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Not a shock to be honest. Considering it is proper english since forever it would t seem unusual to me as a hiring manager though.
@freemo Hiring somebody is like dating, you don’t want someone who’ll bring eggshells and personal baggage to the table
but using thry them singular is standard english going back hundreds of years. So it woukdnt strike me as unusual.
I think I'd be suspicious of someone referring to themselves in the third person on their resume no matter what their pronouns were.
If they list their pronouns as a line item near their name, I think some hiring managers might be more likely to include or exclude for that reason alone depending on the politics of the hiring manager, irrespective of the pronouns that are listed.
@Pat writing resumes in the in the third person is the standard taught in school regardless of your opinion on the pronoun.
I have no idea what they are teaching these days. The standard used to be to leave the subject/pronouns out altogether and simply list accomplishments, like, "Lead a team in developing blah, blah, blah..."
The subject person is implied, obviously. And you can get more into a resume that way.
@Pat generally i am less responsive to resumes in bullet point... seems lazy to me, improper english, and bullet points should have proper sentance structure too anyway.
I prefer writing in normal third person style and then bold the appropriate keywords and have a dedicated skills section to make perusing easier
So your resume reads something like, "Jeffery Freeman graduated from Gotham City University in 1929, with a degree in tiddlywinks, magna cum laude...
"He worked at The North Pole as an Elf, First Class, between 1933 and 1944..."
Your profile here on Qoto doesn't read that way.
@Pat My profile here isnt a resume. And yes thats how my resume reads
Also, I think the style and method probably varies quite a bit depending the position being sought.
Above a certain level they probably don't even bother with resumes and just go by reputation and connections.
And for casual, non-professional positions I suppose just a job application will do.
@freemo
The way I've always seen it is that the resume is written in that bullet-point style because the subject is implied and it is quicker to read (and you can fit more into an equivalent space).
If the resume is sent out to a specific person, they can include a cover letter (or cover email). In the cover letter, they show that they actually know how to write complete sentences. But that is still in the first person.
If they have a letter of recommendation, then that would be in the third person and then pronouns would be used.
I think hiring is done much differently now with AI resume parsers, online forms and such.
Jeffrey, you've hired a bunch, I think, what have you seen recently?