Hi Martin Well put it this way. They have allowed me extra time to submit my CV and application form. They are also not especially concerned about my professional qualifications, they say that my case is an exception to the rule because I have the skills they want and according to the lady I saw on Wednesday when I went for an informal preliminary interview, I have proven my knowledge of the subjects in question by how much I was abler to tell her, and how readily I was able to answer her questions without hesitation or the need to refer to any external source for the information.
yes, qualifications are good, but not always essential. Gordon On 20 Jul 2012, at 14:11, Martin McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: This sounds absolutely perfect! While a well-rounded education is a wonderful thing, having skills that not everybody else has is like being able to print money when it comes to getting and keeping the kind of job that really puts food on the table and gives one a good feeling about life. While I've heard this argument about university education, it applies equally well to whatever level one has achieved. The argument goes something like: The purpose of an education is to make you well-rounded and aware of the rest of the world. The other side says that education is to train you for a vocation so that you are employable and educational institutions must be most concerned about that. I am not sure if there is a right and wrong side to this argument, but having marketable skills that set a person apart from the thundering herd sure helps put food on the table and gives you interesting problems to solve. I speak from experience, here, as every job I have ever held with maybe one very short exception, I got because I knew things that others didn't know. Not that others weren't capable of learning those things, but if you already know them, you get the job done faster and better. Putting your amateur radio experience on the CV was excellent as it shows the ability to commit to a long-term effort. A good number of employers don't really give a darn about what grades you made in high school or college, but they get very concerned if you left early. They are impressed by carrying whatever job you do to a conclusion. Actually, I guess, there were two jobs I got just because I was looking. One was a Summer job while in school in which the state of Oklahoma Visual Services agency would hire blind students for the Summer to answer telephones and type addresses on envelopes. After they found I could fix things, that job turned in to a real job repairing tape and record players for the Talking Book program. It sure beat the heck out of answering phones. The other job was a six-month adventure with a company that rebuilt engine parts but even there, I got to do more interesting things since I knew about electronics. Not many interesting things, but it helped break the monotony. Anyway, this sounds like your lucky day. Congratulations! Martin "Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith" writes: > Hello Ian; Lynne replying on behalf of both of us. > > Thank you. Gordon is very enthusiastic about it, very up-beat which is > something that we, his family, have not seen for a very long time. :) > > We will let the group know how things go. > > Lynne > > On 20 Jul 2012, at 08:07, Ian McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Gordon, that's fantastic news and I hope that you get the job. It > sounds like it's a great opportunity for you to utilise all the skills > you have and put them to good use in a payed capacity. 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