Comments on: The Masking Problems Myth http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=690 The Candid Ramblings Of A Professional Recruiter Who Has Seen It All - Copyright 2010 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:18:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Emily http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=690&cpage=1#comment-265 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:35:10 +0000 http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=690#comment-265 I completely agree with you. Whenever I see a resume that omits dates, I automatically worry that there is a good reason for omission of this information. I have talked a few job candidates through this fact and through how to improve the “red flag”. As a recruiter, I’m digging for the solid work history and skills that you can bring to my client. This is present in a functional resume, however, if you blatantly omit information…my eye leaps to that omission. I saw one resume where the work experience was simply listed as companies and titles on the bottom right hand corner of page 2. After a thorough discussion with the job candidate, I learned that it was because he felt he was being passed over for jobs because of his long career history with just three companies. I explained that it was a red flag for recruiter and we worked on altering his resume to move the career history to the front and keep the date omission (he wouldn’t budge on that…).

]]> By: Scot Richards http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=690&cpage=1#comment-262 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:13:56 +0000 http://recruiteruncensored.com/?p=690#comment-262 In my opinion, “The Masking Problems Myth”….is just that, a myth. If problems exist the sooner the prospective employer knows about them, the better. I can think of a number of pretty good reasons why I feel this way. Do you really want to work for someone knowing you may have got the job under false pretenses? Are you capable of your best daily performance when each may bring the day the hiring folks “find out” about your skipped past?

Do yourself and others a favor by being honest. It is respect for them and respect for yourself.

@Scot_R

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