> Don’t try to take credit for things that the company, as a whole, accomplished.
Skeptical about this one. Ostensibly, any result of value is achieved by the "company, as a whole" -- this seems like a tautological statement. Have you considered that committing to (and following through) being part of a long initiative that directly increases revenue for the company as a whole /is/ something worth mentioning on the resumé, and not merely par for the course?
It seems pretty pessimistic to reduce that to "awkward attempts to implement generic Internet resume advice." and I wonder if that has anything to do with what you see as a hiring manager. That is to say -- are you sure you're not scaring away candidates who actually /do/ accomplish these things? A technology arm of the organization that has increasing amounts of P/L responsibilities is par for the course at many quickly growing startups. As a hiring manager, I would be a huge fan of seeing these lines on resumés provided the follow up conversation I had with the candidate wasn't full of BS. If you're not, what does that mean?
Skeptical about this one. Ostensibly, any result of value is achieved by the "company, as a whole" -- this seems like a tautological statement. Have you considered that committing to (and following through) being part of a long initiative that directly increases revenue for the company as a whole /is/ something worth mentioning on the resumé, and not merely par for the course?
It seems pretty pessimistic to reduce that to "awkward attempts to implement generic Internet resume advice." and I wonder if that has anything to do with what you see as a hiring manager. That is to say -- are you sure you're not scaring away candidates who actually /do/ accomplish these things? A technology arm of the organization that has increasing amounts of P/L responsibilities is par for the course at many quickly growing startups. As a hiring manager, I would be a huge fan of seeing these lines on resumés provided the follow up conversation I had with the candidate wasn't full of BS. If you're not, what does that mean?