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by fecak 13y ago
Since she doesn't have a job in the industry, are they still called 'side projects'? I agree with the sentiment though, that she should focus on building a portfolio of code that she can use as evidence that she knows what s
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by fecak 13y ago
There are exceptions. Here in the US, most career fairs consist primarily of larger and older companies with booths, and the attendees tend to be people who have been unemployed or unhappy for extended periods of time. If you find yoursel
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by fecak 13y ago
That is pretty accurate. Most interviewers won't spend too much time talking about themselves, but asking a question that gives them the opportunity to do so gives you an advantage over interviewees that do not.
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by fecak 13y ago
Another note on #3 - if you want the interview to remain positive, asking the interviewer what they like about working there and why they joined the company will pretty much guarantee that things will take a positive turn (unless the person
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by fecak 13y ago
Luckily for you, the career fairs you go to in college should be your last. Once you have a job and some marketable skills, you don't want to be hanging around career fairs. To differentiate yourself, definitely mention side projects
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by fecak 13y ago
This question can lead to quite a long list of answers. I've posted several of my blog posts about job search here on HN over the past couple years ( http://jobtipsforgeeks.com ), and I write extensively about job search and
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by fecak 13y ago
To echo some of the sentiments here, I don't know why you even question your potential value to startups. Assuming you self-assessed properly, your skill set falls directly in line with what many companies are seeking (JS, HTML, CSS a
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by fecak 13y ago
GitHub pages provides free hosting for something like this, some templates, and with some fairly simple changes in Markdown and CSS you could have this up relatively quickly.
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by fecak 13y ago
What seems to make this even more 'creepy' is the listing of ethnicities for the women developers, no? That comes across as saying that the women are somewhat exotic (from other countries). It almost seems like he's saying
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by fecak 13y ago
Recruiter here. I'd leave it on, keep things positive when discussing, and own the situation as a learning experience. The risk of leaving it off is much greater to bite you down the road, and your honest explanation should show a leve
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by fecak 13y ago
Resumes suffer the same problem, which is why something like the product I'm working on GeekRez at least takes a bit of that effect away. References are also one part, but again it's easy for most people to get someone to say the
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by fecak 13y ago
The difference here is people who have worked with a technology and people who are listing technologies that they have 2 weeks with in the same group as the technology they have 5 years in. I'd hope that you would somehow differentiat
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by fecak 13y ago
To some extent what Michael is saying is already true, but since resumes don't have a character limit candidates aren't held to it. If you were given a finite amount of space, such as one page, what would you choose to describe?
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by fecak 13y ago
The current system isn't entirely broken, but it needs works, and the work needs to come from both sides. Candidates need to do a better job of how they market themselves to employers, and employers need to improve how they select and
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by fecak 13y ago
We are not announced publicly yet, but I'm working with a partner on a project called GeekRez ( http://geekrez.com ) which is trying to solve the problem you mention. There is some info up and you can sign up for notices, an
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by fecak 13y ago
I don't get too many official looking cover letters, but I don't want one. I want a resume and in the body of the email I want a couple sentences that tell me why I should bother to open the resume (I'll open it anyway, but
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by fecak 13y ago
Good candidates are rarely on the market for an extended period of time, and are often much easier for experienced recruiters and hiring managers to identify than mediocre or below average candidates. When I have a candidate that I know is
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by fecak 13y ago
Java programmers tend to have longer lists for a few other reasons. For one, the number of available frameworks, IDE's, and other tools is much more significant than other language ecosystems. There really isn't another dev group
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by fecak 13y ago
There is a tendency for people that are less skilled to pad their resume a bit to try and give the appearance of being more rounded and knowledgeable. This backfires for a couple reasons. The first reason is that it is fairly well-known a
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by fecak 13y ago
Smith's Nineteenth Rule is probably spot on based on most resumes I see. The ones that list every insignificant detail are sometimes good at getting interviews (particularly in companies that use ATS or train recruiters/HR to sca
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by fecak 13y ago
I'd agree. Maybe 75% of the resumes I get are, as you colorfully say, punching above the weight class. I've continued to encourage job seekers (whether or not they are using my recruiting service) to apply to less jobs and spend
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by fecak 13y ago
In the original article last year I included a reference to what we typically call 'buzzword bingo' for people either trying to claim much more experience than they actually have or trying to game an ATS (applicant tracking system
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Why You Didn't Get The Interview, Part II(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
33 points by fecak 13y ago|34 comments
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Tesla Motors to Replace Oracle on NASDAQ 100 Index(nasdaq.com)
18 points by fecak 13y ago|0 comments
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by fecak 13y ago
This is the point I think others may be missing. Charging suffering people more for something due to an "act of God" type scenario is where gouging comes into play. When supply and demand don't meet due to natural changes i
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When To Leave Your Programming Job(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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by fecak 13y ago
I hope it works out for you. I do like the model, particularly if you allow some rotation between clients for the developers (negative impact on short-term productivity, positive impact on long-term fit).
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by fecak 13y ago
The ugly side of contract to hire is when offers aren't made. That is why it is difficult to convince perm salaried employees to take contract to hire jobs (I'm a recruiter) based on that risk alone. Unless the person was consid
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by fecak 13y ago
My understanding of at will employment is that a reason does not even need to be given to the fired employee. You can sue and claim it was for one of the protected reasons, but I don't think your termination requires a justification.
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by fecak 13y ago
I'm a little surprised that all the comments thus far and the article itself never used the term "Fermi Problems". Whether or not someone calls them a brainteaser is up to them I guess. I too think of brainteasers as trick

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