Quotes about resumes (16 Quotes)



    Interviewing and resumes are becoming less reliable. Job skills are important, but behavior, attitudes and personality play a larger role in creating a productive work environment. These traits can easily be measured by assessments. If you hire a person with negative personality traits, then that person drives off good people and lowers productivity.

    A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them he either quits or resumes them at his will and in the use he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.

    There is no privacy on the Internet and job seekers need to be really careful about where they put their resumes. It's almost guaranteed that your resume will end up in places that you had no idea even existed.






    A woman spent all Christmas Day in a telephone box without ringing anyone. If someone comes to phone, she leaves the box, then resumes her place afterwards. No one calls her either, but from a window in the street, someone watched her all day, no doubt since they had nothing better to do. The Christmas syndrome.

    We are recruiting in Detroit and getting resumes from Detroit, as we are in St. Louis and Atlanta. But everyone we're looking for will not have automotive experience. Some people will come from outside the industry. We'll also hire some recent college graduates.

    The search committee evaluated over 20 resumes. We had interest locally and from around the state, with many very qualified candidates. Betty impressed the search committee and the board with her wealth of experience and success in her past positions.



    ... I value the experience I did have behind that desk because to make it in this business, you need the soul of an artist but the pulse of a bureaucrat. If you're waiting tables, waiting for your break, and you're not willing to come home every night after a long shift at the restaurant and stuff your head-shots and resumes into envelopes to send out to agents and managers, you're not going to make it. It's not going to happen for you.

    I don't have anyone in mind that I want to call. I'm just going to go through the resumes and make some calls and find the right guy. One thing I know for sure is that I've got to get an experienced offensive line coach in here to take over and stay consistent in that area. But I don't have anyone in mind for it.

    The checks go more for the integrity of the person and not necessarily how the person will perform under the kind of pressure that Katrina has put people under, ... Biography and resumes are important, but ultimately there are qualities of leadership you look for that you can't see on a piece of paper.



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