[geeks] "£$%%^" Recruiters

[Kevin]

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LOL...

Because they don't know sh*t about the field they are trying
to get people hired in.  I gave my resume to a headhunter
once.  My resume contained tons of stuff about TCP/IP, VPNs,
setting up Exchange servers and PDC, linux routers and so
forth.  The next day the guys calls me back and asks me if i
can add my "network experience".  I just hung up the phone. 
I've been burned by these guys before, i didn't need it again
(besides, i was employed at the time anyway).

/KRM

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:09:04 -0700
"Chris Byrne" <chris at chrisbyrne.com> wrote:

> Why is it that recruiters want you to say INDIVIDUALLY that
> you 
> 
> 1. Installed and managed operating systems
> 2. Installed and managed hardware
> 3. Installed and managed applications
> 4. Created and managed users
> 5. Managed upgrade processes
> 6. Preformed basic scripting tasks
> 7. Ran backups
> 8. Montiored running systems
> 9. Tested and evaluated hardware and software
> 10. Preformed performance testing and benchmarking
> 
> When you ALREADY have listed that you were a systems
> administrator?
> 
> Isn't that at a minimum what an Admin does?
> 
> This one woman has had me re-write my resume like six times
> at this point and she wants me to list each of those things
> (and more) as bullet points for every job I've ever done. 
> 
> She thinks it's impressive. Personally I think it makes me
> look like an idiot, something I'm quite capable of doing in
> other ways by myselfthank you very much.
> 
> I mean they might as well have listed as several bullet
> points
> 
> 1. Turned on systems
> 2. Used keyboard
> 3. Used mouse
> 
> I just gotta keep saying to myself "Need a job, need a job,
> need a job" or I'm gonna reach down over the telephone lines
> and rip one of their puny little marketroid spines out. 
> 
> Chris Byrne
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