Friday, 19 January 2007

Words to live by

Jacob T. Levy advises academic job applicants thusly:

Under no circumstances is “Microsoft Word” a skill worth listing on your C.V. Neither is Power Point or Excel.

Unless you’re a certified sys admin, under no circumstances is any version of Windows or a Mac operating system a skill worth listing on your C.V.; it means “I know how to turn my computer on.”

And—really, truly—under no circumstances is your ability to e-mail or to operate a web browser a skill worth listing on your C.V.

These things aren’t just weighted at zero. They make you look ridiculous.

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[Permalink] 1. Len Cleavelin wrote @ Sun, 21 Jan 2007, 10:37 am CST:
Unless you’re a certified sys admin, under no circumstances is any version of Windows or a Mac operating system a skill worth listing on your C.V.; it means “I know how to turn my computer on.”

And if you are a certified sysadmin, why would your certification be relevant to your CV unless you’re pursuing a position as a sysadmin, or a teaching job in computer science/information systems?

 
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