The pile of papers in front of me is sizable. I’m wondering what would be the correct term for the volume of these white sheets of paper. A group of lions is called a “pride”; is a group of résumés called a “wedge,” a “stack,” or a “flurry?” I’m distracting myself from the reality of having to work my way through each snowy page, now covering my desk like a blizzard.

I have a fluorescent highlighter in my left hand and a red pen in my right. If a photograph were taken of me at this instant, I would appear to be taking an if-you-can-eat-this-Texas-sized-steak-you-eat-for-free challenge. However, my steak is bigger than Texas. It is so big, I fear it. And my challenge is to review all of these résumés in front of me.

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