Recipe for Disaster: Resume Gaffes to Help You Lose the Job of Y...

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Sun, 05/11/2008 - 09:52

In my years of hiring, promoting, and firing people, I saw a lot of resumes come across my desk. Most of them, frankly, were boring.

Some of them were interesting and intriguing, and in many cases, the owners of those resumes won jobs and career advancement.


 

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