Re: Any jobs here?

Good performance on a job interview will help overcome experience
deficiencies.

But, practice for your interview. Don't just show up and try to wing
it. The wrong time to try and think up an answer to a question is while
your nervous and sitting in the hot seat. Practice. Let others ask you
questions. Read up on what kinds of interview questions you should
expect. And don't give short one sentence answers. If your not
talking, they are not learning about you!

Adam bultman wrote:

>Mike Tibor wrote:
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>>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Arthur Corliss wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Adam bultman wrote:
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>>>>I've got the ACS career page "pagepan"ed (http://www.pagepan.com,
>>>>something I worked on in a class) so I know when it changes - and I
>>>>noticed that. They wanted more experience than I had - bollucks!
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>>>I hear this a lot from guys on this and other lists. I think all of you who
>>>are either looking for a opportunity to either break into an IT career or
>>>advance in it should keep a few things in mind.
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>>>If you see a job you're interested in, apply for it. *Regardless* of whether
>>>or not you think you're qualified. The fact of the matter is that many
>>>companies over-spec job requirements, partly out of hopeful optimism, partly
>>>just to cover all their bases. Other companies have their job requirements
>>>set by human resource departments that don't have the first clue what's need
>>>to fill a position.
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>>>The practical reality is that almost no position gets filled with a candidate
>>>that's a perfect match. Compromises are the rule, not the exception. Another
>>>practical reality is that educational requirements can usually be substituted
>>>for experience. Even certifications can be negotiable in many situations.
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>>>Please also keep in mind that experience doesn't necessarily have to be only
>>>that which you've been paid for. If you feel the need to have something on
>>>your resume volunteer to do some computer work for a non-profit, your church,
>>>or other such organisations. Any experience you have deploying technology is
>>>relevant, whether it's your day job or not.
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>>>In the end, all that really matters is how you present yourself in the
>>>interview. If you can get that, you've got a chance. What most (smart)
>>>employers are looking for are good fundamentals, initiative and drive to learn
>>>and master your tools, and good research skills (which is much more important
>>>than rote memory). And all of this anyone with desire can learn at home, on
>>>their own time.
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>>I can't agree more with what Arthur says!
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>>Obviously I'm only speaking for myself and not for ACS when I say this,
>>but even if you don't have any DB2 experience, but have maybe a good
>>working knowledge of some other relational/sql database running on a unix
>>platform (ie, MySQL, PostgreSQL), then by all means apply. I should point
>>out that I'm not the one who'll be making the hiring decisions for this
>>position.
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>>As Arthur mentions, initiative and drive to learn are the critical things.
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>>Mike
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>My last two positions (both as system admins) were *way* over my head,
>but I got 'em anyway, and over other people - for the simple fact that I
>like to learn and like to be challenged...
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>I'll see what I can do.
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>Adam
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