Job Tips For Geeks

What’s Next?

I hope more bills like this pass elsewhere. I expect they will. But even without a law in place, there is nothing preventing employers from instructing their recruiters (both internal and third-party agencies) to explicitly stop asking for salary history. Employers can work to solve this issue without legislation.

Why Does it Matter?

I’ve written a ton of material about resumes, and resume length raises a few major concerns. Communication skills: Efficient word usage is a desirable trait for an employee who will be potentially writing documentation (not to mention code) to be consumed by other employees. Unnecessarily verbose resumes don’t reflect strong communication skills. Signal vs.