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Subject:RE: Even the CEO of Monster lies on his resume From:"Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:26:09 -0500
Humor is such a variable--I'd not count on it in a resume, though I
could perhaps see an inside joke on the business card of someone who
didn't get out or around much. <g>
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Byfield [mailto:bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 1:31 PM
To: Sean Brierley
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Even the CEO of Monster lies on his resume
Sean Brierley wrote:
>I honestly think such humor should stay off a document of first
impression, such as a resume.
>
I think it depends on the use. If you don't often represent your company
to others, there's not much harm in it. For example, at one company, the
web master, arguing that "web master" was "so 1996" asked that his job
title on his business card read "Zopista," since he used Zope to build
the back end of the company site. Since he never represented the company
in public, there was no reason to turn down his request. But if he had
been a product manager or a company officer,it might have risked
creating a bad impression. If nothing else, others like to know what
level of access a person represents.
Another reason not to use joke titles is that the joke gets old quickly
- and you still have 500 cards to get rid of before you can change it.
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