Re: resume fondling -- am I being too picky?

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Tell you the truth, Chris, it's been so long since there was a
shortage of qualified applicants for tech writing positions that
I'm not sure I remember how to deal with one.  At the very least, 
I'd expect the candidates not to make any *more* errors in their
applications and resumes than I make in an unedited 
stream-of-conciousness email. :)

But to answer your question seriously, I might not reject out of 
hand, but the resume with errors would definitely go to the bottom
of the pile.  It would, I suspect, ultimately depend on how minor the 
errors were and how many of them there were.

Gene Kim-Eng




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Christner" <cchris -at- toptechwriter -dot- us>
 
> Hi Gene,
> 
> So if a writer who was otherwise qualified for a job handed you a resume
> with several minor errors, you'd reject that person **even if there was a
> shortage of qualified applicants**? That's what the context was when I
> wrote "inflexibly high standards".



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