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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "boons007" <boons007@...> wrote:
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> I agree... Resumes are SQUAT... Many are just KEY words for HR.
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> The important thing is can they do the job... at your price and
> schedule ...
From the perspective of someone who has been looking/working without
a degree, all the HR departments I've interacted with are not
interested in even considering someone without that official
paperwork. With few exceptions, I've ended up working in one-man TV
shops, because then the person interviewing me can do the job, and so
can tell if I know what I'm talking about.
Two exceptions, I had a personal recommendation from a friend who
worked there. The third exception, I was hired into a very low-skill
level position with the intention to move me into R&D after about 9
months, and I'm sure they were checking me out to make sure I was
what I seemed. Unfortunately the corporation that had bought it out
three years before had other plans and they closed the factory.
Fortunately, that made me eligible for Displaced Worker Retraining,
which I hadn't even known existed, so I get up to 2 years of
schooling paid for, with a bit extra to help pay for books and
supplies. Thank the great spaghetti monster for Amazon's used book
sellers!
I'm pushing 50. It is my intention to get as much as I can out of
school and get good scores from all my instructors. So I'm often
there an hour before class starts, I am taking additional classes not
required in my course (microcontrollers in assembler and C, for
example), finally getting a CET Associate and Journeyman (preferably
at least two) and the GROL, and I started a club that is building a
CNC mill that I'm designing.
I want to be impressive enough that potential employers won't even be
thinking about my age.
Steve Greenfield