[TriLUG] looking for resume writer/improver

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Sun, 23 Jan 2011, Maxwell Spangler wrote:

> So now I try to spread the word that the hiring process is 
> "broken."

I had dinner at a friend's place once with a guy who ran a 
placement service. I started with my littany of problems I'd 
seen with the hiring process. He waved his hand, stopping me 
in mid sentence, quite cheerfully admitting that the process 
didn't work, and that the people placed usually weren't the 
best for the job. To do that, he'd have to personally know 
all the workers in town, whether looking for a job or not, 
and all the companies and the managers. Presumably to do 
this, he'd need to go to all the meetings that people like 
Alan Porter and Jim Ray speak at and get to know everyone in 
the audience.

He said his job was to get companies what they asked for. He 
had no illusions that this was good, ideal, or worked well. 
It gave him a comfortable living.

Joe

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