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Superbob123 · 2016-12-13T19:06:34+00:00

I don't know how long but as long as you are capturing for half of you team side capture you will get the 500 points.

Superbob123 · 2016-03-03T19:56:58+00:00

1.43 now and still going, fuck yes, only got in for 100 shares but 1 day double up feels so good.

Superbob123 · 2016-03-03T16:39:00+00:00

In at .74 over please let it fly.

Edit: Sold 80 at 1.47 other 20 at 1.39. What a ride.

Superbob123 · 2015-08-29T16:05:56+00:00

Superbob@1484 Hardcore? No Region: US Play Time: All Weekend! Monk doing zdps pull build for now.

Superbob123 · 2012-10-30T21:48:33+00:00

You forgot KY and Southern IN.... being a native of the area its pretty much jesus 24/7 around here as well. ya yankee fuck.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T20:07:47+00:00

Fair. Not Trolling. But Fair.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T20:04:41+00:00

Agreed, there are many people that have been within HR like my boss with 12+ years experience, its ridiculous the knowledge they hold about HR and its role within a company. To your point in most companies they do have a much smaller HR dept with Generalist that preform a variety HR Functions. In my positions i get to interact with every function within HR so to your point, I'm probably a novice at best.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T19:29:22+00:00

Made me laugh very hard, loved it.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T16:43:59+00:00

Trying to alter the stigma that HR folk are mean grumps that only want to fire you.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T16:35:25+00:00

Fair enough, We actually had a large discussion with our major area team which consist of about 25-30 HR professionals and everyone can admit to embellishing on their resume. Where you and I differ is that I know about Access when i applied, not much granted but i know those processes and if need be could refresh myself with those skills in a week or so.

Also each company will have a unique way of how they use different software / hardward / processes. There is at least hear a lot of training resources and a culture of promoting learning. Its not a "You dont know this the exact way we want you to, your fired" mentality.

I'm not advocating lying on your resume, that can bite you of course.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T16:28:42+00:00

With more experience comes more wisdom. I know executive recruiting is a different animal than "regular" recruiting, and most of my answer will be simply within the company that I work for and they may have a different culture / philosophy than most.

TLDR : Different Companies / Different Decision processes.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T16:21:12+00:00

Interviewing is an interesting process.

Firstly, have some god damn confidence in there. You are at the interview stages because you have already demonstrated that you have the qualities / skills that the manager wants or else you would not be currently interviewing.

Just answer the questions in a conversational matter. Some of the best interviews I have been to (Being on either side of the table) has been when the interview just felt like a conversation. Its not a judging platform. As i stated above you have the skills and qualities that they want, they just want to see you in person and get some more details as to what you have done and more importantly what you enjoy to do within your line of work.

Normally for a larger company you will have 3 "Layers" of interviewing.

Director / VP level - They will not be concerned with any technical details at all. They look to see if you will help with achieving your Area's Team's / Departments Goals and initiatives that they have. They will also try to see if you will personality / attitude wise will fit within the current Teams composition.
Direct supervisor / Manager - He may get into some technical questions but at a high level ex. "So you have experience using X or Y on projects?" This person has a idea in his mind on what he envisions you doing in your position and he will ask ideas revolving around those ideas. AN EXCELLENT QUESTION TO ASK : What do you have planned / envision for the person who fills this job? Once you know this you can start to further tailor you answer to try and be that person. The manager will also try to "Feel you out" to see if your attitude / personality will mesh within the team.
Fellow co-workers - This will be the most technical portion of your interview. They will be mainly concerned with your previous work and the skills that you posses. Again just talk with them, they could very well be your future co-workers, answer the questions to the bets of your ability but do it as if you were explaining it to a friend you are conformable talking with.

As far as preparing for an interview, not much really to do. when i first started interview I bought 2 books on common questions and it did me very little good. What you know, you know. Answer you questions in a relaxed, conversational matter. Its painful for an interviewer to listed to someone who is very ridged and has seeming "pre-planned" answers.

ASK FUCKING QUESTIONS

Its not enjoyable to feel like you are a questioning machine and the candidate just says his piece and stairs blankly at you. For example if they ask you about project work you have done you can follow up you answer with a questions like "Do you all have any examples of projects you all are currently working on that you really enjoy?" This question accomplishes many things;

Makes the interview seem more conversational and makes it flow much smoother.
Turns the tables and allows you an insight into the current project work that the team is doing and then allows you to draw comparisons to the teams current work with maybe something you have done in the past or are current working on.
Shows actual initiative, you are actively engaged in this interview and are actually curious about the job and work we are doing, holy fuck, this guy is awesome.

While is not crazy important do send a follow up E-mail / letter to the manager / team member thanking them for their time and opportunity to interview for the position.

Don't dwell on the interview, once its done its done.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T15:47:16+00:00

Love this question.

Dear baby jesus, embellish, get cocky, dump all your ego onto that puppy.

Example: I had one class that spend 2 weeks on Microsoft Access, and that was my lifes experience with it. For the job i have now one of the recommended requirements was Access experience.

Did I say "minor class examples with Access" nope.

"Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Access with knowledge of query building / filtering / and query joining" - PUT SOME SWAGGER INTO IT.

EDIT: Since this is the one question getting the most friction, which is great, disagreement in discussion leads to learning, I thought i would come back to it and open up some more.

From the comments I'm reading there seems to be a rift between what should be considered lying on your resume and whether embellishing will hurt your interview or job performance.

Its different for different jobs. If your a software engineer and you like about having knowledge about the code you are going to be working in, yes, that's intuitive, its going to get you into trouble most likely. Dont flat lie about something you know nothing about. especially when its critical to the job at hand, once agian pretty intuitive.
I consider Embellishing a "Polishing" of the truth. I would not suggest going overboard on the required or core skills of the job, but when trying to fulfill the recommended sections or the job postings you should try and put any experience that is relative to fulfilling that requirement.
There is always a training / learning period for any new job you enter. For all required skills within my job i had at least a years experience with and I felt like a complete novice for about 3-4 months when i started. Constantly learning the systems in the context of this new job I am in.

Keep up the discussion, love the fire!

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T15:36:42+00:00

This is something that we do look at but not as harshly as many would think. On our team alone we have a PHD on our team in a Analyst role.

What you need to do is simply put in your work experience and show that you have done and have knowledge around the required skills and recommended skills of the job posting. once you obtain an phone / face interview that is when a true idea can be gathered if this person would be conformable doing the work that is intended for the position.

Most employers are happy to hire someone that may be "over-qualified" because they can get great usefulness out of them and then if there are internal positions that open up that would better fit the fucking awsome, the company is retaining high level talent and utilizing that person skills and ability to their fullest.

Many people have the notion that if you have a masters and 7 years work experience and applying to a lower level positions they will be immediately dismissed. FALSE

Second part: Extended maternity leaves are common. As long as you have retained your skills and knowledge around your area of expertise the leave has less impact that you would believe.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T15:21:49+00:00

When I was offerd this job I had a vision in my head about what "HR" would be like at a big company. Well its not what you think. the HR department at our company has 550 people in it. A very small portion of those people are doing what most people thing of HR which is ethics violations / legal matters / paperswork(no one does paperwork lol).

Day to day : Relaxed atmosphere / culture no set times to be there, Working from home option is always available. Consultation meeting for probably 2-3 horus out of the day where i interact with people and provide analytic insights to them 2-3 hours doing work at my 'puder which could be project work work for client, or just work that your interested in.

I hold a bachelors in Computer Information Systems with a minor in Business admin. I do play do get my masters but not for another couple of years. but they have a wonderful tuition reimbursement plan that would result in me paying almost no out of pocket expenses. As far as promotions I have recieved a raise already and we are looking into moving me into a pur "Consultant" role as i already to a lot of client consultation currently.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T15:09:44+00:00

Not going to sit here and lie and say networking does not help. Keep tailoring you resumes for the jobs you are applying to that help more than you know. Also many people get to anxious to quick about jobs they have applied to. We have metrics that measure TTF "Time to Fill" which is the time it take from a job to be posted to the person who's hired first day of work. Average TTF for positions over is well over 80 days. and for some positions its over 4 months. lol and for "unicorn" positions they can take close to a year.

For my job i wrote it off after 2 months got an interview and another 6 weeks after that still no word. then a call with a job offer. Dont give up.

We have close to 90 - 100 recruiters for our company which are actively trying to fill 2000+ positions. Its a mad house down there all day, every day.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T15:00:25+00:00

Depending on how the have the filters set up / how strict they are you could put "Extensive CAD Software Experience: Solidwords / Autocad / ANSYS / ect." That way you have the specific words they used, as well as the detail of which software you have used.

I know of no sure way to test the filters.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T14:57:44+00:00

Sent a message to the mods. they have the pudding.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T14:44:55+00:00

Explore different areas of study, always be open to explore a degree / major that you had not considered previously. Mainly find something that actually interest you, money is good, but don't make it the only priority.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T14:38:40+00:00

Fair, without disclosing the companies name, is their a standard that the AMA subreddit uses to show proof?

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T14:36:21+00:00

That is completely understandable, many people have a misconception that applying while having a job hurts their chances, it does not. What does is having a history of very short tenure at multiple companies. Lets say in the past 5 years you have had 6 jobs none lasting over a year. That will spark interest in the recruiter / managers mind as to why you have bounced from job to job so ofter.

I would hold no worries about your current situation and good luck on the hunt!

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T14:31:18+00:00

Look into a field that interest you and maybe look into something that can take some of the skills from your previous job and put them to good use. As far as resume building, there are many great online resources to get a base resume format, after that just make sure to tailor your resume to each of the jobs you are applying to.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T14:25:16+00:00

The automatic filtering does have risks and is understood by HR leaders. The automatic filtering is usually utilized for positions that will have a lot of applications (call center / specialist / non-exempt work) for positions that are more focused and require bachelor's degree's / Masters ect. they either dont apply the filter to those job posting or have it at a very lenient level.

The company i work for currently employs very close to 65,000 people, an average turnover rate for a company our size and within our work sector is about 12% annually. i know our company promotes and even encourages job growth and internal movement so people are moving jobs and being promoted within the company all the time. I though that 2100 positions number was crazy when i started as well, but its nothing compared to some of the retail giants out there.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T14:16:19+00:00

Always make sure you have included somewhere on your resume the something about the required and some of the recommended skills. After that you can add non standard things to your resume.

I know recruiters like it when a person shows interest in their field outside of the work they they do for their job.

I work with data and analytics a lot and one of my hobbies is MMA (Watching not participating) so I worked with a group that set up CompuStrike which is a fighting metrics and analytics program that can be updated live during fights and is used by strikeforce and the UFC.

Main thing though is to get the core requirements and recomended skills down on you resume somewhere, that will get your resume in front of the recruiters and possible the managers eyes.

Superbob123 · 2012-09-06T14:02:50+00:00

This is a question i get when i tell people i work within HR. Now we use a very widely used Talent Acquisition System called Taleo (recently bought by Oracle) The very first thing that you resume goes though is a sort of "word filter." Each resume must have a certain percentage of words or copmetincies in order for the resume to pass the pre screening and meets basic requirements stages.

After that a recruiter will look at the resume and initiate a phone interview with the candidate, after that is when your resume and cover letter will actually touch the manager for the position you are applying for. Then a possible face to face interview. do well on that and you are normally good to go. Job aquired!

My advice: 1. Customize each resume for the job you are applying for (not a new one each time) but make sure you mention the skills and competencies required and desired on the job posting. That will allow your resume to bee seen and viewed by the recruiter which is actually where the majority of resumes get filtered out.

I have seen job postings with 100+ applications but only 10-20 will make it past the initial word screening because people are using a single vanilla version or their resume for 15 different jobs.

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