combine the jobs, don't say your're a job hopper Re: Had a lot of jobs how do I avert that negative aspect

aaron,

1. Combine the jobs and do a resume by functional area:

2000 to Some Big Company
2001 Network Administrator for Win2k, NT, Linux and Solaris

1995 to My Consulting Company
2000 System/Network Administrator Win2k, NT, Linux and Solaris, Programmer

Network Adminstrator
Administered 20 server Win2k networks
Used my programming skills to identify, create test cases for int32 bug in backup software. ..blah, blah

Programmer
Found, created test cased for int32 bugs in date function of Lotus Script. Created C report parsing programs and called them from COBOL programs to eliminate data entry steps. ..blah, blah

(yes, truth is stranger than fiction)
As a consultant my assignments change every 6 months. I show that I worked for my own company for 9 years, and when I was an employee they were for 18 month plus terms. I do have the chronological version/cv version since some folks like to see all the details.

2. Don't admit to being a job hopper, negative, instead put a positive spin on it. Keith Blanchard, The One Minute Manager book, response to "job hopping" is along the lines of "I'm looking for the right company to use my talents at."

nigel
nigel dyson-hudson, InternetSmiths, Inc. "Internet since lynx and mosaic days"
"I was Internet when Internet wasn't cool"

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On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:29:32 -0800, Aaron Whyte wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am on the job market again.
Received on Mon Feb 24 15:00:51 2003