Suzy Yonyoff - Matrix, Atlanta.

Infuriation: Wrong resume, lying about experience

Suzy solicited an applicant based on a CareerBuilder resume for a demanding project manager position. The resume was actually a generic resume for a technical instructor, which just happened to have a couple of the key words Suzy could recognize, such as ERP. At Suzy's request, the applicant edited the resume to reflect project management with heavy ERP emphasis. Presciently, the applicant thought to request review of the application package to be submitted to the client.

Yep, you guessed it, Suzy couldn't tell the difference between the resumes, and was going to submit the instructor-focused one for a project manager position. This would have been rejected immediately, as in, "What the heck?! What is this instructor's resume doing in this stack of project manager resumes?" The applicant immediately emailed Suzy, asking why she had ignored the solicited resume in favor of the generic CareerBuilder one, but received no response. Ponder that: she didn't immediately say, "I'm sorry, I'll fix it." She.Didn't.Respond.At.All.

You should know that Suzy has been a "recruiter" for two years, after the first eight years of her post-college life were spent in fashion merchandising - you know, selling clothes. In fact, Suzy has never worked for a major corporation, or in any function other than selling clothes and recruiting applicants over the internet. Suzy - go back to retail instead of screwing up people's job chances because you cannot read a resume.