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Subject:RE: Average Length of TW Resume From:"Michael West" <mwest -at- oz -dot- quest -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:41:46 +1000
Harry Bacheler wrote:
> If you are favorable connected, you 'headhunter will take your resume, and
> compress it. Then when you get to the client, you can "tell it
> like it is."
They'll "compress it" if you're lucky. What I've seen from recruitment
agencies is more like putting it through a trash compactor.
Avoid by any means possible having an agency re-write your resume! When I'm
hiring, the resume * is * the qualification (for the interview at least). If
I know a recruiter has had his hands on it, I will probably give the poor
victim a second chance, but I will not be favorably predisposed.
I always ask to see the candidate's *real* resume. Agencies who won't send it
to me don't get my business.
