28 Jun
2000
28 Jun
'00
8:43 p.m.
True, fer shurr . . . BUT . . . ask anyone who's looked for work in this
labor market, when they say people are being cold-called by headhunters and
the like . . . ask someone who fits the conventional model, even 20 years
hence, and then ask someone who doesn't, for whatever reason, military,
family, winning the lotto, making a million-selling record, etc, and see who
gets the jobs and who doesn't. It's hard enough getting people to read a
resume' without having to wade through lots of difficult-to understand
material in it.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: allisonp <allisonp(a)world.std.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: College
From: Passer, Michael <PasserM(a)umkc.edu>
To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:48 PM
Subject: OT: College
degree. Doing so right after high school is the
path of
least resistance--it _is_ harder when you're older (from
experience).
However when older it can be a more directed activity.
have filled that time--such as having served in
the Peace
Corps, the military, or a real-world job--that might just
have made a person who waited to go to college appreciate
the opportunity laid before them. A person who did such a
thing may well be a better candidate for it.
Big time.
While there is no shortage of the kind of people
who will not take a second look at those whose resumes
don't fit the mold, there are also plenty of others less
closed minded who would likely be more satisfying to
work for.
so very true. Those are the people willing to offer challenges
that both benefit the business and the people.
Allison