krowley (10/31/2013)
Gary Varga (10/31/2013)
krowley (10/31/2013)
...was sort of hoping a short cut at least existed...None that are worthwhile. Great rewards generally require great endeavour.
It isn't the work I want to short cut around. I would gladly do MORE work if I could avoid the hell of applying for jobs, traditional interviews etc... I just find the whole process of job hunting as I have experienced it so dehumanizing it makes me crazy. Give me some way of proving I am competent at what I do and then help me find a position that fits my personality and skills without all this and I will love you.
I guess what I want is a kind of E-Harmony for job hunting. A shortcut only in that it does a lot of the personality etc matching for you, but you still have to do the hard work of building a relationship.
I think the issue us technical folks have with job hunting is that HR people are clueless when it comes to what we do. They want nice clean designations, like MVP, DBA, et cetera. The issue is a lot of technical people perform tasks that are completely unrelated to their title. I believe I posted before about how one company looking for DotNet programmers the year it was released, wanted 4-5 years experience! They see something like MVP, MCSE or CCNA and they assume expertise.
We all know a certification does not prove nor disprove expertise. HR staff assume it does, and frequently discard resumes from those of us who are better qualified but just don't have the fancy letters.
Easier job searching? I wish.
Dave