12 Really bad bits of job advice that even mom has given you

 

Job Advice is all over the web. Great employment advice is plentiful, and job seekers with no excuse to listen to advice that you know that sounds bogus. The exchange of bad advice is also available all over the web as well.

In this day, when the web is full of information about what hiring managers expect people to do. Some of these you have to laugh at:

  1. Nobody sends a "Thank You" note anymore.
  2. A polo will be fine. It's casual Friday, nobody dresses up.
  3. Objective:A company that I will have a long future with.
  4. Dates don't really matter on your resumé.
  5. "Social media is a dead-end for job hunting. Don't waste your time on Twitter!"
  6. "Man, it's really all about perception, so you're really not lying..."
  7. "I had 3 people proofread my resumé, and I still had typos?"
  8. "Monster and  Career Builder are your best job search tools!"
  9. "Go in and demand to see the manager or owner"
  10. Call even if the job post cites, "Don't call"
  11. Girl, you don't need to have a master's degree, they just post that to throw you off...
  12. Keep your resumé as vague as possible…

Here’s bonus by a long time friend…

Jason Reese

a guy once told me "jus come up here, don't worry about a resume" of course when I meet the HR director, thats the first thing they ask for.

Now that’s really bad advice.

 

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