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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:34 am
by Silentom
F7 is a peon's best friend.

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:41 am
by mikey
Which books?
I think Our Iceberg Is Melting, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and one more that I don't recall and I Shift-Deleted it already, so I can't get it back...

I mean, sure, they are vaguely business- or employment-related or whatever...reading popular books does not belong on a resume in my opinion...unless the point was that she was literate, in which case, that moves her up to the second quartile of resumes that I've reviewed so far at least. But starting your e-mail:

"To whom it may concern!" also loses some points on the literacy scale...you open a letter with an exclamation point? Get bent.

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:28 pm
by meow
What about personal achievements? Like beating Super Mario Bros on NES in under 10 minutes.

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:29 pm
by Silentom
That should be a hire on the spot achievement.

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:31 pm
by Craig
I had a line stating that i had 2% of all posts on letsgopens.com for a while but i had to remove that.

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:42 pm
by mikey
What about personal achievements? Like beating Super Mario Bros on NES in under 10 minutes.
Only if no warp zones...

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:16 pm
by Silentom
Hmm that's a valid point. No whistles in 3, either.

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:47 pm
by meow
What about personal achievements? Like beating Super Mario Bros on NES in under 10 minutes.
Only if no warp zones...
You see, sir, I feel as if utilizing the warp zones shows my ability to minimize effort and resources while maximizing output and productivity. Being able to properly leverage all the tools at my disposal is one of my greatest strengths.

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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:23 pm
by PFiDC
Nothing like being courted by 2 different companies at the same time. Today I got an offer 25% above the original if I agreed to not have my final interview with the rival company on Monday and join them instead. I took it (I had already been negotiating for 2 days).

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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 8:23 am
by shmenguin
Nothing like being courted by 2 different companies at the same time. Today I got an offer 25% above the original if I agreed to not have my final interview with the rival company on Monday and join them instead. I took it (I had already been negotiating for 2 days).
The catch being that they're human traffickers

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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:52 am
by meow
Nothing like being courted by 2 different companies at the same time. Today I got an offer 25% above the original if I agreed to not have my final interview with the rival company on Monday and join them instead. I took it (I had already been negotiating for 2 days).
Yea, but can you beat NES Mario in under 10 minutes?

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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 10:58 am
by obhave
I recommended someone apply to my company because I think they would fit in great with our small team. He sends in his resume without a cover letter and spelled my bosses name wrong :face:

This folks is how you mess up a good networking opportunity.

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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 4:32 pm
by PFiDC
Nothing like being courted by 2 different companies at the same time. Today I got an offer 25% above the original if I agreed to not have my final interview with the rival company on Monday and join them instead. I took it (I had already been negotiating for 2 days).
The catch being that they're human traffickers
:lol:

Yes but other than that...

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Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:08 pm
by columbia
No, we're not buying you an iMac, just because you're "more comfortable" with it than Windows. :pop:

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Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:21 pm
by Silentom
Macs suck.

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Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:24 pm
by count2infinity
Macs suck.
Mac sucks. Wait... what?

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Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:31 pm
by BigMck
I recommended someone apply to my company because I think they would fit in great with our small team. He sends in his resume without a cover letter and spelled my bosses name wrong :face:

This folks is how you mess up a good networking opportunity.
Similar to this, I gave a great recommendation to my boss about a former coworker. This person went through the extensive interview process and upon being given an offer, took that back to their current employer to justify a raise request. Never spoke with the idiot again.

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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:27 pm
by mac5155
I sent this lady an entire PPT deck. she replies back "do you have just slides 2 and 3 separate".

u friggin kidding me right lady?

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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:07 pm
by Morkle
I sent this lady an entire PPT deck. she replies back "do you have just slides 2 and 3 separate".

u friggin kidding me right lady?
Honestly this was one of the major reasons I was so eager to get out of the agency life. My entire job consisted of proving data, which required deck upon deck upon deck needing created. Then they only pick and chose what they wanted to read. I feel for you, guy.

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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:17 pm
by mac5155
I sent this lady an entire PPT deck. she replies back "do you have just slides 2 and 3 separate".

u friggin kidding me right lady?
Honestly this was one of the major reasons I was so eager to get out of the agency life. My entire job consisted of proving data, which required deck upon deck upon deck needing created. Then they only pick and chose what they wanted to read. I feel for you, guy.
I was more annoyed she couldn't figure out "right click - delete" unwanted slides and "Save as"

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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:21 pm
by shafnutz05
Image

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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:49 pm
by dodint
I'd have a nice chuckle before deleting that one.

Or hire him to run the Pens social media accounts.

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:51 pm
by Sam's Drunk Dog
If I didn't know that Shyster was a lawyer, I'd think that was his.

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:55 pm
by grunthy
Mimhb?

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:33 am
by NAN
Is that for real?