Tyler Hicks-Wright defends his criteria for hiring, especially focusing on how personality shines through in some resumes, why he values cover letters, and why he thinks hiring outside your social network gets better employees.

Tyler Hicks-Wright describes what he looks for in a great job application. He focuses on Joel Spolsky's elements of résumé screening and gives advice for standing out in each.

The Daily WTF shares a story about a programmer who has to train his replacement, the boss's nephew, who was hired despite his complete ignorance of computers.