post #7
I know this is not going to sit well with recruiters but I feel their personal biases are one of the reasons so many candidates are having a hard time finding a job right now. Here are a few of the posts and comments I've seen recently posted under the guise of being "helpful": ° don't answer the phone with "hello", you should always answer with "this is so-and-so". This isn't the 90's, there are SO many scammers out there, why would anyone answer with "this is so-and-so" these days, unless they were expecting the call? And really, even if they are expecting a call, when did "hello" become an offensive or unprofessional greeting? ° don't use an old email address like @ aol.com or @ hotmail.com , use something more current like @ gmail.com - right, because Gmail isn't decades old 🙄 ° be careful of what's in your background on a video call. Two things specifically called out were a garbage can and open cu...