Becoming a Rare Find: How Jagged Resumes Lead to Great Jobs--a Companion Guide to The Rare Find (A Penguin Special from Portfolio)

Why don’t employers take a more optimistic view of people’s potential? Why is there such a fixation on a few bullet-point highlights of candidates’ résumés, to the point that most applicants are quickly cast aside as “not good enough”? Why is there such unwillingness to get to know what job seekers are all about? What if you could change the rules? What if you could capture the attention of employers who should be hiring you, persuading them to see you on your terms?

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