Reply to: Being put forward without all the skills

[MarillionFan]

Bagpuss. Yawn. Oh dear Bagpuss

"Another bulltulipter uncovered. You def said you failed an interview a couple of months ago"

Not me. If I did (which I didnt) - Go in the archive, show us the link and if I said it (which i didnt) a free bottle of Jack Daniels on its way to you.

Otherwise when you dont find it (cause I never said it) I will accept your grovelling apology.

[n5gooner]

Today the clients want specialists, so specialism is ...


Specialism is for Insects.

The clients are misguided and the Agents must take a share of the blame for not properly advising them ,so called specialist roles will not attract the correct calibre of candidate.

A true contractor should be able to design a global VSAT network insfrastructure , hack DES2 encryption,update JAVA code, fix a PC with a hard disk failure,resolve a JES2 issue, create a global corporate security policy and make an oil change all before lunchtime before retiring to make love with his mistress in the company carpark during lunch break.

Thats a true contractor in my book.

so funny but so so true.......just our office overlooks the car park, so have to find other locations.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Today the clients want specialists, so specialism is ...


Specialism is for Insects.

The clients are misguided and the Agents must take a share of the blame for not properly advising them ,so called specialist roles will not attract the correct calibre of candidate.

A true contractor should be able to design a global VSAT network insfrastructure , hack DES2 encryption,update JAVA code, fix a PC with a hard disk failure,resolve a JES2 issue, create a global corporate security policy and make an oil change all before lunchtime before retiring to make love with his mistress in the company carpark during lunch break.

Thats a true contractor in my book.

[Bagpuss]

"You posted that you failed an interview not so long ago!"

No I didnt. You must be getting me confused with ATW.

I am still to fail an interview. I posted I walked out of a contract a while ago.

Another bulltulipter uncovered. You def said you failed an interview a couple of months ago

[Rebecca Loos]

HughGBanana: your synopsis is spot on as far as I'm concerned. That is exactly the way I go about it too. And it seems to work. I have only got 8 years work experience but I already find myself having to remove some of my contracts as I want the CV to be short and sweet and to the point.

It's like doing a 'best of' compilation, really!

[ancient]

Open Minded?

Ancient,

I'm sorry to say there a few a lessons here...

1, in the late 90's jack of all trades was what the clients wanted.
Today the clients want specialists, so specialism is the key and .Net is a good all round specialism to go for

2, From my experiences people with 30 years experience are a pain in the arse on any project why ?

Pedantic
Stuck in their ways
Not able to keep up with new technology
Not flexible and open minded to new approaches
Slow
Think they know more than the pm's
Bottom line, in any project avoid hiring the old guys
like the plague

Milan.

Milan

you make me laugh, you seem to be stuck in your way of not being open minded and can only espouse your generalist views based on little fact and bias. I had forgotton that you know it all.

He He

[milanbenes]

MF,

"Been trying to buy freehold commercial property recently but didnt get them at the auctions I went for.
",

what kind of commercial property do you have in mind ?

Shops, offices, garages, industrial estate units ?

Milan.

[Xenophon]

I am oozing confidence and never fail an interview.

If you have never failed an interview then you are not trying hard enough / aiming high enough. Just my opinion.

[milanbenes]

Hi MF,

sorry I didn't see you previous replie(s).

Does that mean you are getting out of retail all together ?

My plan(s), there is only one plan b, it is going, but the milestone I
was expecting to achieve a month ago has slipped and at this stage
I will be happy if that milestone is achieved by the end of the year.

What does this mean, the project is going but has been held up due to more time needed for key negotiations - in the bigger picture the negotiational delay may not impact the overall project timescale as the main kick off will not be until spring anyway.

Most important part, I haven't given up my day job (.Net) to get plan be going, and plan b's first project is a practice for the future growth.

Milan.

[MarillionFan]

Retail

Has been grinding to a halt Milan.
I am going to contract for Xmas this year as opposed to opening another shop.

The shop will make a profit of about £25k for the year but takes too much of my time. But as I posted earlier I got stiched my the landlord on Bracknell for an extra £15k rent starting in nov, so I have decided to close it.

Been trying to buy freehold commercial property recently but didnt get them at the auctions I went for.

Retail. Its a little tricky to make any real money. The model stills says its OK, but its using too much of my time and you really need good staff.

How are your plans going?

[malvolio]

Damn -I'm doing one thing right anyway: 35 years experience in two and a half pages...

[milanbenes]

MF,

these three are the same...

1) MIS
2) BA
3) PM

ie - bullsh1tter

by the way how's the shop(s) doing ?

how many are there now ? did you take any more christmas leases ?

what about your regional manager how is he doing ?

Milan.

[MarillionFan]

Specialists

Milan is correct. The days of Jack of All Trades appears to have gone. Makes it a little more difficult for me as thats what I am.

To counter this I now have Role specific CVs.

1) MIS
2) BA
3) PM
4) SQL/Developer

With each one having the bias towards the technology I am familiar with.

Ie. Basic.

[milanbenes]

Ancient,

I'm sorry to say there a few a lessons here...

1, in the late 90's jack of all trades was what the clients wanted.
Today the clients want specialists, so specialism is the key and .Net is a good all round specialism to go for

2, From my experiences people with 30 years experience are a pain in the arse on any project why ?

Pedantic
Stuck in their ways
Not able to keep up with new technology
Not flexible and open minded to new approaches
Slow
Think they know more than the pm's
Bottom line, in any project avoid hiring the old guys
like the plague

Milan.

[HughGBanana]

Heres a bit from the first page, I will post the rest 2moro! as off to bed

What should my CV contain?
Only things that are germane for the job for which you are applying. You should produce a
unique CV for every job for which you apply. A single general, one-size-fits-all CV will not do.
That may sound like a lot of work, but an hours work to get a £75k+ return is not bad work.

How long will a recruitment consultant look at my CV?

Probably between 30 seconds and a minute. Really.
What that means is you must have maximum impact and present information — not opinions,
not puff — in the most succinct, direct and easily digestible manner.

The Golden rule of CVs

If you pay no attention to anything else in this article then remember this.
Your CV should be no longer than 2-3 pages.
Less is more. Two is much better than three unless you are a very senior director/CEO when
it is just about acceptable to go to a third page.
There are almost NO circumstances under which a CV should be longer than three pages.
Several hundred CVs arrive at xxxxxx xxxxxxx every day. Most of them contain information that
is unnecessary, clutters up your CV and, for those who have paid attention to the two-page
rule, has meant they have not included other, more important information.
All recruitment consultants have horror stories of the six, nine, ten, even 14 page CVs.
Candidates with 14 page CVs will remain candidates for a long time.

Any good?