[Anonymous]

This may be an insight view.

I am the guy who wrote “why can’t I get job” about a few days ago. In that post, I was saying that I applied several accounting firms and didn’t get 1st round interview from most of them.

I believe that my resume is ok because the school, one recruiter, and one professor helped me check and correct, and I did pass the resume check and got 1st round interview from 2 firms.

However, today I emailed a managing director from one of the firms I applied. He told me that I didn’t get a shot because my resume was disqualified-it didn’t follow that firm’s resume policy. Here are the details:

-His firm requires undergraduate GPA but I don’t have that on my current resume. I only have a master accounting degree GPA. In fact, the people who helped me with my resume suggested me to take the undergraduate GPA away because a master GPA was enough.

-His firm requires an objective on the resume but I don’t have that. My college career center and one accounting firm recruiter told me that objective wasn’t that important.

-His firm prefers “CPA exam eligibility” or “150 credit hours” on the resume to show that candidates could sit for the CPA exam. I don’t have this. But instead, I directly write the passed CPA exams on my resume, and I believe that a master degree pretty much implies a 150-credits fact.

So here is my question: do these companies have a resume policy that mandates certain things on the resume (things except education, working experience, activities, and etc).

It starts to bother me because one group of people suggest me this but the company wants the opposite.

[Tripp11]

IMO, that managing director was just covering his and his firm's butt by telling you that. They didn't want to hire you, for whatever reason, and those are the reasons they are giving you.

I personally wouldn't sweat it, and I would just keep beating the bush until you find someone who appreciates the qualities you bring to the table.

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[Mary 2496]

I agree with this person ^^^. I also think it would be a good idea for you to recheck your resume just to make sure that grammar, spelling and punctuation are all in-check. Even though a few people reviewed it, you'd be surprised at how many times common grammatical errors remain.

Just as a precaution, I would take a closer look to ensure that everything is up-to-par.

[Anonymous]

Maybe I'm just exhausted or something, but that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. How can this company expect potential employees to know this? You don't want to work with people this stupid. Keep at it and you will find something.

[Anonymous]

Did the job posting say to include all of these things that you did not include?

[fuzyfro89]

I think he gave you some bullsh*t.

Unless it's a close personal friend who referred you and knows why you weren't selected, there's a risk in giving you feedback if you use it to sue for discrimination or something like that. It's why they just give out the canned emails and responses when denied (“…competitive pool of candidates…”).

Those “rules” are also complete crap. No company has secret resume rules. They want the best candidates that they believe would “fit” in their idea of what a future employee should be (of course this may be biased, but that's a different story).

[Herbieherb]

Keep it moving and let it go…they aren't interested. Did the guy ask you to resubmit it with the Objective and undergrad GPA? If not, then now you can be sure it wasn't those items

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