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To: RFEngineer
Well, you could be right. I'm a jack-of-all-trades, master of none.

Who do you know that has built nuclear plants, launched space shuttles, activated steam turbines and mobile launch platforms, built office buildings, worked as a machinist, electronic tech, plumber, electrician, TV repairman (remember those?), built airplanes from scratch, done masonry, concrete work, architecture, roofing, AutoCAD, project management, and castrated goats?

Thanks for the offer, but there is nothing wrong with my resume. There is simply no demand in post-industrial America for someone like me who knows how do do everything pretty well. It just confuses the hell out of the HR people who vet the resumes.

40 posted on 05/23/2004 2:02:39 PM PDT by snopercod (Freedom can be preserved only if it is treated as a supreme principle which must not be sacrificed)
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To: snopercod

"Thanks for the offer, but there is nothing wrong with my resume. There is simply no demand in post-industrial America for someone like me who knows how do do everything pretty well. It just confuses the hell out of the HR people who vet the resumes."

But I think that you are wrong. There are plenty of jobs for folks like you - maybe not at the salary and location that you expect (no, I'm not talking Bangalore).

I'm not saying this is you, but the folks who most vehemently complain about offshoring tend to be those that really never were qualified for the jobs they had back in the "boom". To them, that they can't get anywhere close to that boom-time salary and perks means that somebody is conspiring against them. In the meantime, folks who adapt, relocate, and learn are doing just fine.

The problem with this brand of whiner, in my opinion, is that they are just partially correct, which allows them to ratchet up the sanctimony and bitterness until they've convinced themselves that they shouldn't have to change. You never hear about the (majority of) folks who persevered and prospered. They are too busy being successful to complain.


46 posted on 05/23/2004 3:11:01 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: snopercod

Perhaps if you left out the goat castration part the HR folks might be a little less confused...


74 posted on 05/23/2004 8:20:31 PM PDT by brutuss
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