On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 15:12 -0700, Vitaliy wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John J. McDonough" > > Most of the time, the resume goes first to the HR guy, who really is so > > dumb. That is kind of one of the problems. It is pretty rare that the > > first guy is going to be an Olin. More likely, it will first go to some > > HR guy who has no clue what the job is about and can only respond to the > > buzzwords he has been fed. > > > > If the resume escapes the HR guy's shredder, then it will most likely WILL > > go to someone who has a clue. So you need to provide enough of the > > appropriate buzzwords to get to get past the HR guy, but not so much as to > > turn off the technical guy (who very likely has as much patience for bull > > as Olin, if not less). > > John, > > Where do you get this information? I don't know where he got it, but that's EXACTLY how it works at the company I work for. Medium to large sized companies have an "HR" department which receives resumes. They sort them, eliminate the ones that don't match the position, and forward what's left to the person offering the job. This process RELIES on "buzzwords". If you're applying to a job that says "computer science" degree, and you have a "computer engineering" degree, you're most likely binned. If the position requires "8051 experience", and you put "Intel micro-controller experience", you're out. Obviously, if you manage to get through the HR department and end up in the hands of the person offering the position buzzwords become less important and content becomes much higher on the importance scale. TTYL ----------------------------- Herbert's PIC Stuff: http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist