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And yet the résumé remains a unique literary form, where the author's credibility is always suspect and the intended reader is whipped between belief and suspicion. Are the applicants honestly representing their experience, just fudging a bit or out-and-out lying?

In this Challenge, we'll posit that this week's well-funded start-up company is desperately seeking a CEO/savior -- and that you want the job.

Readers are invited to submit one (and only one!) extremely impressive paragraph from an applicant's résumé. In up to 50 words, list a prior employer, job title, duties and achievements. Or write a statement of objectives, other interests or any other common résumé element.

We'll select the best submissions -- and assemble them into one full résumé, giving credit to the authors who survive the cut. Then, let the interviews begin!

R U L E S

Send your submissions to salon21st@salon.com. Please include your full name and an accurate e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner. By submitting your entry you give Salon Technology permission to publish it. Deadline for entries is Sept. 20, 1999.

P R I Z E S

The winning response will receive a copy of Salon Technology senior correspondent Andrew Leonard's book, "Bots: The Origin of New Species."

In two weeks we'll publish a winner and some selected entries -- then start over a couple weeks after that with a whole new challenge.
salon.com | Sept. 11, 1999

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