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title: "Stop Searching for the Perfect Resume (Find the Right Person Instead)"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b3777784-b2f1-435d-b65e-665ed9413c82
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/stop-searching-for-the-perfect-resume-find-the-right-person-instead-2707700
category: "General"
published: 2018-08-29T21:16:40.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:38:34.743Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/88c8a593ecc269011dced239c2ffe36b9799.jpg
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# Stop Searching for the Perfect Resume (Find the Right Person Instead)

**TL;DR:** Carrie Luxem advises finding the right person over perfect resumes when searching for talent. She is a keynote speaker and author of Restaurant Operator's HR Playbook.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/stop-searching-for-the-perfect-resume-find-the-right-person-instead-2707700).*

## Story

If you want the best talent, stop searching for the perfect resume and start searching for the right person (and give people chances!).

Carrie is a frequent keynote speaker on HR and leadership topics and regularly conducts employee training and leadership development workshops as well. She is the author of the recently published book, Restaurant Operator's HR Playbook: Your Hands-On Playbook for Finding, Hiring, and Developing Leaders and Implementing Organized People Systems and has been featured in Entrepreneur , Restaurant News , Pizza Today and Independent Restaurateur .

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- leadership development (topic)
- talent acquisition (topic)
- hr strategy (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/stop-searching-for-the-perfect-resume-find-the-right-person-instead-2707700). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b3777784-b2f1-435d-b65e-665ed9413c82).