Posted on 08/17/2019 1:04:35 PM PDT by Salman
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Bitmojis, in case you've managed to escape them so far, are cartoon avatars that can be customized to a thoroughly creepy level to resemble the person using them. "Create your Bitmoji and be yourself wherever you go," the company's site proclaims.
And apparently some job hunters are adding the friendly little cartoons to their please-hire-me documentations, whether electronic or otherwise. The Journal's example is especially egregious: an applicant for a teaching job at the Indianapolis high school included a bitmoji of himself waving and the word "hi" at the top, quickly making himself the hey-get-a-load-of-THIS-guy story of the faculty room.
The Journal story went on to discuss other things job-seekers should stay away from (pastel colored resumes; moody -- or any -- photos; lists of random hobbies), but it was the bitmoji mention that took off.
"If I see a resume with a bitmoji on it, I will set it on fire," Sascha Segan, lead analyst for PCMag, wrote in a tweet.
But there was already some backlash to the bitmoji backlash.
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I have a friend who is a Lt Colonel in the Army. Very intense warrior yet a total clown. He uses emoji stuff constantly.
Ever since I told him I hate them, he uses them more frequently.
I can’t believe anyone would be stupid enough to use them on a resume
It all depends on how the person hiring feels about them.
You put yourself in uncanny valley, and that hurts your prospects for most jobs.
My niece knows much better now...thanks to her uncle and some good job experience under her belt but I remember the first resume for an after college job.
I reviewed it for her and it was friendly and there were exclamation marks, like she was writing to grandma!!
That was about 5 years ago and she is doing well.
But WHAT kind of college did she go to that didn’t prepare her for resume writing and interviews??!!
I think it was Rutgers, which is supposed to be pretty good.
Times have changed. So have prices!!
LOL
Sometimes cheap is dear!!
I picked up a sample resume at an office supply place when I filled out my first one...1974....
It has changed massively. The layout I was taught 10-15 years ago is gone. It all has to be on one page, period. Apparently, more than that is a hassle.
It’s ridiculous. I’m going to have a tough go of it if I get to go back to work, mostly because I’m incorrigible and stick to proper editing methods and layout.
Millennials.
THAT I have heard.
How’s a person with a lot of experience supposed to adhere to that.
One page is OK coming out of college.
lol
” Well in a way I had to when I applied for my position at Frontier. “
Did Frontier request/require a photograph of you ?
” ...just my cute self. “
Speaks for itself.
I told them that I was on Linkedin and if my professional qualifications and testimonials of former clients were not enough to get me this contract then we had nothing more to say to each other.
They hired me.
A long, long time ago, I thought the rule was one page for each 10 or 15 years of experience. If you went by that guideline today, the person in HR would immediately know not to interview you, since you were too old.
Resume? Who needs one? Companies just throw it in the trash. You have to find a way to make a hiring manager appreciative of your work outside of HR channels.
Let’s not succumb to hyperbole. The world’s worst idea is Third World immigration.
This moji deal is dumb but I wouldn’t sweat it. Having been a managing editor, I don’t much care for job candidates who get “cute” with their resumes — and I suspect most other managers agree with me.
1 page? Just a list of engineering disciples and the fields I’ve worked in took 3 pages. Added the different kind of plants and articles to pad it out 4 though.
You forgot the cherry on top.
maybe a bit much?
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