• Good article, although I do disagree with one point you made:

    "If the candidate has had one position in the last ten years and the employment was continuous, than that resume may float to the top of my pile."

    Presumably the opposite is also true; those who have had more than one position over the past ten years sink to the bottom of your pile.  You can lose some well-qualified candidates with a policy like that.  In my personal situation, I was called up for active duty military service a couple of times in the past which caused disruptions in my civilian employment history.  Additionally I spent quite a bit of time doing short-term contract work.  You're going to increasingly find people with breaks in their employment history and job changes as military personnel are released from active duty over the next few years to return to the work force.

    With the "one job in ten years" policy I'm sure my resume would at the very bottom of the pile and I'd probably never get an opportunity to pass your interview with flying colors.  I suppose if I were doing the hiring, I would not immediately discard a resume just because the candidate has held more than one position within the last ten years...  Personally I would ask why the person has held more than one position before I made a rush to judgment...