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[PhantomCruiser]

35 car accident just south of me today due to ice on the roads. On a major interstate too. The I-75 corridor between Atlanta and Chattanooga is heavily travelled but still ice managed to accumulate enough to be a problem.

The forecast says it'll be in the high 60's Thursday.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Here on the contrary we have a terrible heat. Could someone send us some cold? (with the help of some complex thermodynamic device, like ice).
For today Tuesday the forecast says that it will make 39 ° C, in my city, Monte Hermoso, which is a beach. But in the nearby city of Bahía Blanca (where the summer is worse) on Friday it will make 41 ° C:uhh:.

Also, the weather is so unstable (like so many things here) that a month ago I was still wearing coats. And now the temperature has increased so much that even seawater has at least 20 ° C. And with the presence of a new species of jellyfish, Liriope tetraphylla, the picture is complete.

Tomorrow I'm going to buy some hydrogen isotopes to make nuclear fusion by exposing them to sunlight with a magnifying glass.
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Oh, and by the way, nice NASA graphics.

NASA Releases Logo For Upcoming 60th Anniversary

https://www.nasa.gov/60

 

[Andy44]

As bitter as the cold is, I'll take that over 41°C any day. Love the cold, hate the heat and humidity.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Amazon played Ding-Dong-Ditch-It with me today. Got a package delivered, right street address but wrong name. I called and said that I wasn't the intended recipient, Amazon apologized and said to keep the package.

I am now the proud owner of two (2) copies of Tommy Two Shoes. Colorful, but the plot is a bit thin.

 

[Notebook]

That's very good of them, which one are you reading first?

N.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

That's very good of them, which one are you reading first?

N.

Nice one. :lol: The title reminded me of my favorite local rum, Tommy Tew, so I skipped the reading bit.

 

[Andy44]

Nice one. :lol: The title reminded me of my favorite local rum, Tommy Tew, so I skipped the reading bit.

While reading your new book and drinking your booze, you should listen to this:

 

[PhantomCruiser]

:blink: Putting in for a different job w/in this jacked-up company. I haven't built a resume in nearly 20 years...

 

[Artlav]

If it's an internal transfer, why do you need a resume?

 

[tl8]

:blink: Putting in for a different job w/in this jacked-up company. I haven't built a resume in nearly 20 years...

I have found that a super basic resume (1 page) and a portfolio looks nice. resume has the core important items while the portfolio has a fairly comprehensive list of projects (Which you can filter).

 

[PhantomCruiser]

If it's an internal transfer, why do you need a resume?

I thought the same thing. When I moved from Fossil Power Group to Nuclear I didn't need a resume. I got a phone call with the guy telling me "If you want to transfer over, be here on Monday to start some paperwork".

Or at least words to that effect.

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I have found that a super basic resume (1 page) and a portfolio looks nice. resume has the core important items while the portfolio has a fairly comprehensive list of projects (Which you can filter).

What I've got as a rough cut is a short paragraph of duties from previous jobs. If I went and did a "bullet style" and went all the way back to my Navy days it'd be 4 or 5 pages. Nobody wants to read that. And I certainly don't want to write it.

The advantage is the foreman over the place I'm putting in for has known me since I transferred in (holy smokes) 13 years ago. He's the one that recruited me into applying for this new position in the first place. I need to ask him how detailed I need to be. Could be it doesn't matter; if they fill the position by seniority there is only one guy ahead of me, and he isn't interested as there is so little opportunity for overtime (me and overtime, we are not friends).

I'll be interested to see how this process works. If nothing else I don't need to transfer. #2 on the seniority list, and only one of 4-5 people who are familiar with the electro/hydraulic feed pump controls. My position here is not too bad. But I'll not forgive them for the annual leave I lost (it wound up being 56.5 hours, so quite a chunk of change).

 

[jedidia]

If I went and did a "bullet style" and went all the way back to my Navy days it'd be 4 or 5 pages. Nobody wants to read that.

In Switzerland we usually do it very coarse, unless a position is relevant for the job we're applying for. Like
1908-1997: Elementary school
1997-2001: apprenticeship as dodat
2001: military service
2002-2015: Employement as dodat
-etc

usually it gets more detailed the closer to the present you get, or if something is related to the position you're applying for. At least in Switzerland, one of the most important things in a CV is that it's complete. You have a timespan missing in there, employers will immediately relegate you to the C-list because they think you're a lazy bum that didn't work in that time, or did something you don't want them to know.
Maybe that's different in the US, though.

 

[Urwumpe]

Here you only write what you did in the past ten years after leaving school. Nobody is really interested in such old stuff in your CV here, but it might be asked in a job interview.

Also, German CVs are a bit more formal as you can expect than in other countries... currently a three part structure is considered "respectful", first a short greeting and introduction to your person and your motivations in prose, next a tabular biography that fits on a single page and for some years now a third page with your special skills and abilities.

In academic circles it might be common to expect you to write a full CV for a small assistant job - but you can also get employed by handshake.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

In Switzerland we usually do it very coarse, unless a position is relevant for the job we're applying for. Like
1908-1997: Elementary school
1997-2001: apprenticeship as dodat
2001: military service
2002-2015: Employement as dodat
-etc

You Swiss are pretty keen on your primary school education, aren't you? :lol:

 

[PhantomCruiser]

After talking with the dude I hope to soon be working for, it was easier than I thought. I just submitted my linkedin profile. EasyPeasy.

The best news I've heard is that the manager is easily one of the best managers here in the valley. Since he works "outside the fence" in Emergency Preparedness, he doesn't step in the everyday crap that goes on here. I've met him several time on some special projects, he's a great guy.

Wish me luck!

 

[Andy44]

Knock 'em dead, PC!

 

[jedidia]

You Swiss are pretty keen on your primary school education, aren't you?

We are, actually, since there are already 2 or 3 levels of quality (depending on canton, of course) of it. In my canton you have 5 years of primary (which we call "lower level", though that is not a statement of quality), and then there's 4 years of primary called "upper level" which branches into three levels of quality which will already determine your early job opportunities (and you can only pass into our high-school equivalent from the highest level, though there are other opportunities to get that if you want it later in your live).

After talking with the dude I hope to soon be working for

Job application always gets a lot easier if you have the opportunity of talking to people before sending in your stuff :lol:

 

[Linguofreak]

We are, actually, since there are already 2 or 3 levels of quality (depending on canton, of course) of it. In my canton you have 5 years of primary (which we call "lower level", though that is not a statement of quality), and then there's 4 years of primary called "upper level" which branches into three levels of quality which will already determine your early job opportunities (and you can only pass into our high-school equivalent from the highest level, though there are other opportunities to get that if you want it later in your live).

I think what Thunder Chicken is referring to is that your example resume there implies that you spend most of a century in elementary school.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Job application always gets a lot easier if you have the opportunity of talking to people before sending in your stuff :lol:

True enough. I almost jumped for joy to find out he would be the guy in charge. He is absolutely number one on the list of "Pick your manager".

Everyone in the shop here seems to think it's a done deal. I told them not to jinx me; after all anything can happen.

 

[jedidia]

I think what Thunder Chicken is referring to is that your example resume there implies that you spend most of a century in elementary school.

Well, I had to repeat a few classes... :rofl:

Hadn't even noticed that. That should've been 1988, obviously. That would be quite the mistake to put into an actual CV... :shifty: