All of hiring is flame. Recruiters don't know shit, they just do keyword searches on applications, then 20 minute calls (if that) where they pass on people to actual decision makers based nothing more than on whim.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643042&forum_id=2#33522692)

You need to show competence, humility, and humor. If you can get them laughing, it really breaks the ice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643042&forum_id=2#33522680)

Experience is the baseline. You need look like you're a GC value adder.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643042&forum_id=2#33522853)

Say you've turned some dinosaur system into a new one using this tech and these are the results, etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643042&forum_id=2#33522875)

i have a brother-in-law with two DUI convictions and a 'some college' education who have never held a job for more than a year or two at a time and he got hired immediately when he applied.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643042&forum_id=2#33522882)

if it makes you feel any better, you probably make as much as i do, and i also am applying to as many jobs as possible, wasted years on a law degree and passing the bar, and surely have a worse net worth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643042&forum_id=2#33526075)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643042&forum_id=2#33526146)

1. You're not tall enough

2. You're white

3. You're male

You can correct #2 by checking the Hispanic, black, or native american box on the application.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3643042&forum_id=2#33651235)