Wireless Executive Recruiter

Tips and Irreverent Viewpoints of an Executive Recruiter

Entries for November, 2008

Assume the person reading your resume is a Monkey

The title of this Blog is a bit insulting and rightly so. It is meant to get your attention so that you do not pass over the article - - to make you take notice !!!

If you were driving down the street and you saw a Billboard but you couldn’t make out what it said because the worlds were too small and the message was hidden in a thousand words, you would probably not understand it or crash your car trying to figure it out.

“Believe it or not” “Strange but true interviews”

 
Here is an article I was emailed several years ago that I wish I could take credit for. It is certainly within the tone and theme of my blog. Thank you whom ever you are for this article:
 
Most people would agree that job interviews can be nerve racking.  But regardless how nerve racking they can [...]

“What the F%&K Factor” or “What not to write in a resume”

In my almost nine years of recruiting, I have reviewed hundreds of thousands of resumes. In most cases, if you have the right skills and a decent enough looking resume, it is enough to get you an interview.  It may not get you a job you are looking for, but really, that is not the [...]

  
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