Category Archives: Skills

When It’s Time To Change?

Posted on April 1, 2018 by marshe

Pondering whether I have to rearrange. I’ve been at the very physical package handling job over nine years, and it’s starting to take a toll. It’s one thing to keep it and love it for the exercise and the help … Continue reading →

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FedEx Ground

Posted on October 21, 2013 by marshe

I started at FedEx five years ago, as a seasonal employee, and was then retained after the holdays because I was reliable. That’s the biggest thing they look for when deciding who to keep, if there are openings. Initially I … Continue reading →

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So Here’s The Deal

Posted on October 18, 2013 by marshe

A former manager who is VP of a company, and whose wife is a recruiter, perused my current resume and advised me that most recruiters would not even consider it. Why? Because it has “employment gaps.” Except it doesn’t. It’s … Continue reading →

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Skills Madness

Posted on July 29, 2013 by marshe

LinkedIn instituted a while back a “skills” feature, in which others can endorse you for a skill, and they end up ranked on your profile by how many endorsements there are. These are based on skills you add yourself, if … Continue reading →

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Employment and Education

Posted on July 23, 2013 by marshe

I did a series of posts in “list plus elaboration” format, collecting my thoughts about as close as I could come to everything I had ever used for software and even hardware. This is the followup to that “experience dump,” … Continue reading →

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Software Creation

Posted on July 16, 2013 by marshe

This post and others like it relate back to an introductory post that explains the point. This is an edited variant of something I wrote in 2007. This is the section for software I have written or otherwise been involved … Continue reading →

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Server Software

Posted on July 11, 2013 by marshe

This post and others like it relate back to an introductory post that explains the point. This is an edited variant of something I wrote in 2007. This is the section for server software, including operating systems. It overlaps extensively … Continue reading →

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Languages and Programming Tools

Posted on July 11, 2013 by marshe

This post and others like it relate back to an introductory post that explains the point. This is an edited variant of something I wrote in 2007, in this case, the part on programming tools, languages and such. As usual, … Continue reading →

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Call Center and Tech Support Tools

Posted on July 10, 2013 by marshe

This post and others like it relate back to an introductory post that explains the point. This is an edited variant of something I wrote in 2007, in this case, call center and tech support related software. In no particular … Continue reading →

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Security, Spam, Malware…

Posted on July 9, 2013 by marshe

This post and others like it relate back to an introductory post that explains the point. This is an edited variant of something I wrote in 2007, in this case software related to security, antivirus, spam and malware. There is … Continue reading →

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