[ale] Titles

Charles Shapiro hooterpincher at gmail.com
Tue Dec 23 09:15:05 EST 2014


Or you could just go here (
http://siliconvalleyjobtitlegenerator.tumblr.com/ ).

-- CHS


On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/23/14 08:00, Brandon Colbert wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the feedback.
>>
>
> The main thing to ask is "did the person who wrote the title really
> understand the job?" In some places that's a "yes", in other places no. If
> it's a resume title then it gives you a lead to discuss your strengths and
> accomplishments.
>
> A recruiter called me about an Oracle DB/Solaris support job. The hiring
> manager really needed someone to lead the growth of the entire Unix
> infrastructure. Same job, two very different perspectives.
>
> If this is for a resume, define the job you want and show how you've been
> working towards that for some time. Everything on my resume is true, but
> it's not everything I've done. My resume does show those things that
> demonstrate the type of work I really want to do. I don't talk about
> supporting HP/UX or SCO because I don't want to do that anymore.
>
> For folks transitioning into a new area, the same applies. Find the best
> "industry standard" you can for the role. Highlight what your background
> already shows and find ways to build the skills you don't have. This is a
> great time to help with an Open Source project; you build skills, resume
> bullets, and the community.
>
> Leam
>
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