Hiring Horror

Scobleizer says that 80% of Resumes are crap and will be rejected out of hand. How do you get put into the crap pile? Here’s some ways from his blog;

Include only an attachment and don’t write anything in the body of the email.
Include a misspelling.
Apply for a job which you are clearly unqualified for (it stands out like a sore thumb).
Include a Word document that can’t be opened (something like Microsoft Word 2007 format that can’t be open in earlier version, OpenOffice nor Pages).
Include only a resume and don’t explain why you think you are qualified for the job (believe it or not, a well written letter puts you to the top 20% pretty quickly).
Send it from an email address with a goofy name.
Apply for a job for which you are clearly overqualified for.
Have your friend send in a resume for you.
Don’t test your email on a variety of clients.
Send it from free version of Hotmail/Yahoo!, which puts an advertisement at the end of your email. Looks very professional when one see is the ad and nothing else.So, you know what to avoid. And here are the tips on how to get into the final two or three pile which is what will earn you an interview? You need to stand out from the crowd somehow.

Blog. Only one out of 98 included his/her blog address on the email. Make sure your blog’s content matches the job you are applying for, though.
Demonstrate you did some research on the company you’re applying for.
Make sure you write for a human, but include tags and things for electronic scanners too. Do some searches on Google for “how to write a resume” and you’ll find tons of tips on how to do this. But always assume there’s a human reading these things first.
Don’t just apply for the job, apply for the career.
Demonstrate that you’d be fun to have around.
Make sure your email is perfect in every way. Have tons of friends look it over for mistakes. Even little mistakes get noticed instantly and usually get you rejected outright (there’s no excuse for sloppiness here).

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