GARTHWILSON wrote:
I don't know what "CV" stands for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curriculum_vitaeWhen I got hired to teach at the college, they didn't ask for a resume. They asked for my CV. It has two lines: Bachelors in Mathematics, Masters in Mathematics. Where I work, they ask for transcripts because we are legally required to have someone teach only courses they "have experience in" according to the state. I remember before those rules, I would teach Engineering classes, and once they offered me Drafting and Design classes. I'm still able to teach Business Math classes I guess.
Conclusion: No resumes for colleges.
GARTHWILSON wrote:
Yes, two spaces.
I'm with you on that, I still do that to this day.
drogon wrote:
A lot of folks, like myself in the IT industry (and I'm specifically referring to programmers, engineers, designers and not management) are neuro diverse or autistic, "on the spectrum", or whatever. Normies just don't have a clue what our world looks like.
I completely agree. When we have to work with other departments at the college, sheesh. We call them "circular thinkers" because they go round and round without actually *doing* anything. We are problem solvers, that's literally my job: I stand up in front of a lot of folks, present problems, and then solve them. I do this nearly a hundred times each day. Give me a problem, I will solve it. And sometimes we are a bit weird, but you know what? We solve the problems, they don't. They can't be normies without us inventing/creating/giving them tools to be normies.
GARTHWILSON wrote:
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Experience suggests that you are far more likely to get noticed if you're applying to a small firm where the person employing you will be the person reading your CV; when a HR drone gets his hands on it he is _always_ just looking for keywords and is very unlikely to have the technical expertise to assess your abilities.
That's good to know, but it's harder to find smaller firms. They have a harder time finding us, we have a harder time finding them. If I went to look for a job outside of the college, I wouldn't know where to start besides bit companies unfortunately.
Thank you Garth for starting this topic up. It's something that I've been wondering about for a while. Besides the small arguments about two spaces or one, I'd like to see others show the *where* and *how* of job searching/applying so people like me could actually get those jobs. [ Not that I'm thinking of leaving the college, but it's good to have backup plans, that don't always involve teaching. ]
Thank you everyone! Good discussion!
Chad