Re:We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest (2...
by aeorgnoieang on Thursday November 02, 2017 @10:23AM
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Most people with which I've interviewed recently seem to understand that lots of tech people do significant work outside of their formal employment.
But I also wasn't imagining a separate section. I have a "skills" section and that's where I'd imagine adding the things about which I was responding.
> People may even consider it a red flag that you list skills you didn't work with in your most recent position.
I could understand this somewhat if someone had been at their most recent position for a decade but for anything less than that it doesn't seem unreasonable to me to include things one might not have used, or used frequently, at the single most recent position.
But I also wasn't imagining a separate section. I have a "skills" section and that's where I'd imagine adding the things about which I was responding.
> People may even consider it a red flag that you list skills you didn't work with in your most recent position.
I could understand this somewhat if someone had been at their most recent position for a decade but for anything less than that it doesn't seem unreasonable to me to include things one might not have used, or used frequently, at the single most recent position.