HR doesn't like to see their own BS buzzwords in resumes

Strizzo wrote: one of the companies we work with has a very strict dress code, especially for women. no open toed shoes, heels over a certain height, shoulder straps have to be X" wide, no boots over the knee, etc. their HR is constantly sending out reminders about how this or that isn't professional, but by far the worst violators are the girls in HR. i'm just glad ours is outsourced, only the amount of BS that you request, none that you don't.

Where I work and before the merger the head of the company was pressed to write a dress code. In this California based tiny division of a major East Coast corporation we actually had it in writting that: "If you are customer facing, employees shall not wear board shorts, mini skirt or bear midrif tops."
Best we could figure, is if you were not "customer facing" the board shorts and mini skits were just fine.

Two years later the merger came. As guessed, just this summer they pressured us that shorts of any kind were no longer acceptable.

I use some of those phrases, but only one or two in the top purpose statement.

Resume's should be about what you have done

Tom is correct.

Tom gets a cookie.

I'm really trying to resist the urge to reply to some of the idiotic posts in this thread.

HR people are complaining about the results of their own requirements. All the resume classes I've taken say it should fit on one page and be extremely quick and easy to skim over because HR people are too lazy and stupid to actually ready anything. They don't want to read your entire life story in a resume, but now they're tossing it if it has "buzzwords" to summarize particular skills. berkeley HR, and their horses. If I use a buzzword on my resume, it's because it's true. People who misrepresent themselves on their resume should be weeded out by these idiot HR berkeleyheads in the hiring process.

Pumpkin Escobar wrote:

aircooled wrote: You just have to remember one thing about HR: They are NOT there to serve or protect you. They are there to protect the company from YOU.

this times a quadrazillionbilliongazillion! its a shame really. Hes right, dont EVER expect them to be there to help you just because you need help.

+1 They fired our last HR Director a few years ago and replaced him with an old college buddy of the president's and an assistant and call them "Operations Support". The assistant is good at what she does and who/what she has to put up with, the others.... [cyber-stalking-paranoia] are great at their jobs [/c-s-p].

RoosterSauce wrote: HR people are complaining about the results of their own requirements. All the resume classes I've taken say it should fit on one page and be extremely quick and easy to skim over because HR people are too lazy and stupid to actually ready anything. They don't want to read your entire life story in a resume, but now they're tossing it if it has "buzzwords" to summarize particular skills. berkeley HR, and their horses. If I use a buzzword on my resume, it's because it's true. People who misrepresent themselves on their resume should be weeded out by these idiot HR berkeleyheads in the hiring process.

HR is complaining about buzzwords because people are just throwing them in thinking they'll get noticed. The article, and any resume writing class/artice/blog I've read/taken in the last three years are saying don't use buzzwords like "I'm results oriented", but use specifics like "I reduced incorrect orders by 10%". HR will put "must be results oriented" in their job posting because putting "you must have reduced incorrect orders by 10% or increased productivity by 8% or reduced costs by 15% or reduced lost time accidents by 7% or blah blah blah" is just too cumbersome. If you put specifics in your resume, rather than useless just buzzwords, HR can be more confident that they won't have to weed you out during the interview process. If you must use a buzzword, back it up with specific accomplishments to prove that you're buzz-worthy and not just throwing out phrases.

Bob
(No, I'm not in HR, I'm an engineer/physicist)

Pumpkin Escobar wrote:

aircooled wrote: You just have to remember one thing about HR: They are NOT there to serve or protect you. They are there to protect the company from YOU.

this times a quadrazillionbilliongazillion! its a shame really. Hes right, dont EVER expect them to be there to help you just because you need help.

Apologies to Pat, but where I work, this is true as well. I once joked, "..yeah, HR. Your enemy, from resume to retirement!". The co-workers in the room at the time said I could make a fortune if I could find appropriate graphics and put it on a T-shirt..

why do i suddenly feel the urge to leverage some paradigms on a going forward basis?

In defense of HR, I actually need their help right now and so far they've been good advocates for me.

jrw1621 wrote: just this summer they pressured us that shorts of any kind were no longer acceptable.

But mini-skirts are? I like your company already!

In reply to HiTempguy:

I'm more concerned over the idea that people can wear parts of bear carcasses for shirts. That would tend to smell bad and be hairy. Bare midriffs are one thing, but bear midriffs are a big no no in the corporate world.