Re: What Is An "Unusual Resume?"

Subject: Re: What Is An "Unusual Resume?"
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:07:26 -0700

Tom Murrell wrote:


One final shot. It also seems to me that most people approach resume writing in
the same mind set that primitives use when they sacrifice a chicken to appease
some god or goddess. There is more superstition and downright silliness
associated with the creation of a resume than there is in a quarter limit poker
game.


I suppose that people focus on the peripheral elements of resumes for the same reason that others become obsessive about grammar: it's easier to worry about being correct than to think about the purpose of what you are doing and how to do it better.

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