The Job Hunting Trenches

SteveDallas · 08-06-2002, 01:10 PM

During an early 90s job hunt, I saw an ad for a position to do phone & in-person support for email and WordPerfect. They expected a BS in Computer Science. This kind of entry-level helpdesk thing was what I was looking for, so I sent them my resume and tried to suggest that maybe a computer science degree wasn't the only background that might prepare somebody for a job like that. Didn't work.

Once when I was on the other end of the process, we got a resume with a cover letter that went something like this: "... I have enclosed my one-page resume... I have a great deal of experience with , as you can see from my one-page resume.... my one-page resume details my background in ..... if you have any questions about my one-page resume... " I wish I'd saved a copy of it!!

08-06-2002, 01:10 PM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	During an early 90s job hunt, I saw an ad for a position to do phone & in-person support for email and WordPerfect. They expected a BS in Computer Science. This kind of entry-level helpdesk thing was what I was looking for, so I sent them my resume and tried to suggest that maybe a computer science degree wasn't the only background that might prepare somebody for a job like that. Didn't work. Once when I was on the other end of the process, we got a resume with a cover letter that went something like this: "... I have enclosed my one-page resume... I have a great deal of experience with , as you can see from my one-page resume.... my one-page resume details my background in ..... if you have any questions about my one-page resume... " I wish I'd saved a copy of it!!

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