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Could it be good programmers are worse resume writers?

Perhaps if you had a different way of pre-screening candidates, something besides resumes.

Perhaps even if the pre-screening itself took much more time then scanning a resume - overall it might end up saving time?

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> Could it be good programmers are worse resume writers?

Judging by myself: FSCKING YES!!!

The only thing I hate more than resume writing is Java,

This freaking "resume screening" selects best resume writers, not best programmers.

Oh come on - writing a resume is not that hard! Its two pages max, and while I agree its the most tedious undesirable task in the world, 3 or 4 hours spent on it will sort it once and for all. Then all you have to do is update it every 3 - 6 months for 30 minutes and it will always be ready to use.

Its basically just a bunch of buzz words on the skills you have, and a paragraph about your last few positions/roles.

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