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• What irks you about resumes?

  I asked jobseekers the same question about job descriptions over on the CampFire Blog , so I figured turnabout is only fair. What just really annoys you about resumes and makes you want to scream "WHY??!" at the screen? You know the feeling. Posted Mar 06 2007, 04:24 PM by gretchen with | with no comments Filed under: candidate search, interviews and evaluations

• The great talent shortage

  Talent shortage! Talent shortage! Oh my! There just aren't enough good people to hire! Sound familiar? I think we've all felt the pain of trying to find top quality people for open jobs. It seems the market is flooded with talent ... but for some Posted Feb 16 2007, 05:53 PM by gretchen with | with no comments Filed under: candidate search, interviews and evaluations, advertising and marketing

• Evaluating and interviewing technical candidates

  Any good recruiter or hiring manager will agree that finding great technical talent these days is hard. Besides possessing exceptional technical skills many of us are also looking for candidates that have great interpersonal skills, business savvy and Posted Feb 14 2007, 10:59 AM by zoe with | with no comments Filed under: candidate search, interviews and evaluations

• Do you care about lies on candidate resumes?

  Hot on the heels of Gretchen's post regarding online fabrications in job search, Forbes posted an article directed to job seekers about lying on resumes . It details statistics on how many people actually fabricate positions and accomplishments on Posted Feb 12 2007, 10:36 AM by zoe with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: candidate search, interviews and evaluations

• Fabrications on online dating sites ... and job boards ...

  An upcoming Cornell University study on online dating reports that most men and women tend to embellish their stats when listing height, weight, and age on their online profiles. Since you often hear new job sites compared to online dating sites, a similar Posted Feb 08 2007, 01:54 PM by gretchen with | with no comments Filed under: candidate search, interviews and evaluations