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I learned this the hard way as well. If you've worked with some technology or product, but don't ever want to work with it again, don't mention it in your resu
by ConceptJunkie 12y ago
I learned this the hard way as well.
If you've worked with some technology or product, but don't ever want to work with it again, don't mention it in your resume.
I mentioned doing some ColdFusion work because, well, that's what I did as part of a previous job, but when I started looking for a new job, I quickly found I wanted to take that out.
Of course, if word gets out you're a software developer looking for work, there are a whole slew of recruiters that will spam you for anything that even remotely involves computers. It's been 2-1/2 years since I was looking for work and I still get a couple e-mails a week spamming for jobs like a Linux Admin in Detroit or a Data Analyst in St. Louis (I live in Virginia and never had any intention of moving).
- scmoore 12y agoI'm a week into a ColdFusion job (also in VA) and this is a little unsettling -- pretty sure I'll want to leave this stuff behind me when I move on.
- davidgerard 12y agoI mostly find it hilarious. Of course, the flow of recruiter spam started as soon as I hit a magic 5 years' Unix experience and hasn't stopped.
- MichaelCrawford 12y agoI'm looking for work in Portland, Oregon. The recruiters seem to be catching my drift in a rather oblique way, in that just since yesterday, they've been sending me inquiries about jobs in Portland, Maine.
- RogerL 12y agoYou match 50% of the requirements, that's better than the usual recruiter spam.