@Emad-R said in [Using GNU\Linux on your
why the fuck should i go buy 1000$, go blow your money for bragging rights, if your smart you can get Win 10 Home license for 15$ valid but you just need to research
Then do it and quit bitching. If you can't handle Linux that's fine. Most people can't.
@Emad-R said in Using GNU\Linux on your workstation is rubbish:
Linux is only meant for Server OSes ... not for our workstations, it will only take more of your time.
@wrx7m said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
@scottalanmiller said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
@wrx7m said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
I would think that if you were planning on "moonlighting" or whatever, that could be an issue for a potential employer.
Planning on is different. Everyone has done it in the past. Employers assume that they are people who admit it, and people who hide it.
Right. However, putting your side gig (moonlighting) on your resume could tip them off that you would be doing it.
Yeah, its really neutral at best in most situations that I have seen.
@scottalanmiller said in Do you list your side business on your resume?:
I can only imagine that part of the issue is having side jobs that are like "helped with my buddies computer repair business" or "consult with local doctors to set up their networks" on the side.
My side jobs are things like "Ran the largest Windows migration even done for Dell with 65 sites across seven states. Worked as part of a joint Microsoft, Veritas, and Dell team working for all three companies. Ran the POC, the engineering setup, and then ran the project over the course of 15 months."
You are also interviewing for consulting roles, so it's relevant. That's not the case for most employee roles
From being on the hiring side and working with managers, it is always seems like either a negative or neutral at best. Because it isnt as easy to verify and no one knows effort put into it.
Its probably an unfair assessment, but that has been my experience. Its honestly been my independent opinion as well because more times than not I think it is filler.
Upgrading bluetooth did not work, but restarting bluetooth service worked. I think I should be able to script something here
@scottalanmiller said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
One a small shop, the number of resumes is small. Not many people apply to work at one person shops. Especially these days. Even larger shops with full IT teams often get nearly zero applications for IT work these days. You have to go seek applicants, they rarely come to you.
You assume they using good job descriptions and revealing the company size
@Obsolesce said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@IRJ said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@Dashrender said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@scottalanmiller said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@Dashrender said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@scottalanmiller said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@Dashrender said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
It might be better to say - the places that Scott and elk WANT to work use recruiters...
No, lots of good places don't. But lots of good places do. I think the point was only that HR doesn't play the huge role that people often imagine.
I haven't been in the job market going through HR in - hmm... ever I guess. First tech job was a bench job, but was pulled off a telemarketing call floor to work it part time as one of the few on the floor who "knew anything about computers" - so no HR for that move, that job became full time jack of all trades on anything PC/phone related (including pulling cables). Inter-company department change - no HR, moved to another company where a friend worked - no HR, company merged with second company - no HR - Opened business - of course no HR, closed business went to work for a client - no HR...
Nope, never really dealt with HR myself.
Me either, not for getting a job. Dealing with things after being hired, sure. But HR never seems to be in the critical path to getting the offer. Or when it is, it's like just in doing background checks and stuff, but not in the interview process.
Sure, but that said - I definitely don't consider this the norm. I mean it might be the norm for someone in your position - where people are seeking you out - but if you have zero contacts at the company - how else are you getting in the door? Do the F500 basically allow the hiring teams to get the resumes directly, and only after they pick a candidate have HR do the checks?
It's always filtered with large companies. They almost always pay internal or external recruiters for this. There is no way they are reading through every resume.
It's only the small companies with no resources who have one HR person filter resumes and forward the ones they like to the hiring manager.
Yep and thats the issue many here describe. Recruiters are not cheap, so small businesses dont use them. Even though, we all know the importance of finding a good candidate and how much money it can save in the long run.
The one man IT department is too busy to look over resumes, so HR filters for them. I think this is fairly common.
@Dashrender said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@scottalanmiller said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@Dashrender said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@scottalanmiller said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
@Dashrender said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:
It might be better to say - the places that Scott and elk WANT to work use recruiters...
No, lots of good places don't. But lots of good places do. I think the point was only that HR doesn't play the huge role that people often imagine.
I haven't been in the job market going through HR in - hmm... ever I guess. First tech job was a bench job, but was pulled off a telemarketing call floor to work it part time as one of the few on the floor who "knew anything about computers" - so no HR for that move, that job became full time jack of all trades on anything PC/phone related (including pulling cables). Inter-company department change - no HR, moved to another company where a friend worked - no HR, company merged with second company - no HR - Opened business - of course no HR, closed business went to work for a client - no HR...
Nope, never really dealt with HR myself.
Me either, not for getting a job. Dealing with things after being hired, sure. But HR never seems to be in the critical path to getting the offer. Or when it is, it's like just in doing background checks and stuff, but not in the interview process.
Sure, but that said - I definitely don't consider this the norm. I mean it might be the norm for someone in your position - where people are seeking you out - but if you have zero contacts at the company - how else are you getting in the door? Do the F500 basically allow the hiring teams to get the resumes directly, and only after they pick a candidate have HR do the checks?
It's always filtered with large companies. They almost always pay internal or external recruiters for this. There is no way they are reading through every resume.
Thanks @black3dynamite I will try these steps and report back