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thrownawaydad | 3 years ago

There is no fairness in hiring (nor anywhere else). I once saw a hiring manager pull a resume out of the stack and throw it away because it was printed on cream-colored paper. I glanced at it--it was impressive in general. Certainly a plausible hire at a place like Google.

That's okay. You're not writing a resume to get hired. You're writing a resume to interest the places you'd like to work and repel the places you'd be miserable at.

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quickthrower2|3 years ago

This is a good point. Unless you are desperate for a job, you can be strategic. You could even list things that are a turn off for you. Companies that bin your CV because of honesty and trying to get a good fit are probably not a good fit.

Unless you are going against an entire culture, for example you want Fridays off but applying to high frequency trading companies.

red-iron-pine|3 years ago

"he wants Saturdays off? hard pass" - fintech hiring manager