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I only thought of it after finding out someone who left here added significant weight to his resume.... one of the applied to locations called.... I was speechless (which is an achievement).
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John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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The sad thing is, you can't reply to such calls honestly. Most corporate legal departments would throw their hands up in horror if you spoke with a former employee's prospective employer. There have been far too many successful litigations based upon such statements.
Software Zen: delete this;
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"I can confirm that John Doe worked at My Company from Start Date to End Date. Beyond that I have no comment."
You've said exactly nothing critical that Mr Doe could make an issue of, but the fact that he wasn't able to find references who praised him to the sky will be immediately obvious to the HR drone calling you and allow him/her to draw the correct conclusion.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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which was about how the conversation went... with a lot of silence before the response which spoke volumes more.
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John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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Marc
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Me neither. But do we need a reason for everything? 
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In fact, when I list all the technologies I ever worked with, I get calls about positions I am not really interested in, such as Java and ASP.NET. Therefore, I made my latest resume (from 2007) free from keywords like Java, .NET, MFC, even if I do have experience with all these technologies. Worked fine in my case 
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It happened to me many times...
Cust: "Ohhh.. there is a project to add features to a system made in VB6 (or even Cobol)"
PM: Mmm... this guy! he knows VB6 (or whatever)...
Result: Many months working in Windows 2000 patching a very very old app.
Feeling going back to the 1970s, think about the "vi" editor (i hate it!).
...dreaming about objects, generics, lambdas and linq!
Wake up! The Singularity is coming.
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I try not to let people know I can do fortran (ouch). They still find out. Now my boss has put me down for a project in Ada. I am not keen on this. But someone has to do it I suppose.
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I was most annoyed when I was looking at a former colleagues linked in account only to find he was my team leader and architect. He was a good senior dev and later went on to work in the US (an Indians dream) but it annoyed me to see him claim my position.
Having read and interview based on CVs these numbers do not tie with reality.
And yes date stretching should have been in there.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I was most annoyed when I was looking at a former colleagues linked in account only to find he was my team leader and architect.
Hopefully he did not claim to have lived at your address and married your wife and raised your children.
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No that was personal, no real benifit to him. What got me was that he is a very good dev and now stands on his own merits far surpassing that project. Maybe he just needed the the initial boost.
The guy now lives on linked in and could be severley damaged by a flame war. I don't understand those who publish all their details and movements on the web.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I haven't had to find a job in thirteen years, but I have done the old trick of 'Stretching' dates to cover periods of inactivity.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Time is non-linear anyway. You'll notice that you get younger the closer you approach a good looking woman
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and the older you get when she ignores you
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
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I answered none. Although the last time I looked for a job was in 1997. I would have to create a totally new resume.
John
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Lucky man, here we have to keep our resumes upto date every time.
Thanks,
Anand.
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Same here - always 100% honest on my CV
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Who have you upset lately?
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Don't feel bad. I haven't ever had to look for a job. All of my positions I've held in my career, including the current one (20 years and counting) I found through casual, unsought contacts. My most recent resume is ten years old.
Software Zen: delete this;
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