Ask HN: What do you consider resume red flags?

Re:Ask HN: What do you consider resume red flags? by viraptor on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @10:19PM (#16982884)

That's good information! One thing I don't really agree with is:

> Keyword stuffing. This typically means the candidate is writing their resume for a search engine.

If you're applying to a larger company, your CV is likely to be imported into their internal system, often semi-automatically. Sometimes the keywords are not for the public search engine, but for the initial HR's sorting.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you consider resume red flags? by scarface74 on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:01AM (#16986090)

If you are dependent on submitting your resume to an applicant tracking system and hoping it will stand out to someone in HR, you're doing it wrong (tm).

I haven't blindly submitted a resume in the 20 years I've been working. I've always used recruiters or an inside contact.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you consider resume red flags? by viraptor on Friday May 04, 2018 @07:22AM (#16993683)

In some situations you can. In others you move 11 timezones, have no local network, and need to find a job. It's not the best way, but it's not wrong.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you consider resume red flags? by scarface74 on Friday May 04, 2018 @01:40PM (#16996500)

Even in that situation, I would reach out to a local independent recruiter I. The area where I was looking for a job.

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