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reentering the market
6/6/2007 1:20:01 PM
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| What would you say to someone with no recent experience in their desired field (IT) but has been spending the last 5 years updating their knowledge.
In the 80's I was a consultant/programmer who specialized in supply chain solutions with the new MicroComputers. Those computers then don't even exist today.
In the 90's I was on disability for a medical situation that was corrected in 2000.
In the last several years I've gotten an AS in CS, A+, Network+, Security+, MCP. I'm a Cisco ... |
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Re: What Jobs Won't Americans Do?
6/7/2007 11:30:11 PM
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| I know this is an old post but let me get something off my chest anyway.
Since I'm reentering the work force after 15 years (for medical reasons) I've been contemplating that issue heavily. How do I compete with someone half my age with more than twice the recent experience I have. Would day labor be my savior?
What I've found is that:
1) documented workers like myself cost the employer more money because of SSI and the like,
2) documented workers take home less and therefore demand ... |
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Re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6/8/2007 1:06:19 AM
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| Obscene?
I have a hard time figuring-out how anybody could think of HGTTG as obscene. But then I really shouldn't underestimate human ingenuity. |
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Re: currently reading . . . .
6/8/2007 1:01:41 AM
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| Be sure to balance your work passions (in my case, IT) with something on the other side.
When I'm busy studying for certifications in Computer Science I occasionally sit down and read a cartoon book ("User Friendly" is my fav) and when I'm frustrated I reread Tupac's poetry. (If he, Tupac, could have that positive an attitude in the middle of his situation then I have to learn to live with mine!)
Recently I've been reading some biographies of the "founding fathers". I was amazed at John ... |
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Re: Good Work Tunes
6/8/2007 12:52:42 AM
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| Can I assume that certain types of music wouldn't be advisable? Hiphop/rap and big band for example. Both are irritating to some but I'm a big fan of both Will.I.am (Black Eyed Peas) and Count Basie. I might want to keep my collection of Bhangra (Indian dance mixed with hiphop) and Rai (pop music from Algeria) to myself.
I think I'll stick with smooth jazz at work. |
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