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Why You Didn't Get The Job: The Resume

Part II in a series

By Taffy Brodesser-Akner – December 4, 2006

If your cover letter is the window into your competence, then your resumé is the glass door to your professional toolshed. Laid out for all future employers is where you've been, what exactly you've done, and how long you did it. What I've also learned from talking to hiring managers, employers, and HR executives, all from the media field, is that reading resumés is a time in which they can relax. Why? Because at their fingertips, they've got the straight facts comprising a candidate's work experience -- no whitewashing, no explaining. While resumés certainly ...

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