"Tim Smith" <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
12el7t6fkvoe971@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 8/21/06 11:09 PM:
> In article <C10FDE69.5B884%SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Snit wrote:
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
>> 4625506.kSDfIIqZ2X@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 8/21/06 12:53 PM:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/zhwc4
>>
>> The author suggests you talk about your skills in non-specific terms (not
>> mentioning the specific software, only the class of software) in not only
>> résumés but also in *curriculum*, so as to make it harder for employers
>> and students to get, well, information they might want to know... and to
>> do this to support off-brand software... um, that is silly.
>
> The author says:
>
> Competence in industry is about skills that are independent of just one
> commercial application. Times are changing and preferred software
> changes in accordance. Businesses evolve. Adaptability and familiarity
> with diversity is where true merits lie.
>
> That is basically correct, but companies hire people to get work done *now*,
> and that means being familiar with the tools being used *now*. Adaptability
> is a plus, but the way you indicate that on a resume is by listing multiple
> specific things. E.g., you don't just say "graphical design/editing
> applications" and leave them guessing whether that means you can use
> Photoshop or GIMP or whatever they are using *now*. You say "graphical
> design/editing: Photoshop CS2, GIMP" or something like that.
Agreed; or just list Photoshop and GIMP and then talk about your flexibility
in your cover letter and in your interview.
>
> Leave off details that, and your resume probably won't make it past the
> first round of screening.
Agreed. Sounds like the opinion was written to push open source and
alternative tools and not to help people actually get work.
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