I am wading through resumes for a Jr Web Designer position. Someone I can beat with a stick and make me tea every so often. It’s amazing how many people responded to our ad that specifically asked for an online portfolio and certain skill sets that:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Didn’t have an online portfolio. A web designer without an online presence is like a TV preacher without a sex scandal.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Had a portfolio but had dead links in it (guilty!)
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Had no clue how to spell check (guiltyx2)
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Wrote terse, turgid or confusing cover letters. Granted I didn’t look hard at them, just to see if they regurgitated back the requirements listed, but there was one that was three sentences long and a link. Thats all. Nothing like cutting through the treacle.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Had a portfolio but built the entire thing in Flash. While this wouldn’t be so bad but it hardly showcases your ability to code HTML, xHTML or CSS.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Didn’t read the ad close enough to realize we were looking for designers with Photoshop, not Developers with C++ language.<\/p>\n

After 24 hours of posting the ad to a popular web media job board, we got 15 resumes. 5 of them will be called. I suspect 2 of those 5 are over qualified for what we’re looking for. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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