In an age today of "political correctness", I have found that companies want *ANY* reason to lay people off, switch their entire IT operations over to Bangladesh, or hire their niece or nephew from grade school. If *ANYTHING* sounds negative within a given email, letter or fax, then you will be passed up with someone who matches the abovestated qualifications (see previous sentence).
-r
P.S. People usually don't care what I think until it's too late and too expensive. Either you can pay me now, or pay me much later! ;)
At 02:35 PM 2/23/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Here's how I would address that question.
For the past five years I have been trying to find a stable company where I can settle down and establish myself in a career. I selected your company because you have a good reputation and appear to be stable. Do I need to be concerned about that?
Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Whyte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 7:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Had a lot of jobs - how do I avert that negative aspect
Hi,
I am on the job market again.
I have been in the security space for a while, and have unfortunately, had a lot of jobs. In my early years, I admit it, I was a jumper. I stayed at a company about 1-2 years, and then moved on to bigger and better opportunities.
As to my last 5 years in the industry, I have had 4 jobs. Two with software companies that both went belly up (not a rarity in the infosec space) and the other 2 with consulting companies that also ran out of money.
Now when I go on interviews, they all say, we like your experience but view my job hoping as a negative.
I have not found a good way to answer that questions. Any ideas?
I just tell them that yes, early on, I was a jumper. But in the last 5 years I had some bad luck. But then again, this is a volatile sector.
Can anyone assist me (and I am sure there are others in the exact same boat) in how I can answer the questions of 'why have you had so many jobs?' in a positive manner?
Thanx!
Aaron [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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