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Subject:RE: New TECHWR-L Poll Question From:"Dick Margulis" <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:27:51 -0500
Tom Murrell wrote:
>
>Having said that, there is one piece of information--invariably
>unrelated to my technical communication skills--that I always include
>in my resume. That's my service in Vietnam. If that's going to be a
>problem, I don't suspect I'll want to work there. (And I suspect it has
>been a problem for some.)
And I do the same thing. I spent three years full time in the antiwar movement and my résumé says so. If that's going to be a problem, I, too, probably won't want to work there.
One headhunter who wasn't reading too carefully, though, sent me for an interview at a company that I didn't know was a weapons manufacturer (I knew the company in a different context and didn't know what this division did--mea culpa for that). The interview took less time than the walk down the corridor from the guard's desk. The manager and I parted on good terms, respecting each other's political persuasions and agreeing that the headhunter had missed a crucial detail.
Dick
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