False Extrapolation

There's (yet another) article in the Wall Street Journal today about resumes going away. The article gives examples of companies who are using social media presence or on-line questionnaires to get expressions of interest from candidates and to assess their skills before interviews.

The problem with this is that's there's two or three examples which the WSJ encourages you, by their headline, to think is a long-term, wide-spread change. It isn't. There are always companies experimenting with different ways of finding and assessing candidates. They are exceptions. They make good headlines.

But resumes haven't really changed in the last 50 years. When it comes down to it, hiring managers want to know what you've done and how well you've done it: issues the Manager Tools resume addresses head on. Don't be fooled by 'newsworthy' changes. Consider what YOU'RE being asked for the in the roles YOU'RE applying for. We'll bet 99.99% of the time, it's still a resume.

http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020375040457717303199...