I've never felt any discomfort with "Maharishi International University" on my CV. It usually sparks an interesting conversation. I tell them that I was very involved with Eastern spirituality when I was younger and that I still am, but not to the near fanatical extent that I used to be. They pick-up on your hesitation and embarrassment and wonder what your problem is with going to MIU. If you don't have a problem with it, why should they? -Peter
--- Patrick Gillam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > résumé. > 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 résumé. > > > 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 > résumé; > otherwise, interviews are rare for me. > > Granted, I have no Fortune 500 companies on my > résumé, > which doesn't help build the Patrick Gillam brand, > either. > It could be that having "Maharishi" on my résumé > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html 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/
