A Recruiters Poem
You say you will And then you don’t You say you can But then you can’t You say you don’t use But the test says you do You gave as a reference But your mamma‘s not our preference You say you’ll show But then your car won’t go So back […]
Keep formatting on your resume to a minimum
Even though today’s candidate tracking systems are more sophisticated than ever they still have a difficult time with resumes that contain lots of formatting. This is especially important for job seekers since most of the time they’re competing against others for the same job opportunity. As the old cliche’ goes you only get one chance […]
Should you hire an overqualified candidate?
The answer is yes. A recent thread on LinkedIn by a well qualified candidate prompted this response: I’ve been in recruiting for over thirty years and rarely have I seen age discrimination. What many very experienced individuals run into is the “you’re over qualified” syndrome. It would seem that companies would value getting a lot […]