RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question

["Haas, Guy" <ghaas -at- selectica -dot- com>]

Robbie Cooper wrote:

>Dick Margulis wrote:

> > I spent three years full time in the antiwar movement 
> > and my résumé says so. If that's going to be a problem, 
> > I, too, probably won't want to work there. 
>
> Unless you are applying for a job in a political party or 
> movement, I think that listing involvement in political 
> organizations on your resume is a bad idea. The old adage 
> that you should refrain from discussing politics and
> religion in the office is a  good idea.
 
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?

--Guy K. Haas         gkhaas -at- usa -dot- net
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