Resumania lives!
We’ve all shaken our heads at some of the odd things people write in their resumes and cover letters. Here’s a story of an addition to the junk folder that I just received today.
I’m working on building a national sales team for a customer – these hunters and gathers cannot be run-of-the-mill; they must have specific company experience and of course, must have a Rolodex to kill for (for all the guffawers out there, I am in 100% agreement with the spec and targets).
So today I received the following in an intro…
I have all your requirements and significant sales and sales managment leadership credentials, except ‘extensive rolodex of IT decision makers’.
Not sure what book this person read to guide their job search but did they ever unload the gun into their feet. If this were an isolated incident, I’d just laugh it off but it isn’t. Whomever is guiding most job seekers these days – career services, experts, books, newspaper columns, etc. – really needs to be laid off. The quality of job seeker expertise is abysmal…
The Recruiting Inferno 