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Comment on Never Lie on a Resume–Ever by Liz Danielson

Liz Danielson — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:01:53 +0000

I hired a guy who lied on his resume – said he could write SQL queries when he couldn’t. I sent him to training (at the time, keeping a body was important) and he couldn’t or wouldn’t learn it. As it was a requirement for that position, I fired him (warm body be damned). Years later he applied to return to the company I still worked for. Figuring he couldn’t get into the old position, he applied to a different group. Sadly for him it was a group I now managed. His resume, full of experience from a competitor, looked great. But I couldn’t believe his resume and didn’t interview him. Once you’ve lied, people don’t forget. Be honest. Be PAINFULLY honest.

Comment on Never Lie on a Resume–Ever by Andy Lester

Andy Lester — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:20:40 +0000

I’ve seen articles talking about how he “fudged” or “padded” his resume. Thank you for saying he “lied”, because that’s really what it is.

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Comment on A Jobseeker’s Starting Guide to Twitter by Stephan

Stephan — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:38:22 +0000

Well, yes. Not as busy as some, but more active than others.

Comment on A Jobseeker’s Starting Guide to Twitter by johanna

johanna — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:33:14 +0000

Excellent! You are pretty active on Twitter already, right Stephan?

Comment on A Jobseeker’s Starting Guide to Twitter by Stephan

Stephan — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:20:51 +0000

Hi,
I just wanted to share that it actually worked quite well (at least for me, in one case): When one of my projects came to an end I wrote this:
http://twitter.com/S_2K/status/106663015528660993

And within a rather short time got retweeted some times and in the end found a great new project, through this one tweet.

This may look like me being lucky, and it certainly was — however attracting enough followers before was just as important. Actually _one_ follower in particular.

Comment on Please Help Me Title the Next Version of the Hiring Book by johanna

johanna — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:06:28 +0000

Paul, thanks! I do like GeekSeeker. It made me chuckle. And thank you for the compliment.

Comment on Please Help Me Title the Next Version of the Hiring Book by Paul Spain

Paul Spain — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:43:01 +0000

Hi Johanna! I love your books and read your blogs.

Short and punchy is memorable and refreshing. If I see a wheelbarrow for a title, I doubt the author’s grasp of subject and/or communication skill.

Hiring the best technical people? – who would buy a book to hire average technical people? – I don’t think the subtitle adds anything – except to link to your previous title.

What about “GeekSeeker”? Succinct, it rhymes(!), and will stick in the memory.

Rely on curiosity to get punters to look beyond the title.

My $0.02.

Cheers, Paul.

Comment on Please Help Me Title the Next Version of the Hiring Book by johanna

johanna — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:30:57 +0000

Thanks!