Resume Black Hole

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[Alouette]

all they have to do is look at when you graduated, your work history, military history and they can add it up real quick.

Therefore, since I put off finishing college and beginning a career until my children were all in school, recruiters believe that I am 15 years YOUNGER than I really am??

[M. Thatcher]

Ten bucks to go to an interview because they called me. Sorry, pig lady, but that was low rent.

Righto. Someone else should PAY YOUR FRIGGIN PARKING.

I'm certain you are an enormous success in life.

< / sarcasm >

[freebilly]

Resume Black Hole

Damn, I thought this thread was about The Oakland Raidahs and their Black Hole, The Network Coliseum....

[UnBlinkingEye]

I think the best approach in life is to avoid evil and cause no harm to others.

[meadsjn]

You seem to be stating that an illeterate with a phony degree can do the same job that an American with many years of education and experience can.

You misunderstood. They can't do the same job, but it doesn't matter, because, as I did state, quality is not a consideration.

Depending on which IT industry news you read, and their measurement criteria, the failure rate of large IT projects over the last decade+ has ranged between 75% and 90%.

I've been in IT for over eighteen years, and I've never had a manager or project manager whose academic credentials included Management, Business, Engineering, or Computer Science, or any such field requiring quantitative skills. The PC crowd invaded the IT field early on, and has held it in a death grip, literally. I'm sure others have experienced competent IT management, but I'm still waiting to read of those stories.

[FixitGuy]

What kind of a goober expects to get a job by sending out resumes?

This aproach is what is suggested by counselors, "placement firrms" and other unknowlegable nerds.

Personal contact or "knowing someone" is the only way!

[FixitGuy]

"scuse....firrms = firms

Maybe that's why my resume didn'y work! <:)

[FixitGuy]

"You would be shocked on how many don't come back because never wanted the job in the first place."

Maybe they couldn't wait for the "Human Resources" jerks to screen them for a job which was only understood by the supervisor of the department with the employment need.

One could starve to death waiting for that process!

[JZoback]

Maybe they couldn't wait for the "Human Resources" jerks to screen them for a job which was only understood by the supervisor of the department with the employment need.

Exactly correct. That's why I don't use the HR dept. They could not spot a decent applicant if it bite them on the ass.

Thought you had me huh?

[FixitGuy]

"Thought you had me huh?

Not at all, kind one. just sensed an opportunity to voice my opinion!

HR departments screen out most of those who don't have a department supervisor who can check in the HR & keep watch for the applications of their friends, etc.

Imagine...a whole department dedicated to keeping away prospective employees who might better the company.

I once had two interviews over a two month period for an open position. Six months later, I was called to interview a third time.

I indicated that they had helped me decide never again to work for someone!

[Voltage]

But if the lack of success is discouraging, what irritates the systems analyst is the overall dearth of return communication.

What? People now expect responses to junk mail? These letters are cranked out by computer, all following a standard format..How I can save your company millions etc. Only the services cranking out these annoying letters are benefiting from this scam.

[M. Thatcher]

I think the best approach in life is to avoid evil and cause no harm to others.

Thank you so much, Bilbo.

[UnBlinkingEye]

Actually my statement was based on the Prayer of Jabez, not the Lord of the Rings.

[OregonRancher]

Two years ago, I stopped at the US embassy in New Dehli. We drove on miles of huge empty steets in embassy row; on every corner two or three army personel with weapons loaded and locked. No one on the steets at all. Every embassy seemed deserted - until I came to ours. There was a line four to five wide stretching around the corner and down to the next corner; several hundred yards long. Each person standing there had a thick file full of all the necessary documentation and handfuls of rupees.
All upper class people.

The only Indians coming to this country are all from the upper 10% of the educated population. That segment represents maybe 20% of the total population. I can assure you that the Indians coming here on visas are the cream de la cream of the educated population. A real brain drain for India.

Funny there were no lines for any of the other embassys.

[SSN558]

I can vouch for that. There are a lot of Indian engineers working in this country and with few exceptions they are all quite good.

So I go over to the Arab Emirates a couple years ago to start up some equipment at a military base. The Arabs had mostly Indian help to install piping and wiring. I expected same level of expertise that I was accustomed to in this country. Wrong. They were all morons. It was like supervising 1st Graders. The Arabs would call them stupid people and then go into an Arabic triade. I just laughed and enjoyed the show.