According to a Career Builder survey (6/10/09), job seekers in today's market are reaching into a bag that's beyond creativity -- and getting a bit crazy. A candidate sent his resume in a shoe, saying he wants to "get a foot in the door." A candidate washed cars in the parking lot. Another sent a resume wrapped as a present, saying his skills were "a gift to the company."
Comment: There stories are fun in today's way too serious out-of-control world so I love them. At the same time, these are more often the types of things that make news reports not the desks of hiring managers. At the same time, I'd like to see resumes that accompany these "creative" actions. If candidates are ignoring fundamentally good techniques for portraying accomplishments, etc. -- what good's the creativity?
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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