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		a9h74j on Jan 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why isn't there a universal data format for résumé... Indeed, I first heard this advice in the form: Don't submit a resume until you are sure you have the job.

WalterBright on Jan 17, 2022 | [–]

I remember the HR chief of [famous company] complaining to me that she'd already been ordered to offer me a job, and needed a resume to check her bureaucratic boxen.

cpach on Jan 17, 2022 | [–]

TBH that sounds a little extreme in the other direction.

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