> Bob Brigante wrote > > I thought Nancy Berg's (daughter of Mad Magazine Dave Berg) > workaround was a clever way to minimize the possibility of having to > talk about MIU:
I don't mind talking about MIU or MUM. But if I never get the interview, the conversation is impossible. > http://www.us-webmasters.com/copywriting-Nancy-Berg/ > EDUCATION: > M.A. in Communication/Screenwriting, Stanford University, 1987 > Stanford Mass Media Institute, film production, 1982 > B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, MIU, 1978, > State University of New York at Purchase and Buffalo Thanks for posting this, Bob. I had seen it before but hadn't thought of it as a model for my own CV. > Note that Nancy writes out SUNY's full name, but only initials MIU, > and by her judicious use of commas and juxtaposition, allows a casual > reader to infer that she got her degree from SUNY (at Purchase and > Buffalo, where she only took a few courses -- her BA is from MIU). I would say the use of punctuation goes beyond judicious. It's incorrrect, and it's misleading. It suggests MIU is a division or department of SUNY. I'm reluctant to apply for jobs with a doctored r�sum�. It's a good way to get fired. Nancy isn't applying for salaried gigs, I don't imagine. She's getting projects and working as a contractor. She runs less risk to doctor her r�sum�. > However, I only advise the above strategy for those who are deficient > in or lacking in confidence in their creativity. Far from being a > negative, having a MIU degree gives one the opportunity (there are > never any problems in life, only opportunities) to exercise one's > creativity. I thnk the creativity needs to be applied to the r�sum�; otherwise, interviews are rare for me. Granted, I have no Fortune 500 companies on my r�sum�, which doesn't help build the Patrick Gillam brand, either. It could be that having "Maharishi" on my r�sum� isn't as big a problem as the absence of big names in American business. Please note that I'm not regretting my choices. I'm mainly wondering how other people have managed it. - Patrick Gillam To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
