Re: [tlug] [OT] Good IT Resume

["Marty Pauley" <marty.pauley@example.com>]

As it is related to the thread topic, I thought I would tell you all
the story of how I came to work in Tokyo.

On July 11th 2006 I was sitting in Northern Ireland thinking that I
was happy with my work situation, so I didn't need to be subscribed to
all the job opportunity mailing lists.  So I decided to unsubscribe.
When I reached the "Linux Tokyo" list, I accidentally hit "search",
and one job opportunity appeared.

That job description was 5 words: "Linux Perl Tokyo Geeks welcome!"
That sounded good for me.

In my previous experience I had discovered that 96% of all recruitment
agents were idiots; I wanted to check this guy was not.  So I phoned
him, mentioned the advert, complimented him on his ability to spell
"Perl", and asked "What do you think a geek is?"  He was able to
answer my question in coherent english, so I said I would like to
apply, but I did not have a CV.  He then sent me an example CV and
told me to make something similar, which I did.

Then I had a bunch of telephone interviews with my employer, and got the job.

And we currently have a similar job opportunity, so: "Linux Perl Tokyo
Geeks welcome!".

--
Marty