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January 26, 2004
Joel Spolsky on Resumes
Joel on Software - Getting Your Resume Read
I used to think Joel Spolsky was a no-nonsense, bright, straight-shooter until I read the article above. Instead of reading like a good guide to getting resumes read, it comes off like a pissy kid ranting.
Here's a good quote, "OK, this one really bugs me. Learn where spaces go in relation to other punctuation. Attention, the entire population of India: whenever you have a comma, there is always exactly one space and it's always after the comma and never before it. Thank you."
But even better, two bullet points down is, "Even stupider is submitting two big Word documents with no body text in the email. This just gets you spam filtered. I don't even SEE these."
Good one Joel, I'm sure the stupider people writing some of the stupider resumes will appreciate your insightful article.
Newsflash, if you're going to write an article about grammar, punctuation, and common sense, please use some yourself.
Posted by beamz at January 26, 2004 9:41 AM
Comments
heh. ;)
Posted by: kpaul at February 4, 2004 7:53 PM
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=stupider
Posted by: stupider? at May 3, 2004 4:36 AM