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I've been working with one of the big "recruiters." When I asked them
to email me the copy of my resume they were using (in their "format") so
I could update it, I had a very rude shock.
It's not that they reworded things or misrepresented or anything like
that, it was rather that it looked as though they had shuffled all the
bits and pieces and put them back together again. I ended up awarding
myself a degree five years too late, my job experience had all the wrong
timeframes and employers with it. Unbelieveable!
I corrected and updated everything, but who knows what it looks like
now. It's no wonder I didn't get any calls with a resume like that!
BJ
Laurence Burrows wrote:
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> Keith Bennett wrote:
>
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> I thought recruiters were supposed to supply the client with the resume the
> technical writer furnished (I worked long and hard hours on developing this
> resume mind you) and I was disappointed that they would alter my resume
> almost beyond my recognition. What happened?
> --------------snip
>
> The saddest words in the job recruitment dance -- "I thought..."
>
> Recruiters / lawyers / publishers / etc. do whatever they believe will
> improve their net billable hours. And, many are just lazy and will reduce
> any problem to whatever fits onto a page. To believe otherwise is to
> mis-understand commercial reality.
>
> Whenever you brief recruiters / lawyers / publishers to do a task, ask to
> see their submission / draft / blueline before you sign it off. If you
> don't insist on content oversight, don't be surprised when the outcome
> reflects their agendas, not yours.
>
> Regards,
>
> ....................................................
> Laurence Burrows, Navex Pty Ltd
>mailto:burrows -at- ibm -dot- net, 100026 -dot- 172 -at- compuserve -dot- com
> tel: +61 3 9602 4533 fax: +61 3 9602 4854
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>
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