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A proven team player - What do they really mean?

We've been told to look for a proven team player but this confuses us as we don't even have a bowling team. We don’t know what they even look like so you better be able to tell us!

Compliments of David E Perry and Kevin Donlin. For more creative job search tactics, go to the Guerrilla Marketing for job hunters blog and download the free audio CD.

Posted by David Perry aka The Rogue Recruiter on 18/04/2011 at 10:44 in Job Ad phrases - what do they really mean?, Job Hunting Q&A | Permalink

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