How job applicants sidestep the memory hole

“Captioning” aka resume-speak guides recruiters to stories of challenges, accomplishments, and triumph

Just about any job seeker who submits a resume knows about the memory hole. It’s like George Orwell’s vision illustrated in his novel 1984, except that this memory hole doesn’t destroy. It does the next worst thing, it ignores.

The tricky passage from resume to storytelling is where IT-resume consultant Jennifer Hay helps out. Her work starts when she pu…