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April 08, 2005
Alexandre Gueniot: This is a fantastic resume
How many resumes does one recruiter receives over a day? At the best time during the dotcom, companies like Cisco received about 20,000 resumes a month, I think. Unsolicited.
Wow.
How to stand out amongst all of those resumes, this is the big question on everybody's mind. There are plenty of tricks, of course.
Here is one that is being circulated on the web - another buzz, but for once, this is a real one.
Alexandre Gueniot - who has been hired by Microsoft as an intern in the beginning of March this year.
Click here or copy the link below into your browser:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jobsblog/comments/384704.aspx
Listen to the animated resume and ask yourself: If this is benchmark, how does my resume compare?
I am not saying that everbody needs an animated resume but the question is:
What are the three points in your resume that are so outstanding and differentiating that a recruiter would not only read your resume, but wants to talk to you or even hire you?
Posted by Andreas at April 8, 2005 01:17 PM
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Well, I waited like 2 mins for it to load up, we were barely halfway there. I gave up. If my HR sent me this for consideration, it would have been lost. Unless I have nothing better to do at lunch break.
Wait, maybe it has something to do with streamyx running at only 100Mbps at this moment.
Posted by: percolator at April 13, 2005 08:03 AM
ooooh.. I had never thought of using a flash animation for a resume. The things that really stood out in his resume are of course.. his creativity. 2ndly, presentation. I mean making flash itself does not make people want to hire you. He had was very good at picking out his best points in the animation. Finally, he sure knows how to sell himself. Woo.. major kudos to this frog!!
I don't think MNCs are going to enjoy a flash animation of my resume are they? :P
Posted by: Ivy at April 9, 2005 07:14 AM
W0W!
Lifesucks... I'll never get the job I want again!~
Posted by: EF at April 8, 2005 02:51 PM
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