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Liz, thanks for your comment

hrwench — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:49:57 -0500

In my experience, any recruiter or hiring manager worth their salt is not going to let an applicant tracking system trump "eye-balling" a resume for a creative position. If they do? It's their loss. ;)

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Liz Rizzo — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:33:20 -0500

In 2008 though, I worry about the electronic systems many companies use when you apply online. Surely they could be automatically excluding all resumes without the specific degrees they prefer and therefore never even seeing hers?

Liz Rizzo

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Definitely!

hrwench — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:50:58 -0500

I used to never see "pay back agreements" (especially for executives) but lately it's becoming more popular. Yuck.

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relocation

Melawen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:42:10 -0500

Ooh - relocation is never very good. I have relocated (ok ok, relocating does go that far in the UK as the country isn't THAT big!!) twice and both times I did not ask for nor expect help from the company, mostly because I work for the National Health Service!!

However, I would say that no matter what the company I would definitely negotiate a graded solution to paying the money back, I mean how could possibly be expected to pay it back if you eventually leave the company five, ten or even fifteen years later - you've already paid the company back in the job that you do(did)!