Re: I want to be oracle master.

Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3DCB0563.6199224_at_exesolutions.com>...
> 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."

Didn't even think of it, excellent strategy. Thanks. I'm surprised you posted it, it's golden.

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

LB Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 20:00:01 CST