For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training. We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.
Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!
I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here)) |
I'm answering a job applicant
I get a lot of job applications emailed to me.
I am aware that each and every person who writes in looking for employment is an individual, and I look at and answer each email individually out of respect for the time taken to send to us and out of respect that here's a human being who clearly needs employment, even if the applicant is totally unsuitable. If my answer can help them learn who and how to approach others, that's great!
I never cease to be amazed at the number of people who don't research the companies to whom they're applying; I'm just responding to a request asking if we have for any jobs in the Cork area ... which seems a pretty unlikely thing for a three person company from Melksham, Wiltshire, England to have on offer.
I am not impressed by clearly circular letters which don't address one of us by name, make no reference to the company in the enquiry, and come in to the general "info@" email address.
I like an email introduction that says "thank you for reading this and considering it" when I get to the end of it, and leaves me with a warm feeling.
I find emails that have every single paragraph starting with the word "I" to be very self centred, and that's quite an inappropriate approach for anyone who might be interested in joining our team.
I .... OOps ;-) .... (written 2006-05-16, updated 2006-06-05)
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles G907 - Well House Consultants - Recruitment and Career Development [116] The next generation of programmer - (2004-11-13) [198] A new skill may not be quick and easy - (2005-02-02) [253] Finding the right holes - (2005-03-21) [285] What career opportunities for web designers - (2005-04-20) [389] Tough Love - (2005-07-25) [408] Can an older person learn a programming language - (2005-08-10) [503] 10 years C# knowledge please - (2005-11-23) [585] Looking for Python staff - (2006-02-01) [587] Job vacancy - double agent wanted - (2006-02-02) [729] Career development advice - (2006-05-23) [751] Want to be a technical trainer in the UK? - (2006-06-08) [759] Watch your Google profile - (2006-06-13) [849] Staff Meeting - (2006-08-30) [1963] Best source to learn Java (or Perl or PHP or Python) - (2008-12-28) [1967] LinkedIn - Thrice Asked, and joined. - (2008-12-30) [2109] Why most training fails ... - (2009-03-30) [2255] Past PHP delegates / others - coding help needed for next 3 months - (2009-06-23) [2294] Can you learn to program in 4 days? - (2009-07-16) [3440] Research is exciting. But should routine be automated? - (2011-09-14) [3490] How not to call when job seeking ... - (2011-10-20) [3594] Back to Uni - (2012-01-26) [3740] Looking and Learning - even on Holiday - (2012-05-22)
Some other Articles
In praise of training course delegates.Better communicationHelping mental health through diet, exercise and other lifestyle mattersViewing images held in a MySQL database via PHPI'm answering a job applicantResidentialPlanning a hotel refurb - an example of a Gant chart in PHPGardens, Well House Consultants HQProtecting images from theftA customer service company
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