Re: New TECHWR-L Poll Question

Subject: Re: New TECHWR-L Poll Question
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:58:07 +0000

"Haas, Guy" wrote:

> But, if Dick spent three years full time in the antiwar
> movement, what can he put on his resume for those three years?
> I don't know about you, but I look for gaps in work history.
> How to explain that three-year gap?
>

Don't explain it. Instead:

a.) List jobs without mentioning years. Some people do this to avoid
ageism, or simply because they feel that it's irrelevant. At many
companies, it is.

b.) Submit a resume organized by skills.


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