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        <title><![CDATA[You never see the real person at an interview]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-387692-3751433]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[You see what the candidate thinks you want to see.Have you ever been interviewed by schizophrenics? The big boss wants something from and in you that his report and your line manager doesn't. Get interviewed by both, it's an enlightening experience.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:17:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wasn't really talking development environment]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-387692-3751392]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[After you've worked in a couple of places or one that's been through a couple of changes, you jshould ust take that in your stride.People, processes and politics and the way they interact though, far fuzzier issue and much harder to understand quickly and fit in. Yet you get wallies wondering now much of an impact all your experience in version x of something relates to version Y...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:55:31 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Discriminating judgement]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Not at all.  Only valid reasons should be used to employ.  If someone attaches irrelevant information which they think could give them an unfair advantage (e.g., a good-looking photo), they show poor judgement.  We can fix the appearance of our resume by various means.  We can't fix our appearance beyond the obvious things we do for interview.  And interview time is the time to see the real person.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wistful]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:20:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Um ('environment')]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Cogent, Tony.  Just one point is confusing - your use of &quot;environment&quot;.  I think you mean the &quot;development environment&quot; in the first instance, and the &quot;work environment&quot; perhaps in the second.  &quot;Work environment&quot; could mean the politics, the personalities, the jargon, the true semantics behind the specifications ...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wistful]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:11:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;I regularly google myself...&quot; You'll go blind doing that....]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[The_Real_BSAFH]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:58:41 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who is it meant to appeal to?]]></title>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:51:19 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A 2013 appealing Resume template]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can someone please upload/provide/share an 2013 appealing Resume template? Thanks a million!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[abhishek.banchhor]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:31:11 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Discriminating]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I find it really interesting that you have a rule to bin resumes that include photos/DOB. You now actually are discriminating against people (that include a photo) because of your attempts not to be seen to discriminate against them (based on age). This is real modern world stuff - so worried about being seen to do the right thing that good judgement goes out the door. Perhaps you should suggest your company reviews this policy.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:39:44 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Brevity]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't know that it has to be one page, but I certainly agree with the principal of brevity and only including the most relevent information.I still remember one resume that came across my desk a couple of years ago (I wasn't the person doing the hiring, I just happened to see it). It was someone fresh out of school with little or no previous employment and it was about 8 pages long. In it I (no lie) learnt his dogs name, and why he is living with his grandmother. I actually read the whole thing (in amazement!). Sadly he didn't make it to the interview stage... no idea why.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:25:09 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Meaningless]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Certainly the company should be looking for someone that will be a good fit and will stay long-term. Will an objective statement tell you this? Probably not. All the objective statements I've read have been so generic and cliche as to be completely meaningless. And worse, they are generally rubbish anyway. If I'm really just looking for a 6-month gig until the job market picks up again and I can find a job I really want to do, am I going to put an objective saying &quot;Find a good paying job that doesn't require too much of me&quot;? Of course not. I know of people that were in exactly this situation and what did their objective state? &quot;Challenging position&quot;, &quot;build a long-term relationship with the company&quot; etc.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:19:21 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yeah,  none of the people called Church with the initials GE]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[are happy with you. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:11:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Objective]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[+1 to JamesRL - exactly.To John - perhaps you are confused. The objective the author is talking about is a generic paragraph at the top of the resume saying &quot;Career Objective: To have a fulfilling career in IT that lets me use my problem-solving and analytical skills to the best blah blah blah&quot;.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:10:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stick with it]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I wouldn't suggest changing your career based on the posts some random people on the Internet make.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:05:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Zoo Keeper]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Do you get a lot of candidates coming out and stating that they want to be a Server Administrator or a Zoo Keeper? And if those same people didn't write something so stupid in their objective, would you be able to tell from the rest of the resume that they weren't a good candidate?Only an idiot would hint that they want to pursue a path totally different to the job they're applying for. And idiots find many ways to be idiotic - they don't need an objective statement to prove their idiocy. I still say it's a useless section.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:02:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nah that's been solved]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-387692-3750788]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Dye your hair. Choose a natual colour though, and don't forget your eyebrows.Then lather your face in some cream that makes it go all puffy, but not of course shiny.Last but not least have a waistband that's nearer to your knees than your nipples.Fools them every time...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Hopkinson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:02:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Idiots]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree that only an idiot would put their life openly online for all to see. Unfortunately the world has a large percentage of idiots.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:43:51 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nah]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm with Toni on most of it. I've never liked or used an objective statement for exactly the reason Toni states. Even if the employer did care more about your aspirations than about filling the position with the best candidate, what are you going to put as your objective statement? We all want a fulfilling work, in an environment that's nice to be in, and a flexible employer that pays us a huge salary don't we? Face it - the objective statement is tripe. If you want to tell people how much you want to work with them then that's great - do it in your cover letter. Be sincere about it, and be specific. A two sentence cliche statement on top of a resume that you send out to all potential empoyers is not the way to convince an employer that it really is them that you want to work with.The next two items you agreed with anyway.As for Googling, this will vary a lot depending on how common your name is and how much else the empoyer knows about you that can narrow things down. I tend to agree that this shouldn't be listed as a point in a resume article. I definitely think job seekers should be aware that their online history may be looked at, but I doubt many potential employers are trying to Google candidates at the resume stage.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:39:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Spell check can make things interesting though]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Back in college, we were using Word for DOS with an early spell checker for a business class.  Little did we realize until our team was reading things out loud that we were planning on purchasing a 20,000 SF whorehouse for our new distribution center in Chicago.  Tom Cruise had nothing on us!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MaSysAdmin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:29:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Age?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Seriously - age? Most resume's I see either have and age or date of birth mentioned on them. And even if they don't, if they get to the interview stage there will be something else that will indicate their age - you'll see them. Normally looking at a person gives you a pretty good indication of how old someone is.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:16:45 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Quiker, yes, but better?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is certainly quicker to contact a reference. But that person is not likely to give you the truest indication of what the candidate is like. For starters they've been chosen by the candidate so they're obviously someone the candidate thinks will paint them in the best possible light. Secondly, the reference probably only knows the candidate through work. Google will likely give you a more rounded idea of what the candidate is like. Sure, a lot of it will be irrelevant, but some will not be. For example even if you find Facebook postings about what they ate for breakfast that day, you still might learn that this person really does pay a lot of attention to correct spelling and grammar.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:14:03 -0800</pubDate>
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