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Subject:Re: Tossing resumes WAS Re: Interview Questions From:Linda <linda -at- GRIC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 15 May 1998 14:40:10 -0700
On Fri, 15 May 1998, Lisa Comeau wrote:
> =22 I was very surprised at Lisa=27s report that some companies throw
> away resumes simply because they do not list outside interests.=22 - Tracy
>
And at one interview I was stunned to discover that, not only had
the recruiter removed all mention of personal interests, but that my first
name had also been removed - I assumed to remove any possibility of gender
bias. I felt I had been too vanilla-ized to make any impression at all.
