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Subject:Re: Comment from a headhunting company From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:39:42 -0500
John Posada wrote:
>
> I think this thought is being taken too literal. When I
> interview someone, I also don't care what they did...I want
> to know what they will do for me. This is demonstrated by
> including benefits as part of the product's feature. For
> example:
>
> It does no good to say: "I developed a process for
> submitting all documents in PostScript." My thought is "So?"
>
> OTOH, put in the resume "I developed a process for
> submitting all documents in PostScript, resulting in a 73%
> reduction in labor while reducing the time to print from 3
> days to 2 hours."
>
<snip>
Excellent, John. From what my friend said, I didn't consider this as a
possibility, especially because that friend is writing resumes himself
part-time. LOL. But perhaps that's what was meant. Thanks!
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