Saturday, July 12, 2008

Placing URL's on Resumes

For some reason, a discussion I had with the recruiting manager of a huge cable company several years ago popped into my memory bank today. She told me about a Sunday afternoon that she set aside to screen a few hundred resumes that had accumulated in her inbox. While reading through them, she came across a candidate who mentioned working for Home Depot and he had included a URL. Assuming that he had provided a link to something related to his employment with the company she clicked onto it. After spending 2 hours shopping online, she realized how much time (and money) she had thrown away and accordingly, she deleted the resume! The obvious conclusion here is to only provide links that will help you get a job. Otherwise, don't waste any one's time!

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