I don't see these threads often here....
- Thread starter figgie
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mkiiSupraMan18;1483780 said:
I am not sure I want to run this stuff full time at my house
They are not even alpha's!Prototypes laiden with bugs, or really obtuse user interface, or network interfaces that just chatter the network to a grinding halt...
I rather NOT keep those items and just have them at work.
lol
figgie;1484391 said:I am not sure I want to run this stuff full time at my house
Prototypes laiden with bugs, or really obtuse user interface, or network interfaces that just chatter the network to a grinding halt...
I rather NOT keep those items and just have them at work.
Fix the broken item, send it back...then get hired to make more money building stuff.:evil2:
Congrats to figgie on landing the job!
Tip of the hat to Mike for being the man!
The fact is most people have no idea what to do when making a resume. Many don't even know what the purpose of it is. Those who do know often dont realize how many dont know.
In short a resume is a brief sales pitch. Its closest to what we in the entrepreneurial world we refer to it as an elevator pitch. This being if you were get in a elevator with an investor, you would have only the few minutes on the elevator to convince this investor to hear more on your idea. The only difference is your selling yourself instead of your idea, and your doing it on paper. Resumes should be clear, concise, and only take a few minutes to read.
Tip of the hat to Mike for being the man!
The fact is most people have no idea what to do when making a resume. Many don't even know what the purpose of it is. Those who do know often dont realize how many dont know.
In short a resume is a brief sales pitch. Its closest to what we in the entrepreneurial world we refer to it as an elevator pitch. This being if you were get in a elevator with an investor, you would have only the few minutes on the elevator to convince this investor to hear more on your idea. The only difference is your selling yourself instead of your idea, and your doing it on paper. Resumes should be clear, concise, and only take a few minutes to read.
Well lets clarify one thing.
The resume as it was BEFORE worked quite well during an UP market. I had no issues moving from one contract to another as the contracts ended. All that of course changed when the down economy changed the playing field by a significant amount.
The resume as it was BEFORE worked quite well during an UP market. I had no issues moving from one contract to another as the contracts ended. All that of course changed when the down economy changed the playing field by a significant amount.
figgie;1484522 said:
Right, but before there were far less applicants than there are today. So you were looked at because there were only a few people to look at, at which point they determined you were the best fit because of your skill set, not your resume. Now there are hundreds of applicants, so regardless of the fact that you may be the best canidate for the position, you will never get looked at if your resume doesnt sell you to them and in turn they never look at you.
Look at it this way:
Job market before:
You stop at a hotdog stand at the corner. You(hiring manager) have the following choices(applicants) Hotdog, Hamburger, Italian sausage. The hotdog is boiled which you dont care for, you dont really like burgers, but you do like italian sausage. So you order the sausage(canidate chosen) The sausage is just ok, but you still made the best decision because its still better than the hotdog or burger. This was an easy decision.
The description (resume) wasnt as important because there were only a few choices.
Job market today:
You go to a fancy Italian resturant. You(hiring manager) have never been there before and there are a ton of things on the menu(pile of applications). The menu is partially in italian, and some of the descriptions are hard to read. Because of this you dont even consider ordering some of the dishes(applicants) because they are represented with long descriptions that are hard to understand (poor resumes). So you look at the things you recognize and are easy to understand(good resumes) and choose one of them(canidate selected). Now theres a good chance theres something on that menu that would be the best meal you ever had(best canidate) but you didnt pick it because you didnt know what it was and there was a lengthy description that was hard to understand(poor resume).
The description(resume) was very important because a poor decsciption(poor resume) led to that choice(applicant) to be ignored
Forgive me if this analogy is completely retarded.
lewis15498;1484547 said:
I lol'd
Figgie, good or not, chances are that every resume could be improved upon.
figgie;1484522 said:
Yea, but just imagine the jobs that might have been available to you in a UP economy...
Supracentral;1484558 said:
true,
but I like this career move. No more IT, in the sense of not having to do the typical IT stuff (on-call, carry a cell/pager, answering phones etc)!! lol.
So right time, right place.
