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Re: Having fun with your resume - good idea/bad idea
Subject:Re: Having fun with your resume - good idea/bad idea From:Yehoshua <ysp10182 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Kat Kuvinka <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 4 Sep 2012 19:55:42 +0300
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On Sep 4, 2012, at 19:34, Kat Kuvinka <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> What the heck is a Star Wars crawl?
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> I would prefer to see a clean, nicely designed, error-free resume AND something that makes a candidate stand out. I hate boring, nor would I want to work for boring.
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> One writer at my last job had not changed her objective, in which she was applying for some educational position. We called her on it, and had a good laugh. She was hired and turned out to be quite excellent. Not the type of thing we are talking about here, I know, but when the experience fits I would rather take the time to speak to the candidate in person. IN PERSON. None of this phone-screen crap.
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> Kathee
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