Archive for category Work Experiences
Your First Hire as a Manager
Posted by Thom in Business, Work Experiences on 2009/10/19
social_prefix = ”; social_title = ‘Your First Hire as a Manager’; social_url = ‘http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/10/19/your-first-hire-as-a-manager/’; You always remember your first hire, especially when ultimately it’s your decision to make, and not one made by a hiring committee. Being promoted into a managerial role is a big step in every career – in addition to more responsibility, the work is [...]
Promise and Pitfall of Resume Pruning
Posted by Thom in Technology, Work Experiences on 2009/10/14
There comes a time in every professional career when you must prune your resume to tell a more coherent story to potential employers, but that could cause a potential employer to miss the fact that you have certain skills and experiences which they are seeking. One of my strengths professionally is I have a variety of professional experiences [...]
Observations on Language Learning
Posted by Thom in Business, Education, Work Experiences on 2009/09/22
No one will ever accuse me of being a polyglot, but I’ve dabbled with quite a few languages: French, Latin, German, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, a little Russian and most recently Chinese, both spoken and written with the goal of becoming fluent enough to conduct business and read a newspaper entirely in Mandarin. Putting Latin aside, since it [...]
Is Troubleshooting Becoming a Lost Art?
Posted by Thom in Education, Technology, Work Experiences on 2009/08/26
I recently helped solve an intermittent network/server problem for a client. This problem had been confounding the IT staff of this firm for quite a while and although this wasn’t why I was on site it was impacting my ability to complete my specific consulting work. So I stepped in and started troubleshooting the problem in hopes [...]
Job Application Evolution
Posted by Thom in Business, Work Experiences on 2009/07/22
Applying for jobs has changed a lot in a relatively short period of time. Not so long ago everyone went to the print shop and printed up their hard copy resume in bulk with no customization for a specific job. That was what the cover letter was used for. And a company posted their openings [...]
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