Dueling Resumes

We are in the process of hiring a few new people for our team and had an interesting situation at the office today. We received two resumes for the same person but from different employment firms. To make matters even worse, the same thing happened with a second person. That poses a problem for us. If we pick one firm over the other, we open ourselves to litigation. A standard practice among companies is to throw the duplicate resumes out and move on to other candidates. The policy works well when there are lots of resumes from which to choose. That is the case with these two positions we are hiring and so throwing them out doesn't hurt us, only the person looking for a job.

The economy is very fragile right now and it is important to do everything you can to make sure you get a job if you are looking for one. While it may seem like a good idea to send your resume to every one you can think of, you need to be sure that you don't submit your resume to the same company more than once. That means you should have employment agencies check with you before submitting your resume to a company. Otherwise you may exclude yourself from even getting an interview.