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Subject:RE: Tips on Getting Hired...Opinion #2501 From:Melissa Nelson <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:19:41 -0500
I do not think it even has be exotic...just something that sticks out. I worked for years in a hospice/alzhiemers care nursing center before I went back to school. It is still listed on my resume. While it has nothing to do with tech writing, I have been asked about it at every interview and talked about it. It is definitely not exotic or out there, but interviewers find it interesting and I have had them say that it says a lot about my character.
Melissa
> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:14:20 -0500> From: greg -dot- holmes -at- gmail -dot- com> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Subject: RE: Tips on Getting Hired...Opinion #2501> > "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> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> > WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help > format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content > delivery. Try it today! http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l> > Create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to Help file formats or > printed documentation. Features include single source authoring, team authoring,> Web-based technology, and PDF output. http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList> > ---> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com -dot- > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/melmis36%40hotmail.com> > > To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> > Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit> http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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