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What I'm dealing with trying to hire someone for a position...
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I just an awesome employee leave for a deal that I couldn't argue with (her husband got a job out of state making more money than they make together here) and her position posted yesterday. I already have almost 50 resumes and some of the stuff is hilarious:
- Under achievements: "Active blood donor: 4+ gallons."
- Under "admirable qualities (which is kind of hilarious on a resume in itself)": "Donated to Toys for Tots for at least 5 years"
- I'm not even through all of them and six of the cover letters are addressed to different companies/organizations
I am surprised by how many people didn't bother with a cover letter (toss). It's a creative position and a large number gave no links to an online portfolio (toss). Two people gave me no way to contact them, other than a home address (toss).
I now have 7 left and came across the first person that I'd actually even consider interviewing-- and I think they only look good because the others are so bad. I miss my awesome employee already.
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Re: What I'm dealing with trying to hire someone for a position...
I mean you have to give that person some credit. 4+ gallons of blood?
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Lol. You're missing out. You might have blood donors, too!
As an update, I made it through the rest of them (and there were 3 more by the end of the day) and I have one person that I might interview and he's just okay. This was a lot of work to come up with one mediocre contender. I may have to close the posting, let it stew for awhile and try to get a better batch in a couple of months.