Mark wrote: >Doug Brewer and I see a similar effect at the GFM photo contest we >judge: the people who mess up the (very simple) file-naming convention >never produce winning photos.
>Anyway, I think the article in question shows that a similar >phenomenon exists with regards to the written word. I see that frequently at work. I get to review resumes and perform technical phone interviews with candidates. I recently had a 16-page double-spaced resume submitted from a guy with 10 years experience (my 30 years is condensed to 4 pages). The resume was so loaded with grammatical errors I stopped marking it up. One 4-line bulleted paragraph was repeated almost verbatim for four different employers. The resume frequently explained how something worked vs. what the individual did. The phone interview went the same. Long rambling answers that did not answer the questions. When I drilled down to elicit specific responses they were vague or incorrect. I instantly think that if this document is the single most important document essential to your career success and so little attention is paid to detail, content, and quality, what kind of software and written documents will you produce for the client? Tom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
