Looking for Advice

[Henry Spencer]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Madison Kelly wrote:
>   So my question is, how have some of you gone about getting a job when
> you have no paper work but are good at what you do? How do you get a
> given company to even respond to your resume?

Basically, you have to think "pull" rather than "push":  you need somebody
at the company telling the H.R. department "I want to see MK's resume even
if it doesn't look like he's qualified".  H.R. departments generally don't
understand technical people but do understand credentials.  If you don't
have credentials and aren't well enough known for reputation alone to get
you in the door, you need to develop contacts. 

(Actually, those three cases boil down to two:  the reputation seldom does
the job by itself, it just makes it easier to acquire contacts.)

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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