The secret life of a resume

"It's not only to fill the position that is being advertised, but it's also to look at that talented individual joining the organization [and] where can they go in the future," said Mike Panigel, chief human resources officer for Siemens.

By early April, another 36 people had sent in resumes, too late to be considered. One person had already been selected by the hiring managers.

The successful candidate was offered the position on April 8, beating out 186 other applicants.

elvis44102 wrote:the article is from May, I applied to a job with Siemans.
Siemans is now called Atos after some buyout or something....

I went through several telephone interviews and always made it to the next level of interview....
It got to were the IT person told me they were recomending me to be hired,,,then i ran into some problems with HR dept....

If i remeber correctly this one asked me what year i graduated from HS as the VERY last interview question (HR dept that is)......

I had a very good dialog with the IT person and he told me he liked ALL my answers...

seriously I have talked to people who tell me recuitors know next to nothing about a lot of IT business stuff and for an HR person to be influential in the hiring process is not to bright...leave it to the supervisor/manager whom you would be working with....