Posted on 8/17/2019, 8:04:35 PM by Salman
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Bitmojis, in case you've managed to escape them so far, are cartoon avatars that can be customized to a thoroughly creepy level to resemble the person using them. "Create your Bitmoji and be yourself wherever you go," the company's site proclaims.
And apparently some job hunters are adding the friendly little cartoons to their please-hire-me documentations, whether electronic or otherwise. The Journal's example is especially egregious: an applicant for a teaching job at the Indianapolis high school included a bitmoji of himself waving and the word "hi" at the top, quickly making himself the hey-get-a-load-of-THIS-guy story of the faculty room.
The Journal story went on to discuss other things job-seekers should stay away from (pastel colored resumes; moody -- or any -- photos; lists of random hobbies), but it was the bitmoji mention that took off.
"If I see a resume with a bitmoji on it, I will set it on fire," Sascha Segan, lead analyst for PCMag, wrote in a tweet.
But there was already some backlash to the bitmoji backlash.
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And exclamation marks.
And your picture.
A resume should be professional...
Wait till you get a job before joking around...
Who would EVER think of doing that??!!?!?
Unless it’s like a babe in a mini skirt or bikini.
I used to hire people for the graphics dept at an investment bank and that would have put the person straight to the front of the line.
And even then not too fast and not too much joking.
These are pretty obvious things we are saying here.
I’m sure you were a hit at HR.
LOL
ACTUALLY, the guy who I replaced DID hire proofreaders SOLELY based on looks. He got fired for sexual harassment.
I liked him and we were friends but when I asked him if he really asked that woman to take off her shirt in his office he said “yeah”.
SMH
I appreciated a looker as much as the next guy but it was a Brutally busy department and unfortunately I had to hire based on skill :(
Well in a way I had to when I applied for my position at Frontier. (no, no bikini pic) just my cute self.
lol
I haven’t sent a resume in a million years.
Has it changed in the past decade or so?
Exactly...Young people today are really kinda clueless about real life...
“And exclamation marks.”
exclamation marks are very inexpensive, so it costs very little to use lots and lots and lots of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(see?)
I saw your pic at the bottom of your home page here and.....yes....you ARE a cute self...8^)
I don’t know about resumes but as an older male, I think a humorous emoji DOES get my emails read and responded to more.
The same goes for apostrophe’s, in spade’s! The more the merrier!!!!
Insert shocked bitmoji here...
Tell me that I am wrong...
Sounds rather millennial to me.
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