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Subject:Re: Comment from a headhunting company From:"Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:16:40 -0800
"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> wrote in message news:223693 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
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> A friend tells me that a headhunting company representative told him
> that his resume should talk not about what he has accomplished in the
> past but what he can do in the future. This person decided not to
> spend the money on the company's services, by the way.
>
> Sounds odd to me. I personally cannot see the sense in that, except if
> one were to write a resume that's really a sales brochure.
>
> Has anyone else heard anything like this?
>
Yes, but not in resumes. That information I put in cover letters, specific
to the company where I'm applying.
To me, that's what the headhunting company's representative is supposed to
do: tell the company what the prospective contractor or employee can do for
them, sell them as it were. Sounds like the HHC's rep is trying to get your
friend to do their job.
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