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RE: Why they don't ask for candidates by technology skills.
Subject:RE: Why they don't ask for candidates by technology skills. From:Lisa Kemp <lnk -at- ontario -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:44:19 -0500
Your situation and short contracts are so common in our field that a hiring
manager really cannot try to guess why a person has held many jobs. The only
time I am concerned is if a person has not ever done a large, complex
project that has taken them several months because most if not all of our
project fit into this category.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Swallow [mailto:wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:21 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Why they don't ask for candidates by technology skills.
::: What John says can be true. On the other hand, a
::: resume of relatively short gigs can also hide a lot of
::: incompetence.
True. Of course now I feel self-conscious... I was laid off 3 times
within 2 years' time...
I think I'll add a "The bastitches laid me off!" line to my employment
history. ;-) I'll put it just above "They sank like a stone."
BILL SWALLOW
Information Design & Development Professional
tel/fax: 518.371.1867
wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com
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