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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostThe snag is every advert I've ever seen for IT contracts in banking say "must have banking experience", which is fine if you have any but excludes everyone else.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostThe snag is every advert I've ever seen for IT contracts in banking say "must have banking experience", which is fine if you have any but excludes everyone else.
I just said - I was thrown out of Barclays for swearing at a counter clerk - that was good enough to get me into a major investment bank.
Three months later - the banking sector was up in soke.
Jings !Comment
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View PostI just said - I was thrown out of Barclays for swearing at a counter clerk - that was good enough to get me into a major investment bank.
Three months later - the banking sector was up in soke.
Jings !
I’m not saying you should lower yourself to lying on your CV, but talking up limited experience is no different to the way every large business advertises it’s products.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Banking experience
Not a problem.
If rooting around a condemned warehouse looking through thousands of boxes containing millions of cheques for the minute number which had been used by fraudsters. After finding the cheques (while wearing plastic gloves in case fingerprints were left), place them in a plastic bag and deliver them to the fraud department.
Does that count as banking experience ?
this was many years ago when people actually wrote cheques, millions of them.Comment
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Originally posted by Unicorn View PostNot a problem.
If rooting around a condemned warehouse looking through thousands of boxes containing millions of cheques for the minute number which had been used by fraudsters. After finding the cheques (while wearing plastic gloves in case fingerprints were left), place them in a plastic bag and deliver them to the fraud department.
Does that count as banking experience ?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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So.....
For the CV
Extensive banking sector experience - specialising in fraud reduction systems.
Think that should cover itComment
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Originally posted by Unicorn View PostFor the CV
Extensive banking sector experience - specialising in fraud reduction systems.
Think that should cover itAnd what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Unicorn View PostFor the CV
Extensive banking sector experience - specialising in fraud reduction systems.
Think that should cover itComment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWell as I see it companies talk a whole lot of tulipe to get you to buy their products, especially banks, so bulltulipting to sell your own services must be acceptable business practice for them.
I’m not saying you should lower yourself to lying on your CV, but talking up limited experience is no different to the way every large business advertises it’s products.
I think it was the Dalai Lama , or was it Terry Butcher - who said :
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