Fifty years' experience in C programming; 20 in VB...

"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3CD18D9D.25533570_at_exesolutions.com...
> Developer wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for a contract job in one of areas of my experience:
> > [snip]
> > Mail: art_of_proramming_at_seznam.cz
> >
> > Detailed CV upon request.
> > Working languages: English, German, Czech.

Based on the e-mail address noted above, I'd say at least one of those languages needs a bit of work!

> [snip]
>
> No one is competent in as many things as you have listed. I'm not
saying that
> you don't know them to some extent. But in the current marketplace
people look
> for experts, not generalists.
>
> If you want to be successful I would urge you to decide what it is you
want to
> do and apply for each position with a resume that reflects your
experience in
> that area and that area alone. When I see a resume that looks like a
to-do list
> I just toss it aside and so do most recruiters.
>
> Daniel Morgan

So why, Daniel, do so many companies post such enormous laundry lists of skills on their websites for any one position? The impression I get from most job postings I've looked at is that companies ARE looking for someone who's mastered more than is humanly possible: Five to seven years experience in at least fifteen of some twenty different acronyms listed. Maybe if companies didn't advertise their jobs this way and were more honest about what essential _core_ skills were required for each job, job-seekers wouldn't feel the need to make resumes like this. Received on Thu May 02 2002 - 17:32:56 CDT