Are you hiring the right talent?
No, this is not a rhetorical question. Are you hiring the right people? Hiring the right applicant is imperative to your company’s success. This is especially true if you are a startup bootstrapped for cash. I was planning to expand our company’s scope and recently ventured out to hire stellar individuals. Needless to say, in this down economy, we received a ton of resumes. There were emails from people claiming to be valedictorians but had spelling mistakes in their cover letters. These individuals took careful attention to formatting, highlighting and spell-checking their resumes but forgot to spell check their cover letters. This is my personal pet peeve and I am sure is the same for most other hiring managers. Resume, and a succinct cover letter, is your single piece of ammunition to get your point across. If your ammo is flawed, you will not be able to get where you want – the interview. In the long run, such resumes end up in the “do not call” bin for lack of foresight. One littl
