Michael Brailsford wrote:

>>Anecdotally speaking, I've heard some folks who review resumes as a part of 
>>the hiring process make desparaging remarks about folks who "follow up" after 
>>submitting resumes. I know some of the manuals on finding jobs recommend this 
>>process of submitting then calling a week later, but there are some employers 
>>who find this so annoying that they automatically deposit resumes of such 
>>candidates into the round file.
> 
> 
> Then those are companies that do not prefer people that take the
> initiative.  And they are ones that are probably not worth the time,
> IMO.
> 
What is sad is that all of the techniques we all have to use to get to 
the interview is done merely to impress an HR flunky who has NO business 
selecting technical employees.  Most of them have programs or scripts 
built for them to run against resumes to search the text for keywords. 
So if I don't have "Windows 2000 server" or some such verbiage in my 
resume, it hits the bit bucket.  I've had some people say my resume is 
too long winded or too long (being two pages), but I've also been 
complimented on its thoroughness and completeness.  I try to be concise 
with the major duties I've had at different positions, basically 
summarize tasks, and then I have keywords after each job to satisfy the 
text searchers.  Can't hurt.  I started this on the advice of a couple 
of contract companies who didn't have the vaguest idea what Ghosting was 
or how it is used, but wanted to be able to present me to client 
companies who do.

Brian
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