While I agree with James that HR staff are clueless (once I was =20
screened out of an SA job because the languages I listed were not on =20
the approved list though no specific language nor programming =20
experience were required) so are many hiring managers. The key I think =20=
is making the screening cut and then making the interviewers feel =20
comfortable.
The hiring manager is not concerned with your degrees. The reason to =20
get a bachelors degree is to broaden your universe, not to pick up =20
marketable skills in the narrow sense.
The real world is dysfunctional in many respects - Dilbert is more =20
accurate than you could ever imagine. I have been pink slipped because =20=
in saving an employer thousands of dollars I unwittingly embarrassed =20
the infrastructure that had approved those unnecessary expenditures ;) =20=
While some argue there are no jobs ASD regularly complains about being =20=
unable to retain qualified IT staff....
Today I would have to say that networking is the most important =20
gateway to employment (except perhaps for the unemployable older =20
members of the "white male Internet hegemony", as one person put it).
I don't know of many gods placing folk in paying positions though, and =20=
as employers gods can be pretty deadly - I would stick with more =20
conventional methods as well as looking for internship opportunities =20
and overseas markets.
On Apr 7, 2010, at 2:03 AM, Christopher Howard <choward@indicium.us> =20
wrote:
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> James Tweet wrote:
>> You may be able to get your foot in the door if you get a bunch of =20=
>> Microsoft certifications. If you want to move up then you will need =20=
>> a degree. My advice to you is to suck-it-up, take it like a man and =20=
>> finish your degree.
>>
>> Secondly when a job description states "BS in Computer Science or =20
>> equivalent experience." It means you need a BS in Computer =20
>> Science. The HR people have no clue what equivalent experience to a =20=
>> BS in Computer Science would be. So any resume without a BSCS is =20
>> either filed in the trash or put on the bottom of the pile.
>>
>>
>> Third, business people believe anyone who has a BSCS must be a =20
>> computer genius. It's like a golden ticket or something.
>>
>> Finally, every semester more and more people are graduating from =20
>> college with a BSCS. You will be competing with them for jobs and =20
>> they will get first pick.
>>
>> I am 38 years old and I'm going to UAA to finish my degree.
>>
>> James
>>
>
> Judging by a few of the responses I received, I just want to make
> something clear: My original e-mail was not meant as some kind of call
> for sympathy, or as a complaint about the difficulties I finding work
> after college. Whether I spend the rest of my life working as a Burger
> King fry cook, or as a vice president at Google, God will take care of
> my needs. I simply wanted to let you guys know that I'm out job =20
> hunting,
> in case you should happen to run across anything you think I might be
> interested in. And let me express my appreciation to those of you who
> have thrown me some good tips.
>
> James, thanks for the advice, and I can see how having a BS in =20
> Computer
> Science would definitely brighten up a r=C3=A9sum=C3=A9. Rest assured, =
howeve=20
> r,
> that my educational decisions are based on more than a simple
> calculation of personal manhood. I have been a college student for =20
> seven
> years now, and if I thought it was in my best interested to make it
> eight, or nine, or ten years, I'd have more than enough of the resolve
> needed to make it happen.
>
> - --
> Christopher Howard
> http://linuxprogrammingforums.com
> http://indicium.us
> http://theologia.indicium.us
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