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Big Blunders Job Hunters Make
Wall Street Journal ^
| 6-27-10
| SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN
Posted on 06/27/2010 5:46:22 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: Erasmus
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posted on
06/27/2010 11:18:49 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Sometimes you have to go to dark places to get to the light....)
To: Zakeet
I drank a beer on a job interview. According to Jeff Foxworthy, I might be a redneck. I got the job, too.
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posted on
06/27/2010 4:03:34 PM PDT
by
sig226
(Mourn this day, the death of a great republic. March 21, 2010)
To: SamAdams76
This is a generic article that's been written at least 9,000 times in the last ten years. You can find a version of it on every career advice web site in the universe, along with top ten mistakes on resumes, top ten mistakes applicants make on applications and top ten ways to ace that interview.
I'm making a generic newspaper. I think I'll add this article, along with "Pope Denounces Violence," "Lindsay Lohan Behaving Strangely" and "Flaw Found in Microsoft Operating System."
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posted on
06/27/2010 4:12:45 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: STONEWALLS
Ahhhhhh....the author missed the key reason why an applicant does not get a job due to the interview. And I'm surprised the author missed it, for it is the
NUMBER ONE REASON by far that a potential applicant does not get a job offer.
Of course, it may be that the jobseeker really can do little about it....and the more time that passes, the less the applicant can do at all.
Yep, too bad the author missed it.
It's called AGING!
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posted on
06/27/2010 4:17:30 PM PDT
by
Logic n' Reason
("Buzzard's gotta eat; same as worms.")
To: STONEWALLS; sit-rep; Squantos; Eaker; humblegunner; Salamander
And DON’T wear a short skirt and low cut blouse. I almost didn’t hire the last chick who did that.
And if she doesn’t stop, I may have to let her go.
Someday.
To: Richard Kimball
Exactly, that's why I keep seeing the same fluff recycled over and over again.
It's what they call in the trade a "standing headline."
As in:
CHILD MAIMED IN PIT-BULL ATTACK
MOTHER PLAYS IN CASINO, LEAVES BABY IN CAR IN 90 DEGREE HEAT
LOCAL POLITICIAN MIRED IN SEX SCANDAL
RETURN OF SPRING LINKED TO GLOBAL WARMING
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posted on
06/27/2010 4:37:10 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(I am 56 days away from outliving Francis Gary Powers)
To: BoringGuy
I just interviewed a candidate on Thursday, whose resume pretty much overstated every skill he actually had. He described his masters program, and made it look as if he had completed it, when in fact, he had only done two classes of graduate level work. He listed skills on which he had shadowed an actual engineer for a few days. Basically, his resume showed the Goodyear Blimp, but his experience was a single party balloon. . .
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posted on
06/27/2010 4:48:09 PM PDT
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
To: sportutegrl
Miss Manners, (Washington Post columnist Judith Martin) said that job interviewees should dress for the job they want. A flight attendant wannabee would wear a navy suit, for example.Sorry, no way am I going to show up in dungarees, safety shoes and a workshirt for an interview.
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posted on
06/27/2010 5:12:47 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
To: Salgak
Basically, his resume showed the Goodyear Blimp, but his experience was a single party balloon. I have seen that quite a bit. I have found that it normally leads back to one of three root causes
- Someone early on in their career who actually believes that watching someone else perform the task qualifies them as an expert.
- An employment agency has them "punch up" their resume to get past the HR screen.
- They have been unemployed for some time and are getting somewhat desperate.
Makes for interesting interviews.
To: All
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posted on
07/08/2010 11:57:35 PM PDT
by
Cindy
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