Comments on: Why your communications (might) suck http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2010/07/28/why-your-communications-might-suck/ the blog behind the book Mon, 21 May 2012 00:41:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Peter Osborne http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2010/07/28/why-your-communications-might-suck/#comment-2273 Peter Osborne Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:55:02 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=799#comment-2273 I think people write in a boring fashion because they're afraid of being different and standing out from the crowd. Under normal circumstances that's a great thing; in the current environment, where nobody ever gets feedback from prospective employers about their resumes or their chances, people are convinced that the goal is to find reasons to eliminate rather than reasons to include. That's a big difference and makes people scared to stand out. Sounds counterintuitive, but I'm convinced it's the case. Peter I think people write in a boring fashion because they’re afraid of being different and standing out from the crowd. Under normal circumstances that’s a great thing; in the current environment, where nobody ever gets feedback from prospective employers about their resumes or their chances, people are convinced that the goal is to find reasons to eliminate rather than reasons to include. That’s a big difference and makes people scared to stand out. Sounds counterintuitive, but I’m convinced it’s the case.

Peter

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