RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Jobs and Qualifications

2005-07-27 Thread Conyers, Dwayne
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It's the "getting to interview" stage that I have issues with. :) Then I would focus on the resume. Ensure that you modify each copy of the resume to ensure that it "answers the mail" in regard to what the job requirements and qualific

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Jobs and Qualifications

2005-07-27 Thread Portman
Sounds like the issue might be your resume. (Sorry, CV for those non-Americans!) Why don't you post it (or you can e-mail it to me privately) and get some feedback? Riva Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: It's the "getting to interview" stage that I have issues with. :) • The WDVL Di

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Jobs and Qualifications

2005-07-27 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Conyers, Dwayne wrote: Could be a number of things -- and perhaps you might want to see a professional consultant. When I left the military, I had no clue about the civilian business world. Didn't know the dress code, the jargon, or how how to sell my skills. A friend had a consulting busi

RE: [wdvltalk] [OT] Jobs and Qualifications

2005-07-27 Thread Conyers, Dwayne
Could be a number of things -- and perhaps you might want to see a professional consultant. When I left the military, I had no clue about the civilian business world. Didn't know the dress code, the jargon, or how how to sell my skills. A friend had a consulting business and provided several v

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Jobs and Qualifications

2005-07-27 Thread Portman
I am sorry to hear about your experience. Why a person isn't getting a job can be related to a number of factors - your cv (resume), your interview skills, the job market, etc. Do you get called for lots of interviews but they don't go further than that? Do you send our 100's of cv's but don

Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] Jobs and Qualifications

2005-07-27 Thread Peter MacGregor
Does your CV do you justice? Many people fall at this hurdle. Remember the target company will receive dozens of unsolicited as well as solicited (via adverts) CVs weekly and unless yours has a Wow! Factor it won't get past the first reading. (That doesn't mean it needs to be flashy and lots of

[wdvltalk] [OT] Jobs and Qualifications

2005-07-27 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Hi all, As some of you know, I recently started a course with a company here in the UK that promised me full training as a MCSA/MSDBA/MCSD and a job at the end of it. I now feel that I have been seriously mislead by the company, as there have been delays in my course, issues with the develop