No More Résumés, Say Some Firms
Instead of asking for résumés, the New York venture-capital firm—which has invested in Twitter, Foursquare, Zynga and other technology companies—asked applicants to send links representing their “Web presence,” such as a Twitter account or Tumblr blog.
One misrepresentation exchanged for compound misrepresentations
(Source: gjmueller)
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Resumes will always be necessary as part of a suite of products, I’m sure. The danger without a tool like a resume is...
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And this is why I’m going to start taking photos and making a photoblog/separate blog.
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My topless Tuesday’s…
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authenticiouslycounterfeit reblogged this from theworldisconfused and added:
Oh, wow. If I had to show my Facebook and Tumblr to every person who could potentially give me a job, i’d never get one.
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world-shaker said:
I’ve landed clients based on my blog and YouTube videos :o)
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So much for an objective approach to hiring.
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logicallypositive reblogged this from karamazov-alexei and added:
Hmm. I wouldn’t mind sending them this blog. Now my personal blog on the other hand…
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I guess I’ll be deleting you soon, blog.
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Are we teaching students these skills, or are we relying on them to learn them on their own? —TBH Instead of asking for...
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One misrepresentation exchanged for compound misrepresentations
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