Tag: job search
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Acronyms aren’t always your friends
I am looking for a job again. One set of skills that I keep coming across is for ETL processes. I had no idea what that is, but whenever I see a job like that I would just disregard it and look at the next one in the list. Today I decided to find out…
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A Particular Set of Skills
I was walking around minding my own business when I got a phone call. Me: Hello? Him: Hello. Is this Derek? Me: Yes. Him: Hello, Derek. My name is (something I couldn’t hear properly) and I’m calling from (again something unintelligible) Insurance Company. My manager and I found your resume online and we think your…
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The Bad Mouth
I’m still looking for a job, but something really weird is happening. Someone will get a copy of my resume. I am posted on Monster.com, Michigan Talent Bank and I have been sending it out at least twenty times a week to various job listings that I see. I have been getting a pretty good…