I have spent 25 years, as Director of Recruiting for an Executive Search firm, and before that as a Personnel Director for a global manufacturer. In both instances I was the recipient of thousands of resumes and conducted an equal number of interviews. I was the one who assessed and evaluated resumes daily and called the shots as to who to bring in for interviews. In essence "I was the horses mout...
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Arthur Frank
  How To Make Yourself Three Times More Likely to Get Hired
by Arthur Frank - Jan, 2012
Research done by the executive search industry has shown that the first person interviewed gets the job only 17.6 percent of the time. But the last person interviewed is hired almost 56 percent of the time, or more than three times more frequently. The reason: As in most human endeavors, people are wary of accepting the first choice offered. Therefore, do what you can to position yourself among the last candidates intervie...
 
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