I as a recruiter hate to see such resumes



Connect with me on Linkedin
Mail me - ljangada@qanalysts.com

I as a recruiter hate to see such resumes.

I’ve been working as a recruiter close to three years now and have worked on both VMS and Direct (Managed) Clients. I mostly work on Software requirements with main skills like Java, C, C++, C#, .Net, Flash, Ruby etc.

We need speed and accuracy in finding resumes for VMS job orders and though speed is not a factor on Direct/Managed Job Orders, accuracy still plays an important role in both.

Working on Software requirements, one has to learn the art of screening the right resumes before calling that candidate. The art of screening is a very important part for software job orders as there is a huge database of Non US Citizen and Non GC Holder resumes on the Job Boards. I can confidently state that out of every 10 resumes on a particular Job Board 7 to 8 resumes would be H1B Visa Holder resumes – which is fine :-).
But my sole motive and thought behind putting this on paper is to somehow let the H1B Visa Holders and their Employers know that, the way they present their resume is NOT AT ALL ATTRACTIVE. In fact, I love to screen other resumes and it is always a learning experience, when I ask questions about their work experience and things which aren’t there on the resume.

The reasons because of which I don’t like screening H1B resumes:

  1.      These resumes would have all the skills in the world – When I actually call them and start asking questions about the skills , it is then that the resume starts to look altered. (Altered to attract recruiters)
  2.      Same type of resumes (from the same employer) puts me in doubt whether to call these candidates or not as I have a bad experience speaking to the previous one.
  3.      Majority of such resumes don’t have Phone Numbers – I mean what’s the harm in putting your or your employers’ number.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

BJP cannot afford to be complacent now

While many supporters of BJP are jubilant with State Elections results, let us sincerely hope that BJP would not be complacent under any circumstances.    In fact, as one close supporter mentioned to me they should work three times as hard.   He added, 'Are you kidding, never write off congress party'.  How true?  I only hope BJP cadre takes this to heart and work longer and harder. Should we be jubilant about the results and the real hope for change?   My question is why the country was put in this place first.   If the country had the same growth that BJP left it with in 2004, we would perhaps be running on par and even be ahead of China.   I recall how everything was booming, middle class growing; many NRIs were looking to settle back in India, the shining India.   Today, more people are being reduced to beggars, to depend on few kilos of rice and pulses the Government doles out for their livelihood. No where in the world's hist...
Read more

Beef Ban – My thoughts

Image
Beef Ban – My thoughts I knew Indian Government would Ban Beef and was waiting for it being implemented and when I switched on my TV today, I was happy to see the Ban in Maharashtra. I welcome #BeefBan for only one reason and that is “Cow is sacred to me and my fellow Hindus in India”. So now I am asking these questions to myself because I will be questioned the moment I publish these post. 1.        Am I being religious and happy my God wouldn’t be slaughtered anymore? 2.        Am I being communal and happy that my fellow Christian and Muslim friends would not be able to eat Beef anymore? 3.        Do I really care about other lives? Do I care about all the animals on this planet? Let me start by saying – I am not religious and I am definitely not communal. I don’t visit temples, I have never read “Geeta” (Hindu Holy Book), and I don’t know a single “Aarti” or a “Shlokha...
Read more