More fun with the online resumes. See if you notice anything about this email cover statement:<\/p>\n
“If your a serious company, that knows how to compensate your consultants, and your looking for serious help, call.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Spelling error aside, it is not wise to challenge the seriousness of a company when you are job hunting. I’m not sure if there is ever a good time for that topic.<\/p>\n
Anyway, you notice that this self-proclaimed “serious” salesperson wants the company to call him. Not exactly a self-starting approach. I would be quite cautious regarding a sales candidate who is waiting for the phone to ring as opposed to aggressively contacting prospective employers himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More fun with the online resumes. See if you notice anything about this email cover statement: “If your a serious company, that knows how to compensate your consultants, and your looking for serious help, call.” Spelling error aside, it is not wise to challenge the seriousness of a company when you are job hunting. I’m not sure if there is ever a good time for that topic. Anyway, you notice that this self-proclaimed “serious” salesperson wants the company to call him. Not exactly a self-starting approach. I would be quite cautious regarding a sales candidate who is waiting for the phone to ring as opposed to aggressively contacting prospective employers… 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":[2,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-sourcing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-2q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1690,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/whos-hiring-whom\/","url_meta":{"origin":150,"position":0},"title":"Who’s Hiring Whom?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This excerpt is from a cover letter: If you think there might be a fit. 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