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Re: using a slogan on a resume

Subject: Re: using a slogan on a resume
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:33:25 -0800


David Downing wrote:

Well, the idea of providing a concise summary of your assets is
certainly a good one -- especially given that anybody looking to hire
probably gets a million billion zillion resumes to go through -- but
doing it with a *slogan* per se seems like a gimmick. If I were looking
to hire somebody, I'd be turned off by someone who I thought was trying
to use gimmicks and/or cheap tricks to "wow" me.


I'm playing devil's advocate again:

Is it a gimmick or a cheap trick if the slogan accurately presents your main strengths, and is supported by the rest of your resume? Could you argue that an objective would be just as much of a cheap trick if it was out of keeping with the rest of your resume?

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