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Re: For those who hire... what makes a resume stand out?
Subject:Re: For those who hire... what makes a resume stand out? From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 14 Jul 2001 22:25:32 -0400
Bruce Byfield wrote:
>
> Andrew Plato wrote:
>
> >
> > Yes, its a real problem Joyce. Its a self-fulfilling prophecy. Companies
> > get burned by bad writers, so they get real stingy about who they will
> > hire.
>
> The plus side of this situation is that, if you can deliver decent
> results on time, it gets easier and easier to find contract work.
> Without the bad writers, I'd probably have a much harder time finding
> employment.
>
> I'm very grateful, and so is my accountant :-)
>
My creditors are even more grateful. ;-)
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Peter
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines
usually means adapting new machines to
behave like old ones.
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