Comments on: Bad Job-Hunting Tips You Must Avoid, Part 1 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/bad-job-hunting-tips-you-must-avoid-part-1/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Fri, 25 May 2012 02:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/bad-job-hunting-tips-you-must-avoid-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-81518 Flexo Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:28:13 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/02/01/bad-job-hunting-tips-you-must-avoid-part-1/#comment-81518 I agree with you, foobarista. I have some comments on the other tips mentioned in the article coming up in a post on Friday. I agree with you, foobarista. I have some comments on the other tips mentioned in the article coming up in a post on Friday.

]]> By: Foobarista http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/bad-job-hunting-tips-you-must-avoid-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-81514 Foobarista Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:28:37 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/02/01/bad-job-hunting-tips-you-must-avoid-part-1/#comment-81514 Having been on the resume screening side of things lately, there are two items in the column that are Really Bad. One: don't stress about typos. When I do resume screens, spelling or word-use mistakes are first-pass dismissals. If you can't be bothered to write perfect copy for a one-page resume, why should I bother hiring you for a job? Two: her advice about "deniably" lying on degrees is the sort of thing that gets people fired. Examples identical to her personal anecdote - almost but not quite finishing a master's degree, and featuring it but finessing the fact that she didn't finish it on her resume - got several prominent executives fired in the 1990s. Having been on the resume screening side of things lately, there are two items in the column that are Really Bad.

One: don’t stress about typos. When I do resume screens, spelling or word-use mistakes are first-pass dismissals. If you can’t be bothered to write perfect copy for a one-page resume, why should I bother hiring you for a job?

Two: her advice about “deniably” lying on degrees is the sort of thing that gets people fired. Examples identical to her personal anecdote – almost but not quite finishing a master’s degree, and featuring it but finessing the fact that she didn’t finish it on her resume – got several prominent executives fired in the 1990s.

]]> By: tinyhands http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/bad-job-hunting-tips-you-must-avoid-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-81464 tinyhands Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:24:43 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/02/01/bad-job-hunting-tips-you-must-avoid-part-1/#comment-81464 I'd clarify that bit about job-hopping. Less than a year, without extenuating circumstances such as abuse or discrimination, is still very likely to be frowned upon no matter how well you describe your passion for learning and growing. I’d clarify that bit about job-hopping. Less than a year, without extenuating circumstances such as abuse or discrimination, is still very likely to be frowned upon no matter how well you describe your passion for learning and growing.

]]> By: MoneyFwd http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/bad-job-hunting-tips-you-must-avoid-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-81440 MoneyFwd Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:39:36 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/02/01/bad-job-hunting-tips-you-must-avoid-part-1/#comment-81440 The job hopping one is interesting. My father-in-law was really angry when I decided to take a new job after being at one for a year and a half, and a previous job for a year and a half. I don't see it as a problem since I am so young, and I have found a job I can stick with for a while. The job hopping one is interesting. My father-in-law was really angry when I decided to take a new job after being at one for a year and a half, and a previous job for a year and a half. I don’t see it as a problem since I am so young, and I have found a job I can stick with for a while.

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