What does “sd” below his signature stand for?
Signed
Thanks. I'm unaware of that practice. Wonder what purpose it serves given the signature is pretty obvious.
My dad’s resume and skills from 1980
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#72Poor guy was trying to find a new job at 54. He had been out of work for a month. Wasn't easy then, isn't easy now.
As to the discussion about 1 page v. multi-page c.v.'s: a c.v. is ADVERTISING. If you get the interview, you bring along a more comprehensive document in which you can go into detail about subject areas which may be relevant but don't merit inclusion on a one-pager.
As to his height: he worked on B-29's in the 1940's. Conceivably the ability to access cramped spaces was an issue then and he merely continued including this out of habit. Same as to his security clearance--most people are proud of holding one (look at all the brouhaha about Trump terminating a clearance) and like to include it on their c.v.'s.
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#73It's regrettable that you have to put a man like this into confinement.
I don't think you should have been downvoted for this comment. People are taking this as criticism of the son when that's not necessarily the case. No one wants to end up in an old folks home.
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#74I doubt a resume like this a would even be considered today. It's missing pretty much all the bling.
What bling? It seems like a completely acceptable CV even today.
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#75lol, just a few days ago I was asked if I could do a Fortran project.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ha! The trashcan is usually full of crumpled-up failed attempts. But the smell of typewriter ink. Man, I miss it.
But it's more than the romance of the ink that is missed. One has lost the visual impact of all discards with the use of the virtual trashcan. The psychology of seeing or the stark visual impact of a trashcan filled to the brim with all the imperfect and therefore discarded attempts of one's creative effort is lost - almost forever. These were the metrics of effort now untenable in the virtual trashcan. Gone. Who kno…
Hipster wankfest
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#78Put in a home? Why wouldn't you want to spend all the last time on this mortal earth with your parents, and holding their hands as they leave this lifetime? Repayment of when you yourself was born into this one?
I don't understand Western opinion on this matter.
But on topic, that is one concise application letter. Cheers for your dad efforts back then!
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not always. Folks can obtain a degree later in life to throw off the ageism detector.
oh yeah and how do you make up for the years of experience then? fake jobs entries?
I'm 36. If I get a degree in a new field and work 15 years, I'll be 55, but my resume will say I have a Bachelor's degree with 15 years of experience.
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#80Looks like his SSN is crossed out. I was cleaning out some junk in my house and found an old telephone directory from when I worked at a military contractor in the 80's. It had everyones SSN on it. Times have changed.
In the meantime a whole bunch of organizations started accepting 'usernames' as passwords