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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Candidate Woes
We got a resume for a candidate today, and the recruiter's spiel included the following statement:
[The candidate] "prides himself on doing what his bosses tell him to do."
Ouch.
Compliance with directives is really not a selling point.
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Catherine Powell
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