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E-mail me!. Unfortunately, I can’t answer every question, but I do try to do as many as I can. To increase your chances of getting your question answered, please limit yourself to two-three reasonably sized paragraphs and try to figure out what your real problem is. Punctuation and capitalization are pluses.
All HR people are evil, it’s in our job description. Or at least, that seems to be the prevailing theory. In reality, there’s just more going on behind the scenes than most people know. I’m here to demystify your Human Resources department and tell you just why you worked your tail end off all year and still got a 1.7 percent bonus.
I'd also ban anything banal from the 'personal interests' section. Who doesn't like 'socialising with friends'? Unless it's really different (wingwalking was a recent one, what a great conversation starter that was!) or charitable etc, it's more likely to count against you than for you.
I get fed up too of phones that seem to be constantly off or go straight to answer phone. You are looking for a job, make my life easy -please-!!
I can add a few:
cover letters addressed to a different employer
inappropriate voicemails
voicemails not set up
a cover letter that says they would be perfect for any job
someone applying on your behalf (ie wife, mother)
Forget to dot an i or cross a t and your DONE! This is all BS. Bring Unions back!
My daughter is searching for a job right now, and I advised her to get a new email address for this purpose. The address “MyBloodyValentine@___.com” just doesn’t convey the level of professionalism that I think she is trying to portray! Also, if your name is Jane Jones and your email is JaneJones@___.com, please create an email alias if you change your name to Jane Smith. It is hard to put the resume “Jane Jones” with the email “Jane Smith”.
You are being a good parent to warn her of such things. I wish all parents did!
i find it interesting how mean people can be when interviewing others for positions. these same people make so many mistakes at work yet demand perfection from applicants. what i’d like to do is fire the incompetents interviewing and hire the alleged incompetent interviewees.