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> I have been asked to evalute some tech writer resumes forwarded for a
> contract position open in another department. Most contain the usual
> information: company name, dates of employment, etc. But a few, all from
the
> same agency, do not contain any specific company names or employment
> history. Rather, they say something like, "Software manuals, Major
National
> Bank" and "Internet developement, Major Human Resources Firm". This
> information is followed by a description of the tasks performed. There
is no
> sense about how long these candidates worked for those firms or who the
> firms are. My first impulse upon seeing these resumes was to reject
them.
> Why in the world would you want to hide this information? And how much
time
> would need to be spent in the interview just finding out who the
candidate
> worked for and for how long?
You're working with a "resume sanitizer" agency. Its a lame thing to do.
Basically, they are sanitizing the resumes so you don't attempt to "go
around their backs" and take the person out from underneath them. It is
likely the people they are sending you are grand slam losers, so they
sanitize their resumes to make them look better.
The only thing an agency should ever remove from a resume is the
candidate's contact information. Beyond that, touching a candidates resume
is always a suspicious thing to do.
I would blow the agency off and work with a place that sends you complete
resumes.
Andrew Plato
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