I’ve been mining through a major job board resume database looking for a specific type of salesperson this morning which is tedious work.\u00a0 The “detailed” view includes very little information about the person.\u00a0 The one item that does stand out is the resume title.\u00a0 Most are boring and forgettable.<\/p>\n
“Dry Behind The Ears” Sales Pro<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That is a good approach to get noticed from a long list.<\/p>\n
In a separate resume, the person appears to have mistyped.\u00a0 Well, at least I think he mistyped.\u00a0 His desired salary is $801,000.\u00a0 I have a feeling that number is going to keep him out of many salary-based searches.\u00a0 More power to him if he gets it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been mining through a major job board resume database looking for a specific type of salesperson this morning which is tedious work.\u00a0 The “detailed” view includes very little information about the person.\u00a0 The one item that does stand out is the resume title.\u00a0 Most are boring and forgettable. However, I did find this one rather clever: “Dry Behind The Ears” Sales Pro That is a good approach to get noticed from a long list. In a separate resume, the person appears to have mistyped.\u00a0 Well, at least I think he mistyped.\u00a0 His desired salary is $801,000.\u00a0 I have a feeling that number is going to keep him out of… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,13,15],"tags":[55,58,1761],"class_list":["post-1293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring-salespeople","category-resumes","category-sourcing","tag-resume","tag-sales-resume","tag-sourcing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-kR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1459,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/time-and-title\/","url_meta":{"origin":1293,"position":0},"title":"Time And Title","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm digging around the resume pile again and came across a title that I actually enjoyed (slightly edited by me): Sales Pro Seeking New Dragons To Slay I know, it is a bit quirky, but it stands out which is important in it's own right.\u00a0 I opened up the resume\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Resumes"","block_context":{"text":"Resumes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/resumes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":652,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/resume-knock-out-factors\/","url_meta":{"origin":1293,"position":1},"title":"Resume Knock-Out Factors","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"February 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"CareerJournal.com reposted an older article regarding resume errors that land in the \"no interest\" pile. 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