Re: Resume Update

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

I remember that when I was working at my last job (Light_speed), my boss
insisted on never having meetings.  Because of this, I was always trying
to find stuff to do.  All my boss cared about was making money (he
constantly repeated this), so I figured that my goal was to try to find
something that would make the company money.  So I tried hard to figure
out what that might be and did it.  Pretty weird state of things -- talk
about off-hands management!

Re: US and resumes.  Before you leave the company, I would try hard to get
people to be references for you.  And then, it doesn't really matter what
you put on your resume ("present" vs.  "March 2004").

> Hi kids,
> 
> Well, I'm pretty disgusted with the US bunch. I think I'm going to cut
> my losses and run. My main beef is the same as it has been all
> along... I can't get a definitive answer on what I'm suppose to do in
> what time frame for whom.  I guess I'm not cut out for the limbo life
> style of creating a job out of nothing in a vacuum. In any case, I
> still hope I'll get paid for the time I've put in. If not, perhaps
> someone could tell me now to declare that as a loss for tax purposes.
> 
> So, back to the Resume drawing board. I was wondering how to handle
> the US time. I was going to put on the resume that I'm working there
> now. You know "date started - present." I was also thinking of padding
> the time to cover some of my down time. What do you think? My thinking
> is that, since I'm "working" for them now, potential new employers
> wouldn't check with them. It's such a flaky organization, I don't know
> who they'd talk to anyway, or what kind of information they'd get.  (I
> hate to think!!)