:zomgwtfbbq:
I'll open with Novell 3.x. Yes, it was on a resume I saw just recently... listed right up there with all the relevant skills...
Maybe they are looking for a legacy job...
It's like when people list their Cisco certs like this:
CCNP R&S
CCNA R&S
I always get a kick out of people that have been in IT for over five years that never got around to deleting "Microsoft Office: Including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Access".
Dude, you're a mid-level networking guy... all we care about is whether or not you know Visio.
Quote from: deanwebb on February 13, 2015, 08:52:43 AM
I always get a kick out of people that have been in IT for over five years that never got around to deleting "Microsoft Office: Including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Access".
Dude, you're a mid-level networking guy... all we care about is whether or not you know Visio.
I dunno. I've run into a few that couldn't make a simple spreadsheet or a professional looking PowerPoint. Then again these were developers.
I think those are in my keywords section for those electronic submissions. Visio at the minimum.
Well, how about token-ring experience?
Quote from: deanwebb on February 13, 2015, 10:51:01 AM
Well, how about token-ring experience?
what is token ring? :problem?:
It's the ring that inspired JRR Tolkien to write his LotR trilogy.
Quote from: Dieselboy on February 12, 2015, 09:36:24 PM
It's like when people list their Cisco certs like this:
CCNP R&S
CCNA R&S
I used to do that too and I can explain: getting through the HR-wall. If someone tells HR "get someone with at least CCNA" then HR often will look for that exact keyword. Listing just CCNP doesn't get their attention.
True on listing CCNP and CCNA.
NOT true on listing a Windows 95 MCP.
Someone should tell him he does not have a Novell certification for 3.x any more. Novell expired all of them several years ago. I do have a "kitchen sink" resume that has everything, but I edit it to be specific for the job I am applying for.
We ran into a candidate that had a certification I had never heard of. I Googled it, and couldn't find anything except his resume, and a few others that looked suspiciously similar. We asked him about it, and was told a friend of his hands them out to help people get into IT. His friend also helped write his resume.
-Otanx
D-link unmanaged hubs
Really? You managed the unmanaged hubs? Cool story, bro.
Quote from: deanwebb on February 17, 2015, 01:31:44 PM
D-link unmanaged hubs
Really? You managed the unmanaged hubs? Cool story, bro.
I can sure set them up.... real quick too...
Quote from: Reggle on February 14, 2015, 02:26:02 AM
Quote from: Dieselboy on February 12, 2015, 09:36:24 PM
It's like when people list their Cisco certs like this:
CCNP R&S
CCNA R&S
I used to do that too and I can explain: getting through the HR-wall. If someone tells HR "get someone with at least CCNA" then HR often will look for that exact keyword. Listing just CCNP doesn't get their attention.
Fair point, but I'd rather think that any org whose hiring doesn't know enough about networking to recognise a CCNP isn't an org I'm interested in.
Well maybe I've lost jobs in the past I'll never know due to not listing my CCNA.... lol
Windows NT 3.5 *and* 4.0.
Quote from: deanwebb on February 18, 2015, 01:47:53 PM
Windows NT 3.5 *and* 4.0.
wha? not even OS/2 1.0, 1.1, & 1.2 ???
Saw a DOS 5.0, 6.0, and 6.22 on a 20-pager last year.
My knowledge of DOS 6.22 directly translated into me being really good at the dir and delete commands in IOS.
<sarcasm>
I think that expert baffler guy had MS dos, a A+ from 1998, and NT, with a degree from one of those $30 degree places
I was told the reason people list certs for EOL systems is to showcase that they've been in IT for THAT long. Thoughts?
Putting down a job from 199X proves the same thing, no need to clutter things up with certs that mean even less than decades-old experience. If only the EOL certs are there and there's nothing new, I'd have to ask if this is a guy that's shot all his bullets, if we're dealing with a burnout... Old certs listed plus new ones, the guy's a cert hound (I confess to being one), and will continue to show that pattern, unless he burns out.
Quote from: deanwebb on February 17, 2015, 01:31:44 PM
D-link unmanaged hubs
Really? You managed the unmanaged hubs? Cool story, bro.
Ask him to configure port security on it. :)
When I see an old-timer roll up and he's got a resume that goes ALL the way back, I do like to reminisce with him when I see stuff like token-ring and OS/2 on the back pages. But if he doesn't wince when I say things like "beaconing" or "browse master elections", I get suspicious. If you're going to claim old gear, you better remember the pain you went through, or you didn't spend more than 5 minutes working with it.
And when I see MS Exchange on the resume, I really start to pick, because I had loads of experience with that product.
Guy is interviewing for a security role...
My Boss: So, I see you have some Palo Alto experience. Can you talk about that?
Applicant: What?
My Boss: It's on your resume, when you were working for Generic Company.
Applicant: I never worked with Palo Alto. I don't even work with firewalls.
My Boss: Well, this is a network security position you're applying for...
Applicant: How did you get my resume? I'm not a security person. (hangs up like a BOSS!)
Wow...
Then there was the R&S guy who put down many, many years of Cisco switching experience...
Me: "OK, so what is BPDU Guard and why is it a good security practice to use?"
Applicant: "What is what?"
Me: "BPDU Guard."
Applicant: "Never heard of it."
Me: :zomgwtfbbq:
Quote from: deanwebb on March 09, 2015, 09:42:02 AM
Guy is interviewing for a security role...
My Boss: So, I see you have some Palo Alto experience. Can you talk about that?
Applicant: What?
My Boss: It's on your resume, when you were working for Generic Company.
Applicant: I never worked with Palo Alto. I don't even work with firewalls.
My Boss: Well, this is a network security position you're applying for...
Applicant: How did you get my resume? I'm not a security person. (hangs up like a BOSS!)
Wow...
Then there was the R&S guy who put down many, many years of Cisco switching experience...
Me: "OK, so what is BPDU Guard and why is it a good security practice to use?"
Applicant: "What is what?"
Me: "BPDU Guard."
Applicant: "Never heard of it."
Me: :zomgwtfbbq:
There are still many, many customers I've run into that don't know about BPDU guard, filter, loop guard, etc. L2 often seems like some necessary evil for many of them - make it work and then leave it alone... it's funny how they sometimes don't realize just how important STP is unless you're running a true L3 switch fabric. I used to work at a place where I discovered the enterprise root bridge was an access switch in a random wiring closet.