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Re: Employment history low points"Mike O." wrote ... Not just that, but most people dislike demands being made on them. They also dislike turning people down. In either case, many people will avoid either situation, or else turn their discomfort into resentment of those who put this pressure on them. Employers are no different from anyone else. That's why networking and informational interviews are often the most successful ways of job-hunting: they sidestep the reactions that asking for a job provoke. Mike, why would a company that is honestly looking to hire a qualified person I don't think it's a case of throwing out qualified people. I think the goal is more to reduce the number of resumes that need to be handled. Of course, this isn't the goal of the company executives, but the goal of the clerks and junior managers who have to handle the resumes. These gatekeepers are often just as concerned with reducing their workloads as with hiring the most qualified person for the job. Mike's strategies are simply ways of getting past these gatekeepers and the various automated filters they use. Once that's done, then, of course, you still have to show your talents and personality in the interview process. I also suspect that Andrew is thinking of his own hiring for a relatively small company, while Mike is thinking of the hiring processes for larger companies. -- Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7177 http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield "No person can achieve excellence in a popular genre without a rigorous and undeviating commitment to providing a personal best at all times. At the first moment of compromise - the first 'dumbing down' for "easier' or 'wider' acceptability, the first boilerplating for reasons of simple weariness or an overcommitted schedule - one simply falls into the abyss." - Stephen Jay Gould, "The True Embodiment of Everything That's Excellent" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Order RoboHelp X3 today and receive a $100 mail in rebate and a FREE WebHelp Merge Module for merging multiple Help systems on any desktop or server. Order online today at http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l A new book on Single Sourcing has been released by William Andrew Publishing: _Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation_ is now available at: http://www.williamandrew.com/titles/1491.html. --- You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info. Follow-Ups:
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