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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Thinking
Earlier this week, I got a call out of the blue from a prospective employer, sort of a basic phone screen and sounding out of interest. This watos one of the “saw your resume online” calls, and was for relatively … Continue reading
Posted in Job Hunting, Personal
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Hiatus
I’m helping migrate and tweak a web site, so there’s a break in the job hunting and in the related posts. On another note, today is my fifth anniversary with FedEx. It had already surpassed over the summer my longest … Continue reading
Posted in Job Hunting, Personal
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SmartSource
SmartSource was an exception to my being unable to do other jobs while at FedEx, because for the projects in question, the work took place early on Monday mornings. FedEx is Tuesday through Saturday mornings, even earlier than SmartSource was. … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, 2012, Experience, Job Hunting, Resume
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FedEx Ground
I started at FedEx five years ago, as a seasonal employee, and was then retained after the holdays because I was reliable. That’s the biggest thing they look for when deciding who to keep, if there are openings. Initially I … Continue reading
Welcome to Help
This is one of those posts where I am reviewing my work experience, chewing on it and describing it in some detail, to give myself material to distill down to a better employment section that incorporates “skills.” There may be … Continue reading
Posted in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, Clients, Experience, Jobs, Self-employment
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So Here’s The Deal
A former manager who is VP of a company, and whose wife is a recruiter, perused my current resume and advised me that most recruiters would not even consider it. Why? Because it has “employment gaps.” Except it doesn’t. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Experience, Job Hunting, Jobs, Resume, Self-employment, Skills
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