From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Sorry, I probably won’t read your cover letter

January 27, 2010 59 comments

Like many recruiters, I rarely read cover letters.  Most of us zoom right into the resume for a quick scan of the candidate and avoid the cover letter whenever possible.  Why should we read two different documents that are basically trying to say the same thing?  When we have 100 resumes to read, why read [...]

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Home Run Interview, Right!?! Jose Canseco! (video)

January 22, 2010 15 comments

Who said that funny, can’t also be informational?  Check out the hilarious interview video clip below and stop back after for my comments. What have we learned? DON’T get caught up in a magazine while waiting for them to start your interview DO dress well.  The guy totally dresses the part in this interview DON’T [...]

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Your recruiter <3′s you

January 20, 2010 22 comments

Have a bit of interview anxiety?  Here’s a quick tip – your recruiter is pulling for you. While most places aren’t hiring in bulk like they used to, recruiting/staffing has been cut back, which doubles, or even triples the work load a recruiter has on their plate.  When someone calls about your resume, it’s because [...]

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Corn Heads Community

January 18, 2010 18 comments

Just about a month ago I added a new page to COTJ called “Corn Heads”, and if you ever ventured to that section you would have found yourself a nice little teaser.  After weeks of torture, I will now finally explain what the hell is going on, and how you can get involved… What is [...]

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Are you and your co-workers ‘Perfect Strangers’?

January 12, 2010 31 comments

Larry Appleton had just moved to Chicago for a more private life, away from his large family in Wisconsin.  Unfortunately for Larry, but fortunately for all of us, his distant cousin Balki Bartokomous drops in for a visit, which completely shatters the life Larry was seeking.  Even though the two are extremely different, Larry lets [...]

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If you’ve got it, flaunt it

January 7, 2010 111 comments

Welcome to my post about resume length.  If you came in from a search engine expecting pictures of busty women, well, I’m sorry to disappoint.  You can leave now if you wish, but stick around and you might learn a thing or two.  Oh, and if you actually are new to COTJ, please click here [...]

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A visit with The Skool of Life

January 6, 2010 5 comments

Had a chance to write a guest post for Srinivas Rao from The Skool of Life.  He also runs a podcast series called, “The Interviews with up and coming Bloggers”, which I took part in as well.  Srini is doing some great things over there, and I suggest checking him out when you have some time. Here’s [...]

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