Posts Tagged resume
Beware of CLMs
Posted by Thom in Business, Work Experiences on 2010/02/24
social_prefix = ”; social_title = ‘Beware of CLMs’; social_url = ‘http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/02/24/beware-of-clms/’; Recently a soon-to-be college graduate set up a networking meeting with me. I willingly agreed, not only because I enjoy helping people if I can, but also because I usually learn something as well. What surprised me was the lack of awareness this individual had about [...]
Your First Hire as a Manager
Posted by Thom in Business, Work Experiences on 2009/10/19
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 usually more interesting and sometimes the pay and benefits are better. It may happen [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jack of All Trades and Master of ……Quite a Few
Posted by Thom in Business, Networking, Work Experiences on 2009/05/12
A recent Blog entry by Steven DiMaio struck home for me personally because I have a wide variety of skill sets and a large number of work experiences. This is usually a very good thing because I can usually make connections between disparate tasks and industries striking to the heart of issue quickly providing resolution to [...]
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