[blunderchief]

See, this gets at the root of my problem with the post. It makes total sense that a recruiter needs to make some adjustments to how they sift through resumes when faced with hundreds of them. They can be as overworked as anyone!

But the tone in the guy’s post is all wrong. That “I can tell you want this job” bullshit. Like, my friend, I just want A Job. Yours isn’t special, they’re all shit we can acknowledge that.

That’s where my mind goes, anyway. Framing this instead the way you do (and the author seemed to try to but couldn’t help putting in a little “tough love” garbage) makes it much more sympathetic and understandable. I’ve read so many of these screeds over the years and the ones that I don’t nope out of immediately don’t come with the sense you’re being talked down to.