[clue] Fwd: Re: Linux Resume Help

[David L. Willson]

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From: Heather Willson <hmacgrey at gmail.com> 
Date: 07/06/2013  10:48 PM  (GMT-07:00) 
To: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> 
Cc: CLUE's mailing list <clue at cluedenver.org> 
Subject: Re: [clue] Linux Resume Help 
 
Hi all. I'm David Willson's wife and recruit healthcare IT folks for a living, as of late. Prior my experience was with telecine companies (sales, engineering, hr, etc). 
Rossi, I would be happy to take a look at your résumé.  
Hostgator is looking for Linux folks although it may require relocating to TX (not sure).  I heard Comcast may be looking as well. 

Both David and Jim had great advice!

Enjoy your day~
Heather

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On Jul 6, 2013, at 4:06 PM, "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> wrote:

Sometimes, I have to read resumes and interview.

These are the things I like in a resume:
Clear Career Goal
Skills Summary
Job History Specifics:
What was your job title?
How many (users, servers, customers, networks, sites) did you support?
What products and technologies did you use?
Did you manage a budget or employees? How big/many?
Did you do something great? How much money did you make or save?
Did your work change or save lives?
These are the things I like in an interview:
Candidate dressed appropriately for the interview. Clothing should be formal and muted (un-noticed).
Candidate behaved appropriately during the interview. Don't say "bullshit solution" during the interview. Say "sub-optimal solution".
These are the things I like in a candidate:



My favorite candidates are self-driven. They have a strong sense of the importance of their time. They want to spend their time on-purpose; they are not interested in giving 40+ hours of their precious time every week to work that doesn't matter. When I ask them about their accomplishments and plans, they have clear ideas about both. They are NOT looking for someone to tell them what to do, in exchange for a check. They are looking for a place to live, grow, express their life's purpose, ~and~ earn an income. They're not hanging back and waiting for a decision to be made, they're eagerly listening and participating appropriately in the decision-making process, then enthusiastically learning, leading, and teaching every day.



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David L. Willson
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)

This is a good time for a r3VOLution.

Thanks for the reminder Jim,  I had totally forgotten about my LinkedIn profile.  I haven't even logged in since January or February.

R.


On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Jim Ockers <ockers at ockers.net> wrote:
Hi Rossi,

If I may suggest: I recommend you work on your LinkedIn profile and make it as up-to-date and detailed as possible.  You should get all your expertise and skills in their databases, and then ask your co-workers and superiors to endorse you for skills and write recommendations for you.  You should also join the relevant groups and forums on LinkedIn and particpate in them.

LinkedIn offers recruiting services to employers by data mining everyone's profiles.  You don't even have to talk yourself up if       you can get people to endorse you for skills/expertise and/or       write recommendations for you on LinkedIn.  Your LinkedIn profile can be your resume, sort of, and if you work on it then you might       also get some ideas for what to do with your actual Resume document.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Jim
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Jim Ockers, P.E., P.Eng. (ockers at ockers.net)
Contact info: http://www.ockers.net/
On 7/6/13 11:57 AM, Rossi Guiliani wrote:
Hi All,

I was wondering if there was anyone out there that would be willing to help me with my Resume. I feel like it has been prohibitive in me getting interviews, even though I know I can land the jobs. If you have a little time to look over it, and chat about things I can add to it. I'd like to hop on IRC or something and talk about my experience while going ever it to see what I can take out or add. I'd think about the meetups, but I just don't know if the right type of people would show up. I'm not a newbie (I've been using Linux for almost 10 years now). I just really suck at talking myself up. =/

Thanks, anyone, in advance!
R.


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