I am spending an inordinate amount of time reviewing resumes and one particular word keeps appearing throughout many of the resumes. The word is\u2026<\/p>\n
proven<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most insipid phrase is this \u2013 \u201cproven track record.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every time I see this phrase I immediately want the candidate to prove it. In most instances, the quoted achievement would be difficult to prove to an outsider. That fact makes this throw-away phrase easy to included. My personal take is to have the candidates simply state their record in numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am spending an inordinate amount of time reviewing resumes and one particular word keeps appearing throughout many of the resumes. The word is\u2026 proven Perhaps the most insipid phrase is this \u2013 \u201cproven track record.\u201d Every time I see this phrase I immediately want the candidate to prove it. In most instances, the quoted achievement would be difficult to prove to an outsider. That fact makes this throw-away phrase easy to included. 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