{"id":1724,"date":"2015-09-15T11:50:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T16:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:51:49","slug":"the-resume-looks-good-except-for-the-pimple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/the-resume-looks-good-except-for-the-pimple\/","title":{"rendered":"The Resume Looks Good, Except for the Pimple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<!--<a href=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pimple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1725\" src=\"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pimple.jpg\" alt=\"Pimple\" width=\"364\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a>-->You know what is funny about life?\u00a0 It seems like whenever you are getting ready for something big to happen, something ELSE happens.\u00a0 Life happens.\u00a0 Life doesn&#8217;t seem to work out the way you want it to ALL the time.\u00a0 We try to control it, but we can&#8217;t.\u00a0 Sometimes good things happen, sometimes bad things happen and sometimes things just don&#8217;t happen AT ALL!<\/p>\n<p>Let me take you back to high school for a minute.\u00a0 You are getting ready for prom and you have the right tuxedo.\u00a0 You have the right girl on your arm.\u00a0 You have the car.\u00a0 You have everything you want to make it a perfect evening. \u00a0You wake up prom morning, look in the mirror and see you have a massive pimple in the middle of your forehead. \u00a0You look like you got hit in the forehead with a hammer and have the huge bump to prove it.\u00a0 No amount of acne cream or make-up is going to fix it in \u00a0time. \u00a0Everyone if going to notice. \u00a0It is that obvious. \u00a0It sucks but unfortunately this kind of stuff just happens.<\/p>\n<p>So, I get asked every day, &#8220;Will you review my resume&#8221;?\u00a0 If I have time, I will take a look at it.\u00a0 For the most part, with the caliber of people I am recruiting, the resumes I review look pretty darn good.\u00a0 Understand that I recruit executives and senior level sales people. \u00a0 The format is correct, the graphics look good on the resume, and individuals goals are clearly stated.\u00a0 Then, I see it.\u00a0 It is right in the middle and it is glaring at me!\u00a0 Something just doesn&#8217;t look right.\u00a0 It is that zit that can&#8217;t be overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in our careers, something doesn&#8217;t go right.\u00a0 It happens ALL the time.\u00a0 In fact, I hardly ever see an unblemished resume.\u00a0 Somewhere you have made a bad decision.\u00a0 You have joined a company and things just &#8220;didn&#8217;t work out&#8221;.\u00a0 It could be that you joined a startup and they lost their funding.\u00a0 It could be that you didn&#8217;t get along with your boss.\u00a0 It could be that you had a life changing event that forced you to make a change.<\/p>\n<p>Adversity happens.\u00a0\u00a0 It is these defining moments in life that make us who we are as individuals.\u00a0 What I want to know is what you learned from the adversity.\u00a0 How have you changed as an individual? \u00a0What would you have done differently?<\/p>\n<p>See, even having a pimple at your senior prom probably didn&#8217;t prevent you from going to the event.\u00a0 Was it unfortunate that it happened?\u00a0 I guess.\u00a0 Your date probably didn&#8217;t even care and it isn&#8217;t something she remembers about the night anyway.\u00a0 She was probably\u00a0having such a great time that a silly pimple wasn&#8217;t even on her radar.<\/p>\n<p>Companies aren&#8217;t any different. 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