New Guy..

[DodgyAgent]

Hobbies and interests? Does anyone put stuff like that on a CV? I never do, just as well as I haven't got any.

None that you would own up to?

[el duder]

laast daay toooday.

handover day. new guy coming in at 2pm

i am hoping its not one of you lot.

jeeez. what a laugh.

[Jakes Daddy]

Oh jeez - she's back

And we all thought you were leaving us yesterday ..... Did you miss the ferry to cloggyland ?

[el duder]

Fungus..

you see, this is the kind of mentality that gives IT and IT contractors a very bad name.

he is not takign the bread from my mouth. i have chosen to leave my post, for another job.

therefore, i do not mind helping him with a handover. if it helps the client, and makes for a better smooth transition i have no problem whatsoever.

this kind of thing makes me angry when contractors have this attitude to work.

its bad, its wrong and its detrimental the reputation of contracting as a whole.

[Fungus]

I'm surprised you are giving this person who is taking the bread from your mouth the time of day. Mmmm. Since you have his CV, you could always post his details onto a recruitment web site. You'll have to be careful not to be caught of course. When he starts getting a stream of phone calls from recruitment agents the client won't be too pleased. Small pleasures for small minds.

[VectraMan]

Hobbies and interests? Does anyone put stuff like that on a CV? I never do, just as well as I haven't got any.

Another benefit I've found of being a contractor is not having to invent hobbies and interests to put down in the new employees bit of the company newsletter.

[Pondlife]

Hobbies and interests? Does anyone put stuff like that on a CV? I never do, just as well as I haven't got any.

Why would it be relevant if you're a contractor

[thunderlizard]

I once got ticked off by a disgruntled agent for not listing the techy skills involved in each project. I'd listed them at the top and then talked about what I'd produced on each project in non-technical terms. He didn't like that at all, but he was the only one.

[xoggoth]

Hobbies and interests? Does anyone put stuff like that on a CV? I never do, just as well as I haven't got any.

[el duder]

that is what im meant to be doing now...

but i have put together a simple guide for him yes.

i see it as part of any project. otherwise where would the progression be for the project?

[partimer]

oh yeah ...

Which reminds me, you're now going to rewrite all the documentation so the new guy can follow it. Then you're going to give him full training. AND all with a smile on your face and for free ... I would be really disappointed if you didn't.

You are such a generous guy

[el duder]

nice.

quite daring of you though eh.

[AlfredJPruffock]

ive just been handed the CV of the guy who could replace me..

dont get me wrong, its a fair enough CV.

no real corporate experience, but the role is tulip so ...

but my one gripe is that, when listing technical skills this guy randonmly puts down long lists of abbrevhiations all the way through the CV...

for example..

• Hand coding html,XHTML,Frontpage 2000,Javascript, Photoshop 7.0., Managing site content, IBM Web Trends, CMS 2002,red dot 4,Bobby testing.

• Key skills being used are HTML, Frontpage Web optimization ,JavaScript, IBM Web Trends, Adobe Photoshop 6 & ImageReady 3.0, ASP, SQL, IIS, FTP, ODBC,Dreamweaver, XML, XHTML

Key skills used above were Adobe Photoshop, Front page,Dreamweaver, Mediasurface 2.0, HTML,DTML, JavaScript and Perl and Unix,

this goesss onnn and oooon througout the CV repeating itself over and over for different projects..

why not just summarise the tech skills and then put something useful in there?

Research shows that the average time for a recruiter or client to fall asleep after reading a CV is about four seconds so its rather immaterial as to what he reads after Your Name (tip , it does help if you remember to put this down) and ones exhorbitant Rate so after that its rather immaterial.

To prove this point under Hobbies and Interests I have included Performing Animal Sacrifices in the Car Park strictly during Lunch Hours and never once been quizzed on this.

[el duder]

ive just been handed the CV of the guy who could replace me..

dont get me wrong, its a fair enough CV.

no real corporate experience, but the role is tulip so ...

but my one gripe is that, when listing technical skills this guy randonmly puts down long lists of abbrevhiations all the way through the CV...

for example..

• Hand coding html,XHTML,Frontpage 2000,Javascript, Photoshop 7.0., Managing site content, IBM Web Trends, CMS 2002,red dot 4,Bobby testing.

• Key skills being used are HTML, Frontpage Web optimization ,JavaScript, IBM Web Trends, Adobe Photoshop 6 & ImageReady 3.0, ASP, SQL, IIS, FTP, ODBC,Dreamweaver, XML, XHTML

Key skills used above were Adobe Photoshop, Front page,Dreamweaver, Mediasurface 2.0, HTML,DTML, JavaScript and Perl and Unix,

this goesss onnn and oooon througout the CV repeating itself over and over for different projects..

why not just summarise the tech skills and then put something useful in there?