Re: [ECOLOG-L] A Graduate Student’s Guide to Neces sary Skills for Landing a Job

2013-02-18 Thread Julian Olden
Hi Yvette, Apologies, but your interpretation of my suggestion is extremely misguided and flat-out wrong. My response was a cleaver way of saying that you can ignore the silly responses of particular ECO-LOGGERS (some of which have a track record of this behavior) by filtering your emails. Unfort

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A Graduate Student’s Guide to Neces sary Skills for Landing a Job

2013-02-18 Thread Yvette Dickinson
Like Chandreyee Mitra I was surprised by the comment included in Clara's list: "7. ...i am somewhat exercised by your post because, IMO, too many young, especially, female, applicants don't bring much to the table that others don't already know or that cannot be readily duplicated or that is m

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A Graduate Student’s Guide to Neces sary Skills for Landing a Job

2013-02-17 Thread Chandreyee Mitra
Are we just allowed to casually insult half the populace in a post here? In Clara's 7th, very well punctuated point, she wrote: "7. ...i am somewhat exercised by your post because, IMO, too many young, especially, female, applicants don't bring much to the table that others don't already know or t

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A Graduate Student’s Guide to Neces sary Skills for Landing a Job

2013-02-17 Thread Jaime Salazar
As I'm applying for internships, I have realized that I possess a marketable skill that is valuable to employers: I am willing to work for no pay... On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:03 PM, malcolm McCallum < malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org> wrote: > Clara, I agree. > > To be marketable in the workplac

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A Graduate Student’s Guide to Neces sary Skills for Landing a Job

2013-02-17 Thread malcolm McCallum
Clara, I agree. To be marketable in the workplace you must have skills that are in demand in the workplace. Its that simple. Too many students graduate without marketable skills. Marketability for grad school does not equal marketability for a job out of the BS. You want to get a job in ecologica

Re: [ECOLOG-L] A Graduate Student’s Guide to Neces sary Skills for Landing a Job

2013-02-16 Thread Clara B. Jones
1. ...assuming that your summary is an accurate reflection of the *CB*article... 2. ...i am shocked that there is no mention of actual skills...most of the traits you mention might be categorized as "intangible"...you need these skills to be a car salesman...not to impugn car sales-persons... 3. ..