Was there a seminar or personal dev class that I missed somewhere along the lines? Apparently most job seekers are under the impression that being as vague as possible on their resumes is benefiting them. Perhaps their (your?) line of thinking goes something like this: “If I use general terms and be as broad as possible then the recruiter/hiring manager is going to think that I have whatever it is they’re looking for!”                            

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in my years of recruiting it’s that the really good candidates are few and far between. Most of you are pleasant to work with, some of you are nightmares and can boarder on being a stalker, and every so often I have the real pleasure of working with someone who is fantastic. Just such a candidate came into my recruiting world the other week and this post is a tribute to him, and those like him that I’ve worked with through the years.

As the avid Wired & Hired reader already knows, a…

Now I’m not trying to stay on a politics kick but sometimes there are just interesting stories that revolve around it. Especially since it’s an election year all eyes are on the candidates and their staff. It’s a historical year for politics. Not only is there a black man running for president but there is a woman running for vice president. It’s great. Anyways, you have to wonder what runs through Obama’s head when anyone from his campaign team starts blowing up his phone. I’m sure it happened when Ludacris wrote his support Obama song, Obama is here. But just…

I do it every year. I wait and wait for that one glorious Sunday night. Some years I’ll invite some friends over and make swanky pink cocktails, and other years I’ll opt to snuggle up in my jammies and pop some popcorn. Either way, I count down the minutes until…you guessed it…the Academy Awards (you can sub in the MTV Video Awards or the Soapies…whatever floats your boat)! I watch in wonderment as people like Brad, Angelina, Meryl and the occasional Pauly Shore walk down the red carpet, wave at their adoring fans and try not to squint when 8,000…