On my resume' I put that I'm an accomplished
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Seconded.
There are plenty of times and places for joking, but on a resume is absolutely not one of them, even if you aren't seriously looking for or in need of work. At best, it will confuse or annoy the recipient, and at worst, he/she will not consider you should you make a serious application later on.
All in all, the only thing which will come of this is a bad impression.
Unless, of course, you're applying at Phantom Manufacturing.
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Worst. Career move. Ever.
Work is serious business. Your life depends on getting one and holding onto it, or moving to something better and in the current climate where workers' rights are being thrown into the shredder because of "teh economy", it's not going any better.
You could have mentioned under the "hobbies" category that you play a realistic space simulator that requires knowledge of orbital mechanics and demands thorough planning.
This may have been of value depending on the firm you're sending your resumes to (they must be tailored).
Keep in mind that the average HR wetware device who will read your resume is an imagination-less, humorless entity whose brain could safely be used as a doorstop or paperweight. The only time I messed with my resume was when I knew who was reading it, so I added "international arms dealer" to it.
Work is serious business. Your life depends on getting one and holding onto it, or moving to something better and in the current climate where workers' rights are being thrown into the shredder because of "teh economy", it's not going any better.
You could have mentioned under the "hobbies" category that you play a realistic space simulator that requires knowledge of orbital mechanics and demands thorough planning.
This may have been of value depending on the firm you're sending your resumes to (they must be tailored).
Keep in mind that the average HR wetware device who will read your resume is an imagination-less, humorless entity whose brain could safely be used as a doorstop or paperweight. The only time I messed with my resume was when I knew who was reading it, so I added "international arms dealer" to it.
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Absolutely no joke, it is the last item in accomplishments and I intend to get a rise out of anybody that reads it. First off they'll be a-wondering what an xr-2 is in the first place!
If those hr drones need to be stodgy then it is my goal to lighten'em up a little. No wonder why corporate activities are so monotonous. Especially those 'team bonding' exercises. I have no intention of bonding or playing those 'games'. This is serious!
If those hr drones need to be stodgy then it is my goal to lighten'em up a little. No wonder why corporate activities are so monotonous. Especially those 'team bonding' exercises. I have no intention of bonding or playing those 'games'. This is serious!
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I mean this in all seriousness: Enjoy being unemployed. With that attitude I would not hire you in a month of Sundays.
Getting a job isn't about restructuring a company to fit you or re-furbishing the HR peoples' attitudes, it's about conforming to the policies already in place and demonstrating that you'll benefit the company. From what I've just seen, I find it difficult to think of a business environment you'd fit well into.
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It helps demonstrate I am not of the facebook crowd and that I only play intelligent games.
But, consider this one! Somebody I know had bragged all about her facebook activities, provided links and invites and everything. She invited everybody in the company to come to a get together. And 3 months afterward she did indeed get hired. Go figure that!
From time to time you get these hr drones that like to make you jump around through hoops.
But one thing, they are not gods, and I do not treat them as such.
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I tried hard to fit in with the corporate drag. Not my gig. SAS, is a good company and very lighthearted and the amount of freedom you get there is simply astounding. Check it out!
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The SAS is lighthearted? I sincerely hope that one got lost in translation, when you say SAS to me, I hear [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Air_Service]SAS[/ame] - Trust me, anything but lighthearted...
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When you say SAS, I hope you don't mean [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Air_Service"]these guys[/ame]:
They look anything but lighthearted.
EDIT: Beaten to the punch by Xyon.
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When you say SAS, I hope you don't mean these guys:
They look anything but lighthearted.
EDIT: Beaten to the punch by Xyon.
No not them guys. I was referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAS_(software)
If you're gonna be cubicle drone, this is a pretty good place to be. Though I wouldn't mind roughing it for a few months with those dudes.
...anything but lighthearted. Well I bet they just look tough in the picture. b/w photos make tough guys look even meaner! I bet they got families and kids back home or something.
(do we have a smiley face delivering doughnuts and cupcakes?)
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HR drones won't care what kind of games you play, and there are *much* better ways to demonstrate that you "aren't of the facebook crowd" than listing video game experience on your resume.
Oh wow, an anecdote. If you'll notice, someone in this thread already provided an anecdote of putting "international arms dealer" on their resume. Doesn't mean it's a good idea to do it yourself.
Plus, there's a big difference between listing "good at video games" as a skill and actually demonstrating that you have the capability to successfully organize large events. The first one, hiring managers won't care about. The second looks good.
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You're right, they're not gods, so they probably won't know what an XR2 is. And they won't care. They're going to move on from your resume to one that includes relevant experience that they care about. HR drones basically do a keyword match on your resume, and ignore anything that isn't a keyword they're looking for.
Saying "I play intelligent video games" is the sort of thing you can say during an interview. A resume is not the place for that. If you've programmed a large add-on for Orbiter, that's an acceptable thing to list under related experience--playing a video game is not.
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Agreed with that. A CV that listed someone as a pilot when then turned out to be lying would be in the bin. Forget the XR-2 bit as most corporate folks couldn't tell the difference between a 747 and a Cessna. They'll see the key word "pilot".
Interesting enough, a friend of mine used his moderator position on another forum as an example of "dealing with a difficult customer" when he applied to the City of London Police. He passed because it was seen to be an inovative example of the core competencies the police are seekng.
As for SAS he means these guys. I went on a training course with them in my first job. Somewhere here I still have two certificates saying I've passed an "advanced SAS course" - Amusing to show people who don't work in IT or have heard of SAS. The jaw drops for a second then they go "wait a minute...."
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I don't know wether I'm being optimistic or pessimistic, but we still have two months to go....
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Yeah. This being teh interweb, let's not make it a challenge...
I... I... I can't believe it. I mean, maybe you can put "realistic space flight simulator" under your hobbies section, but seriously? Why do you think anyone is going to care about an unrealistic fictional spaceplane that you fly in a spaceflight sim? Why would anyone care that you fly a spaceflight sim at all?
It's all a bit baffling to me... :facepalm:
It's all a bit baffling to me... :facepalm:
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I do put spaceflight in my hobbies and my private projects page there as well, where the interested reader will find what? Orbiter addons 
But note the difference:
Try to imagine your own reaction if you got ~50 CVs per hour to process. It's you who want that job, not the other way around.
But note the difference:- I don't urge anybody to Google on any topic because surely no one would do it, while spaceflight is a general term (re: XR pilot).
- My addons = programming, which is what I do at work, and Orbiter is "just" a context.
- A few people would realise that it actually takes some brain cycles to master Orbiter, therefore it can't be perceived by you in the CV as an achievement but merely a hobby.
Try to imagine your own reaction if you got ~50 CVs per hour to process. It's you who want that job, not the other way around.
