It’s a Friday before a long weekend so let’s go with an anecdote. Just to give you a little background – I had previously talked with this applicant and allowed him to set the time for our phone screen (2 days later). I called him at the set time, reintroduced myself and reminded him of the reason for our call. He quickly cut me off with this comment: Can you call back in an hour or two because I am busy at the moment? He then said thank you and hung up before I could respond. To top it off, this sales position was for a long sales cycle, relationship… Read More
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More from the What Not To Do file – this email resume came over the transom this morning and it isn’t pretty: I’m a very motivated guy. i have an IQ of 130. Unbelievably, I cannot get a job… In all honesty, I have a resume agent that pushes any and all resumes through which leads to some interesting reads.
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