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RE: Tips on Getting Hired...Opinion #2501

Subject: RE: Tips on Getting Hired...Opinion #2501
From: "Greg Holmes" <greg -dot- holmes -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:14:20 -0500

"Tariel, Lauren R" wrote:

How many times has a story about submarine experience led
to a job for you Greg?

Hard to say, of course. I certainly didn't start spinning sea
stories in interviews of my own initiative :) But it does stick
out in my mind how often that part of my resume piqued an
interviewer's curiosity. It's made me think twice about
dropping it off my resume - hence my mention of it in this
discussion.

Looking back, I *can* say that every manager who ended
up hired me did ask much more about that experience than
I would have expected, given the relevance. Can't hurt to be
more than a cipher in the pile of candidates. So if you do
have something potentially interesting or unusual in your
work history, it *might* pay to leave it in your resume.
YMMV.

-Greg
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