Once upon a time, I was searching on Workopolis.com for candidates, and came across someone who met some of the criteria in my search.
I thought... "hmm this person looks good - I'll add them to my system and give them a call".
As I was adding the resume to the system, I hit "select all" and "copy" (as you do...)
This particular candidate had quite a bit of white space at the bottom of their resume, which as it turns out... wasn't white space at all. And of course when I highlighted everything the white space showed a giant paragraph.
The candidate had used white font, to include a quite elaborate text at the bottom of the resume, with intimate details of their life, etc. It was QUITE long, and waaaay too personal. Not sure if it was a mistake or not, but double check your resumes to ensure you didn't hit PASTE by accident!
Some things you just don't want to put on your resume.
No comments:
Post a Comment