Fifty recommendations from hiring managers

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I like these recommendations except the one that says it's OK to mention that the Cincinnati Zoo is in "(literally)" in your backyard. Because NOT LITERALLY! I was in line at Target a few weeks ago and the teenager behind me in line was telling her friend that the entry for "literally" in the dictionary was adjusted to also define it as "figuratively". Then I realized that her father is probably like mine and likes to tell stupid jokes like that in the hope that he can get you to actually pull out the dictionary to look it up. Mine had be convinced that root beer is made out of roots. I investigated (1976 sans internet). Anyway.

A lot of times folks, especially those that have been looking for a little while, think that applying for jobs is a numbers game. It seems like that sometimes because you feel like once you have submitted that resume, you surrender all control. It doesn't really have to be that way. Few people actually tweak their resume to the job for which they are applying. In many cases it's a missed opportunity, especially if you are making a career change. I was always impressed when a candidate referenced the company or title of the job in their objective. Why? Because hardly anyone does this. Because it shows me that they care about this particular role and they aren't just slinging their resume around online.

Literally.