{"id":2565,"date":"2011-06-10T08:30:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/higheredcareercoach.com\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2020-07-06T19:10:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T19:10:54","slug":"qr-codes-like-poop-on-your-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/higheredcareercoach.com\/staging\/2913\/qr-codes-like-poop-on-your-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"QR Codes: Like Poop on Your R\u00e9sum\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This week, I’ve been putting out articles on Interview Ecology<\/a>, and exploring the risks and benefits of introducing the \u201cnew and shiny\u201d into the process.<\/strong> We’ve considered whether bringing a iPad into an interview<\/a> is akin to bringing an invasive species into an eco-system.<\/p>\n

This ecosystem approach relies heavily on the idea that anything that distracts or disrupts may destroy the delicate balance of a search process, and bring up dissonance in respect to person-environment fit<\/a>, resulting in a candidate not getting a particular position.<\/p>\n

Which forces me to bring up a particular pet peeve of mine: the all-the-sudden popular and ugly-as-sin QR code<\/a><\/strong>. I hate them, because like many fads, most people rushing to use them don’t understand how to make sure they add value to the experience. In general, I feel that most people might as well take a poop on their r\u00e9sum\u00e9 as put one of these on it, because adding a QR code without adding something of value to the \u201cinterview ecosystem\u201d is well…just a load of crap.<\/p>\n

I’m already anticipating the response from candidates and tech geeks who think these things are cutting edge and allow a new layer of interactivity that wasn’t possible before. <\/strong>Well, I call bullshit. Scanning these blotches into a smartphone just allows lazy people to avoid typing a URL into their browser, as if the 20 seconds of time spent doing so will add up, like all the partial pennies Richard Pryor dumped into his bank account in Superman III<\/a>, and will result in the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 screener having a richer, more exciting , and complete view of the candidate.<\/p>\n

Bullshit. Bullshit. BULLSHIT.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The same can be achieved by pointing someone toward a regular URL or hyperlink. <\/strong>QR codes only add new functionality to a paper r\u00e9sum\u00e9, which you probably aren’t viewing anyway.<\/span> And anyone with half a salt lick of sense in their head can run a long URL into an URL shortener. So if space on the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is your major concern, that’s no argument, either.<\/p>\n

Now, I will admit upfront to being a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 geek and a purist. <\/strong>I don’t believe all the hogwash people throw around<\/a> about r\u00e9sum\u00e9s going away. Advances in technology and social media are just changing how they are delivered. And nothing takes away from the basic truths at play:<\/p>\n