We’re hiring at JM Addington Technology Solutions, one of Knoxville’s best IT providers.

Here are some tips to be a successful applicant, although many of these will apply everywhere.

1. Use a consistent name across your application, resume and email. It is confusing when your resume has one name and your email another, especially if you go by a middle name that is not on your resume.
2. Do not use a crazy-unprofessional email address. Get a free Gmail that is your name + random number just for your application process, if needed.
3. Two pages is fine for a resume, but please don’t add details about your work a delivery driver, janitor, cashier, etc. We know what those positions do. You can list if you had a management or team lead position or something that is noteworthy by itself.
4. Leave off your objective on your resume. It’s to get a job, we know that.
5. DO list your certifications.
6. Do not list your OnlyFans (yes, this happened).
7. DO look us up before we talk for the first time.
8. You are free to use AI in assessments, but (1) don’t take it at its word¹, and (2) don’t leave essay questions sounding like ChatGPT wrote it for you.
9. During an interview or phone screen it isn’t important to tell me what DNS, DHCP or any other acronym stands for, tell me what it does.
10. Troubleshooting skills is more important than technical knowledge, but knowledge will still go a long way.

1. It’s a dead giveaway when an open-ended question confidently gives the wrong answer. Also, I see the same wrong answers over and over so I know who proofread the work and who didn’t.