After a somewhat dissapointing career fair last quarter I got a call from Cisco today. Evidently people actually do look at paper resumes, and my ulitimately crappy one I guess met their minimum requirements for anti-suckage because I have a phone interview scheduled for 5:00p Tuesday. I really need to revisit my thinking on my resume. I did the whole thing in vi to be cute... but I've found that with a standard fixed-width font size I simply don't have room to talk about anything I've done. Consequently it's pretty bare-bones and crappy compared to what actually could be on there.
If you haven't talked to me, you're probably wondering "What happened to Peace Corps.?" As far as I'm concerned I'm still going. "So why are you even putting resumes out?" one might wonder. Well, for a few reaons. First, I'm curious what the job market out there is really like. You hear all sorts of figures being quoted about how the average starting salary of a person in my major is $58,500 and how companies recruit here first and all sorts of stuff. I'm curious as to how true it really is. Secondly, it's good practice. It never hurts to get some interviews under my belt, and actually test my mettle against that of my collegues. It also never hurts to get rejected. Thirdly, when I actually accept the invitation to serve, I want it to be a choice. I don't want it to be a default option, one I chose because I couldn't get a job. It's somewhat important to me that I have that choice. And hey, maybe I'll change my mind about Peace Corps. I don't think it's too likely, but nonetheless I don't want to get myself into a position where I don't really have any options. Finally I suppose there is a certain amount of ego involved. I'll freely admit that I'd like to be desirable to companies, and if I get a job offer... well, wouldn't that feel nice?
Who knows though, with the Peace Corps. being so non-communicative about when I'm going, maybe I could find a way that I could do both. A 6-month internship at Cisco would be pretty sweet... Of course that's probably thinking a little too far ahead. I'm still glad they called in any case.
If you haven't talked to me, you're probably wondering "What happened to Peace Corps.?" As far as I'm concerned I'm still going. "So why are you even putting resumes out?" one might wonder. Well, for a few reaons. First, I'm curious what the job market out there is really like. You hear all sorts of figures being quoted about how the average starting salary of a person in my major is $58,500 and how companies recruit here first and all sorts of stuff. I'm curious as to how true it really is. Secondly, it's good practice. It never hurts to get some interviews under my belt, and actually test my mettle against that of my collegues. It also never hurts to get rejected. Thirdly, when I actually accept the invitation to serve, I want it to be a choice. I don't want it to be a default option, one I chose because I couldn't get a job. It's somewhat important to me that I have that choice. And hey, maybe I'll change my mind about Peace Corps. I don't think it's too likely, but nonetheless I don't want to get myself into a position where I don't really have any options. Finally I suppose there is a certain amount of ego involved. I'll freely admit that I'd like to be desirable to companies, and if I get a job offer... well, wouldn't that feel nice?
Who knows though, with the Peace Corps. being so non-communicative about when I'm going, maybe I could find a way that I could do both. A 6-month internship at Cisco would be pretty sweet... Of course that's probably thinking a little too far ahead. I'm still glad they called in any case.
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