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Re: How to mention distant-past experience on a resume?
Subject:Re: How to mention distant-past experience on a resume? From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 3 Dec 2014 08:20:15 -0800
And besides that, the resume is only intended to get you the interview.
Your interviews will determine whether you get, or whether you even want,
the job.
-Tony
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014, David Farbey <dfarbey -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote:
> I'm sure this has all been said before, but remember these things:
>
(Especially)
> - however good your experience and qualifications may be, you never know
> who you are competing against, so the reason you didn't get hired probably
> wasn't "a poor resume/CV"
>
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