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The Questions You Must Answer

I’ve been back in hiring mode at work now for about 6 months. I’ve filled one of three openings so far, and have looked at over 100 qualified applicants. It has been suggested that I am, for lack of a

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Selling Jobs? I’m Not Buying!

I wrote this several months ago after a particularly annoying set of calls with a “recruiter” from a local staffing firm. At the time, I was helping another team in my division interview candidates for a Senior Developer with exceptionally

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Down with Generic Resumes

One popular strategy for job hunting is to build a nice generic resume (or have some resume agency build it for you), then blast it out to all the employers that you can find. If you think about it for

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