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Alphabet soup and why they cook it

Alphabet soup and why they cook it

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Alphabet soup and why they cook it

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- Most of the resumes I see these days have a section I call alphabet soup. This is a list of technologies, many in the form of acronyms. Theoretically, the candidate has worked with all these technologies, theoretically. My reaction is usually they can't possibly know all of these. Why is that list so long? Why does it often contain technologies the candidate doesn't know well? It's because most resume screening by HR departments is done based on keywords. A resume with a long list of technologies is more likely to pass the automated keyword screen. The candidate probably didn't want that long list on their resume. More likely, the recruiting company insisted that they list any technology they've ever been within 10 feet of. So usually, this isn't the candidate's fault. That means I don't disqualify a candidate just because of their alphabet soup. I just file it as something I'd like to ask about. One of the…

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