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The Fool posted:How else am I going to channel my secret desire to be a barker? Get a dog
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Obsoletely Fabulous posted:I think I’ve had one place ask for a cover letter. They also made me take a personality test and told me exactly how to dress for the interview. Place is super bizarre and I’m fairly confidant I don’t actually want to work there. We didn't ask for one. Our online application allows applicants to upload as many documents as they want. Nearly everybody included a cover letter, and some went so far as to include their college transcripts despite having 10+ years IT experience. Why they would do that is abso-loving-lutely beyond me. e; hahahah gently caress me I just found two identical cover letters with different 'accomplishments'. I knew instantly they were identical because they both use that loving "Look no further" phrase. Hey everybody, if you submit a cover letter, don't use a goddamn downloaded form. Judge Schnoopy fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Mar 30, 2018 |
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The Fool posted:How else am I going to channel my secret desire to be a barker? Audition for GSN?
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Judge Schnoopy posted:We didn't ask for one. Our online application allows applicants to upload as many documents as they want. Nearly everybody included a cover letter, and some went so far as to include their college transcripts despite having 10+ years IT experience. Why they would do that is abso-loving-lutely beyond me. If it's any consolation, the world of resumes and cover letters is a baffling thing. It's a bit like those really old proto-memes about dating women; You know, "as soon as you think you know the rules, they will change them", etc. The resume and interview thread is even like that. I posted a resume that I thought followed the OP to a T, and was immediately told to literally throw it out and start from scratch. Then the next few people started posting about resumes that were two column and had blue accents and poo poo. Really though, I've come to find that the world of job hunting actually is a lot like the world of online dating. You fill in a bunch of forms, answer a bunch of personal questions about your likes, wants, needs, and hobbies, (in certain places) upload a photo, and then send blind messages to everywhere that you can in the hopes that literally anyone will do anything other than ignore you completely.
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Network guy says not to give out the executive ssid to anyone anymore because it’s too open. Problem is, every other ssid doesn’t work on IOS and hasn’t for a year or more. Executive came in wanting WiFi, so I gave him the executive one anyway. It’s easy for you to make these proclamations when you’re not gonna be the messenger telling executives the WiFi doesn’t work on the most common devices because someone bought lovely Meru APs that were totally obsolete before they ever left the box. And no, the public WiFi you set up runs like poo poo and I will not be giving it to C-suite and getting the heat.
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neogeo0823 posted:If it's any consolation, the world of resumes and cover letters is a baffling thing. It's a bit like those really old proto-memes about dating women; You know, "as soon as you think you know the rules, they will change them", etc. The resume and interview thread is even like that. I posted a resume that I thought followed the OP to a T, and was immediately told to literally throw it out and start from scratch. Then the next few people started posting about resumes that were two column and had blue accents and poo poo. This is absolutely my personal hell. I think my boss pushed this on me to punish me for leaving. I loving hate going through resumes and cover letters. But while I have a column on my spreadsheet for "Resume quality", so far it hasn't been an influencing factor at all. I have an indeed resume that printed like garbage and the guy is on my short-list. I have pro-level resumes that have been instantly trashed. I'm not a typical 'hiring manager' though and I'm weeding out applicants pretending to be qualified but not listing anything of substantial value, though. If HR was looking through these without knowing what IT does it would probably be a lot different.
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The Fool posted:How else am I going to channel my secret desire to be a barker? Jaded Burnout posted:Get a dog suit
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skooma512 posted:Problem is, every other ssid doesn’t work on IOS and hasn’t for a year or more. How the gently caress did they manage that one?
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Judge Schnoopy posted:This is absolutely my personal hell. I think my boss pushed this on me to punish me for leaving. I loving hate going through resumes and cover letters. If you really think your boss is using this as some kind of petty revenge for you getting a better life for yourself, reply in kind: shuffle each applicant randomly into a list from best to worst and walk out the loving door.
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What's stopping you recommending the ones written in crayon with smiley faces randomly scrawled in the whitespace?
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Verizian posted:What's stopping you recommending the ones written in crayon with smiley faces randomly scrawled in the whitespace? Having a solid recommendation in my back pocket if I want to change jobs later? I got along extremely well with my boss at this job and she let didn't keep me on a leash. I could be found in the office roughly 3-4 hours a day and got perfect reviews. We definitely had a good thing going. As much as I could say "gently caress it, not my problem" they are still providing me with a paycheck and I'll still provide them solid high quality work. I do care about the well being of the organization as success benefits the public and doesn't mean more money in the pockets of directors. As bad as it sucks, it will be over soon anyway. There's no reason for me to be a dick about it.
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I made absolutely clear to the recruiters that hit me up when I was trying to leave old job was that the only reason I was looking was to get off of working overnight and I was receptive to relocation within a reasonable driving distance of where I currently live. Today I got called for the 6th time about a job in freaking Minnesota.... night coverage. These motherfuckers are about to get blocked.
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tactlessbastard posted:I made absolutely clear to the recruiters that hit me up when I was trying to leave old job was that the only reason I was looking was to get off of working overnight and I was receptive to relocation within a reasonable driving distance of where I currently live. Minnesota Night Shift is a good name for either a mixed drink or a band.
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ponzicar posted:Minnesota Night Shift is a good name for either a mixed drink or a band. Definitely my new Nathaniel Rateliff cover band. neogeo has it right about the hiring process though - it's exactly like online dating, except worse because while you can get by without a partner, you have to make money somehow. At a certain point it feels exactly as empty and pointless as screaming at the moon, then you start wondering why the gently caress you bother when you're clearly never going to see this poo poo pay off.
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Bob Morales posted:I hold mine out by the top of the screen
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Aunt Beth posted:You must have a ThinkPad. If you did accidentally drop one, you’d break the floor. If it’s a real ThinkPad, that is. Not one of those piece of poo poo Edge models.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:If you did accidentally drop one, you’d break the floor.
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I’ve got a T430 as my personal laptop. It’s kind of slow, not sure why. Maybe the SSD is cheap, not sure. Rock solid, though. The E440s had some sharp bit behind the screen so it didn’t take much of an impact on the top lid to crack the screen. I broke two in a year just from hauling it around as a field tech.
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Regarding cover letters: I feel like all you can do is go wrong. No cover letter? They'll probably look at your resume anyway. Generic (or worse, misspelled?) Straight in the trash. Mind, I used to spend at least half an hour per job crafting The Perfectly Appropriate Letter, and as much if not more customizing the resume. The last couple jobs I've gotten on my own? No cover letter, generic resume. Regarding holding laptops, I once saw a bunch of "engineers" walk by holding their mostly closed laptops, hand around the side of the keyboard at the bottom, with their left arms between screen and keyboard, like they were some kind of weird shield.
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I write cover letters for jobs I really want. I'll have some reason to be excited about it, and I'll tell them why I'm excited to learn more. Short and simple one paragraph to show I'm honestly interested and that I can communicate well. Most of those I at least get called back for but every job I've gotten had a custom cover letter like that. E: to the point of short and simple, of your cover letter is more than a quarter of a page you might as well send a blank piece of paper because nobody is gonna read that poo poo. Judge Schnoopy fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Mar 31, 2018 |
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Haven't written a cover letter in years, but I'm at the stage in my career where I can put my resume up on the internet and the jobs will come to me. Personally I think they're a terrible idea, the skills required to write a good cover letter are almost completely useless in IT unless you're writing press copy or something.
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Best thing I ever did was goto a large company, but now am in a weird place where my resume isn’t doing me justice. Basically I can list skills I have now, but it doesn’t feel like it’s doing justice, I’m in the process of becoming a reference customer for one cloud because of stuff I’ve done, and I talking to the CTO next week over issues I have with a popular tool. I guess I need to rethink what I’m doing and wait for the above stuff to land.
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Things that loving suck: Working graveyard on the stupid daylight saving rollback day. So a extra hour at work for no money.
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Thanks Ants posted:Wait what? 3am becomes 2am.
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No I know how DST works, the idea that you lose the pay is crazy
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Thanks Ants posted:No I know how DST works, the idea that you lose the pay is crazy Welcome to the wonderful world of salary exempt.
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Thanks Ants posted:No I know how DST works, the idea that you lose the pay is crazy When questioned the response is always "Well when it changes back, you work one less hour, I bet you wont want a hours less pay" to which I always reply, I'm fine with that as the chances of me working both shifts is a variable, hours worked on a given day is not. Its not a argument I can win. So I reduce my productivity to suit.
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tactlessbastard posted:I made absolutely clear to the recruiters that hit me up when I was trying to leave old job was that the only reason I was looking was to get off of working overnight and I was receptive to relocation within a reasonable driving distance of where I currently live. I hate that with a passion - when I was looking for a new job last year, about half of them were crap low-end support and were mainly east coast. I live in the midwest and had zero interest in relocation, especially doing so at my own expense for a job I was overqualified for that paid 20% less.
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poo poo pissing me off: I worked 275 hours last month. poo poo not pissing me off: I made $16,411.66 last month. I may be tired and grumpy, but I destroyed almost all of my debt in one month.
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You do infosec, right? I’m in the wrong speciality. Does that require calculus proficiency or is it not generally that theoretical? I wasn’t very good at calculus even the last time I used it 5+ years ago. Are you 1099, or is there some other reason you aren’t salaried exempt?
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22 Eargesplitten posted:You do infosec, right? I’m in the wrong speciality. Embedded Linux with a heavy focus on infosec, although I am fullstack. I have a W2 job and I have two 1099 clients at 120$/hr and 100$/hr.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:You do infosec, right? I’m in the wrong speciality. Ratbert is one of those rare people that are really good at Linux and is in high demand, and I assume can dictate if he want to be exempt or not during negotiation. God drat, that is a lot of money Ratbert. But 275 hours is... A lot.
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It sure the hell is. I was going to say "isn't this thread full of people making that much on salary?" but then remembered that's the programming thread. Sorry CJs 
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So this client I have. I invoice their finance department for days worked in the previous month. Finance asks the team lead to verify the dates. Team lead asks me if I had any days off. If anyone can see any problems with this arrangement please raise your hand.
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Dunno-Lars posted:Ratbert is one of those rare people that are really good at Linux and is in high demand, and I assume can dictate if he want to be exempt or not during negotiation. I'm a bumbling idiot when it comes to Linux. I just happen to bumble around a bit less than other people.
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ratbert90 posted:I'm a bumbling idiot when it comes to Linux. I just happen to bumble around a bit less than other people. In the land of the Blind, Crippled, Quadrapalegic and Deaf, the one poor bastard who can at least listen to books on tape is King.
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Gmail only accepting 1mb< .ics files  The ICAL syntax is super easy but manually splitting a 11MB calendar file into 11 smaller pieces for upload is time consuming and a huge waste of time. I'm surprised there's no shady web service for it like all those file conversion websites The Iron Rose fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Apr 2, 2018 |
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The real masters of linux are the ones who write the solution to the first link on google when you search for an error string. If you see the same username more than once for different problems you are in the presence of a god.
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