Monday, January 04, 2010

Back to work

I worked a lot of years as a recruiter for creatives. And, as a consequence, one of my pet peeves is pathetic business cards. Just sayin'
We can add this to my long list of resume peeves: like naming the thing resume. Which naming makes it really hard for the recruiter, me, to distinguish it from the 1000 other resumes I just got called resume.doc.
And people, it is not OK, no matter what your reasons, to share an email address with your spouse or significant other. If you have a joint email with an elderly parent or child because you're trying to protect and monitor, that is a noble thing. Don't use it on your resume. It's small-minded and sends employers the message that you're either lazy, codependent or lack a sense of individual empowerment. And those three things are career killers.
Just sayin'

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