Today, I looked at over 50 resumes, coverletters and etc. It's only Day 3 since our ad has been out in the Monitor for paid staff positions of Executive Director, Program Officer, Finance Officer for NCONGO. Our newly hired staff will be charged with taking our NGO to new heights, to administer the Maatla Project which aims to strengthen the Civil Society nationally and locally.
Its up to our Hiring Committee on the Board of Directors to decide who is competent and holds the knowledge, skills, and attitudes suitable to work with over 40 organizations in the delta. As a capacity building adviser, I just help make the first cut - widdling down hundreds of CVs to a manageable number, and create a baseline for what KSA's are feasible for the committee to look for. With recommendations from NCONGO's capacity building advisers, the committee can decide what qualifications are suitable.
What I was taught at Haas School of Business is true. Someone most likely, will not even spend a minute on your resume, as I exercised today. If candidates couldn't write a complete sentence, their CV's didn't even get looked at. If their CV's got looked at and demonstrated no work experience, they were cut.
We spent hours just going through initial cuts. More hours will be spent because the closing date for positions is August 3, which by then, I estimate to have looked at over 100 applications.
Its up to our Hiring Committee on the Board of Directors to decide who is competent and holds the knowledge, skills, and attitudes suitable to work with over 40 organizations in the delta. As a capacity building adviser, I just help make the first cut - widdling down hundreds of CVs to a manageable number, and create a baseline for what KSA's are feasible for the committee to look for. With recommendations from NCONGO's capacity building advisers, the committee can decide what qualifications are suitable.
What I was taught at Haas School of Business is true. Someone most likely, will not even spend a minute on your resume, as I exercised today. If candidates couldn't write a complete sentence, their CV's didn't even get looked at. If their CV's got looked at and demonstrated no work experience, they were cut.
We spent hours just going through initial cuts. More hours will be spent because the closing date for positions is August 3, which by then, I estimate to have looked at over 100 applications.
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