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Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by pclark »

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pclark wrote: post #2

You haven't listed any of your needs or wants that you wish to satisfy. Why isn't that just a short bullet point list somewhere? Why isn't all of this a collection of short bullet point lists: * Skill set * Achievements at last company * Education Considering the whole point of this page is to generate leads to request your resume why is it so long? why not keep it vague? Some of your opening sentences need a lot of…

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I don't find your site to do a very good job at articulating what you're looking for, and what your skill set is.

The first thing you read is that your attributes are "Big Data" "Strong" and "Commenter" why don't you put actionable things? big data is debatably valuable, but the others are just noise

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by nck4222 »

"Learning and growth is extremely important to me. Any position I fill will need to provide room for me to grow, and the company will need to fulfill my need for continuing education, specifically regarding my chosen paths. "

Cool idea, but if you're going to include the above line I would probably mention what your "chosen paths" are, and what the company would need to do to "fulfill your need" for it. It sounds like your asking for financial assistance, but it's really not clear.

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by [deleted] »

[deleted] wrote: post #5
pclark wrote: post #2

You haven't listed any of your needs or wants that you wish to satisfy. Why isn't that just a short bullet point list somewhere? Why isn't all of this a collection of short bullet point lists: * Skill set * Achievements at last company * Education Considering the whole point of this page is to generate leads to request your resume why is it so long? why not keep it vague? Some of your opening sentences need a lot of…

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Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by cfinke »

Isn't it moot to withhold your name but still list that you work at Northrop Grumman and are the webmaster for the International Women's Flag Football Association? There can't be too many people who fit that description.

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by Sukotto »

Your page boils down to "I'm great. Someone please give me X, Y, and Z"

Someone amongst the people you know (and the ones they know) has a problem that you can solve with your skillset. Demonstrating a solution (or a compelling plan for a solution) to that person is an excellent way to show how you will add value... and becomes a very compelling argument for hiring you.

Go talk to those people, find out what problems they face, and show how you will help them solve those problems.

Also... "Spoiled"? Presumably you mean that in a dryly amusing way. Unfortunately, it has a fairly strong negative connotation to me. That connotation, coupled with the kind-of begging for a job "It's all about what I want" webpage makes me seriously wonder why I would hire you.

That's just me though, maybe other people would just find it funny.

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by spoiledtechie »

cfinke wrote: post #15

Isn't it moot to withhold your name but still list that you work at Northrop Grumman and are the webmaster for the International Women's Flag Football Association? There can't be too many people who fit that description.

hah. You're right. Thats why I said I wouldn't mind pushing my resume to anyone really interested.

Re: Please Help Me Find a Remote Job.

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Post by scyphers »

cfinke wrote: post #15

Isn't it moot to withhold your name but still list that you work at Northrop Grumman and are the webmaster for the International Women's Flag Football Association? There can't be too many people who fit that description.

Not too mention you say that you are coordinating the HackerNewsDC group. A quick Google search narrows you down to one of three people.
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