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Do you mean that Sanitation Engineer job wasn't a 9 to 5 office job with my own cubicle and 401 k........lol

Ok Mr HR manager...you may be someone I want to ask a question to. I have been a nurse at my hospital for 21 yrs. I have alot of good things to put in my resume as I am thinking of changing jobs maybe even hospitals maybe even what I do...so to speak.

I work in an ICU and may go to equipment/education/sales with one of our companies we deal with....

I have not done a resume in a very long time if ever! ( I really dont remember ever doing one!)....what and where would be the best place to start???? ANY help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.....

At one time I had sent out so many resumes I couldn't remember who or where I sent them, in this economy I bet that is what is going on now. So give a person a break, you may have been #535 resume that person had sent out.

Not to sound rude but if you are an HR Manager then it's your job to screen these applicants via a telephone interview.

This will save you a lot of time and frustration. Through the phone interview you can stage questions relevant to the posted position and rule out many applicants.

When you do the team interview (2 of you and one of them) in person then you should have a more defined knowledge of his/her abilities.

So, do your phone screening first and see if they know what the job entails then interview the 6 remaining people that really are qualified.

Employers expect you to know everything and be willing to it it all for next to nothing because you are so loyal you don't mind being the first to go in the down-sizing.
The interview should start with what the employer is looking for as far as duties to be performed, this can be done over the phone, but should be in writing. HR is just another term so you don't have to think about your resources as being people, I find it as offensive as words used to slander people of ethnic, race and disadvantaged stature, mental or physical.
We so worry about being PC and refer to employees a 'resources'. BS, they are people, if you can't treat them that way, you have no business in business.

Back to the basics as they say.

When I was first out of school, I must have sent my resume to dozens of prospective employers. So sometimes it was hard to keep track of what those individual positions entailed. Even after I found a job, I was getting calls a year later, wondering if I was interested. So I understand how people may not always seem like they've done their homework.

I have an Associate Degree in Business/Management and just graduated but it seems that is not enough to get a job. I have been searching and searching or maybe when they learn I have a disability they don't want to hire me. I worked hard to get that degree and also worked at the college as a work-study and workforce tells me I need more experience. I do all the correct resumes and try to show my skills and never get any phone calls and I even have a college president's reference.

I have been looking for job for a while now. I always keep records on the jobs that I send a resume. I clip the newspaper ad to the a copy of my resume and file it. If I get a call back I do research on the business before going to the interview. To answer your question I do try go into the interview with a leg up. I try to do everything I was taught. I'm not sure if you have noticed or not but when I go to an interview the interviewer always boast that they have gotten 75 resumes for one job. So, really the ball is the interviewer court. Have you noticed this as well? Is there any thing you could suggest for people to know to stand out when they are looking for a job that you look for besides knowing about the position?

When I have had an interview not only did I know the job description in full, but was able to show in detail my resume with years of experience. The last thing I ask is "what it pays" until it is brought up from the interviewer.

I also feel it is up to the interviewer where and when the interview shall take place, by phone, in person or in a line up, it is up to the HR director no one else.

If they do not know the job applied for say "NEXT" maybe they might educate themselves before the next interview they have, or not!!

I always get a kick reading these blogs, as you read, the blogs seem to get further from the subject of the original question or comment. my opinion :)

Are you still looking for a candidate??? just curious.
CJ