Re: I want to be oracle master.

Phil Britton wrote:

> faked_at_spam.me.not.com (Jeremy Russell) writes:
>
> <snip>
> > Education is a great thing - practical expertise counts also - but
> > right now, you could be Brainiac, Mr. Universe, Bill Gates all rolled
> > together - work for 28 hours a day *and* pay mill-owner for permission
> > to come to work (Python - sorry, off at a tangent again) and still not
> > get a job.
> >
> > Industry and service co's aren't recruiting - no-one is changing jobs
> > - and therefore .... we have stagnation.
> >
> > I'm considering myself as semi-retired - and I've got three years to
> > go till the big 5-0.
> >
> > At least with depression, you get caught up on your sleep!
>
> I think your problem is the same as mine. Once you get past 45 they seem to
> think you are semi-retired and you don't get a look in. I've been sending off
> CVs to UK based agencies for the last month or so and some of them don't even
> have the courtesy to reply to emails. But don't worry (if any of you are
> reading here) I've got a little list and the next time I'm recruiting I know
> where my business is going. Funnily, at 43 I got lots of interest.
>
> The only interview I've had so far is through a newspaper add and I got the
> impression at the interview that they hadn't read my application properly so
> maybe they didn't realise how old I was,
>
> cheers
>
> Phil

I'm a bit older than you. Almost a decade. And I don't have that problem. Here's why.

1. While employed I always collect resumes and send them to recruiters to "help them out."
2. While employed I always take time to find job openings and give them to recruiters to "help them out."
3. While employed I always take time to join them for lunch or a few beers after work and "I buy"
4. And while teaching I always invite them to meet my students and pass out their literature and their cards to "help them out."

In other words ... like every farmer knows ... to get a good harvest ... you must sow seeds in the Spring.

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Nov 07 2002 - 18:29:38 CST