 years experience" just add 5-7 years to the usual college graduation age of 22, then use 0-5 more years as a "fudge factor" to get the the specified age range of the candidate they are looking for. :)