From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: f43e6,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 103376,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 10f5bc,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,3a06c3a3721845ae X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,gid103376,gid10f5bc,gid1108a1,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!130.81.64.211.MISMATCH!cycny01.gnilink.net!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.phx!newsfe12.phx.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.software.testing,,comp.object Subject: Re: Am I "Overqualified"? From: Tom References: Organization: Model Railroaders Unanimous Message-ID: Followup-To: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.104.181.73 X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@cox.net X-Trace: newsfe12.phx 1201740303 68.104.181.73 (Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:45:03 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:45:03 MST Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:45:03 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.software-eng:9115 comp.lang.ada:19664 comp.software.testing:7505 comp.object:21929 Date: 2008-01-31T00:45:03+00:00 List-Id: Ed: Enter a number of papers to A. M. G. Solo's conferences and feature them prominately on your resume. Then the discerning reader will know that you cannot be overqualified. Seriously, I doubt that your resume can be the problem as I doubt that anyone would buy or reject you based on that. I know you (or at least knew your 20 years ago) and your reputation is excellent. People usually hire those they know and already trust. I think the problem may be more that people don't know you. You may not be doing enough publicity work (talks, presentations, free consulting, etc.) to catch prospective clients. Tom Reid [posted and mailed] Ed Berard wrote in news:d91db3d5-4a34-4ec7-bda1- a6ecb770b0f0@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com: > Howdy Folks, > > It seems that lately, I have been turned down for an increasing number > of assignments, because I am "overqualified." > > I have been doing a good deal of "architecture tasks," as in: > > * product architecture > > * product line architectures > > * process architectures. > > I do tend towards the more formal "C&C" viewpoints. However, I don't > think that this has much to do with my problem. > > If you want, you can chck my resume at the bottom of our home > page: > > http://www.toa.com > > Any constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -- Ed