From: w2lee@argo.acs.oakland.edu (Walter Lee)
Subject: Re: EasyResume(TM) Resume Writing Outline/Sample
Reply-To: w2lee@argo.acs.oakland.edu
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:09:06 GMT

In article <C01H3o.CFq@n7kbt.rain.com>, john@n7kbt.rain.com (John Opalko) writes:
>In article <1992Dec29.012314.21477@vela.acs.oakland.edu> w2lee@argo.acs.oakland.edu writes:
>>In article <72509@cup.portal.com>, Lee_-_Johnson@cup.portal.com writes:
>>
>>>Europe.  OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A GROUND-FLOOR OPPORTUNITY!
>>
>>>ENTRY-LEVEL GRADS:   WE ARE UNABLE TO ASSIST
>>>                     ENTRY-LEVEL GRADUATES WITH NO PAID COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY
>>>                     EMPLOYMENT.                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>Mr. Johnson, you contradict yourself.
>
>No, he doesn't.  If you bother to read the article in question, you will see
>that the firm he is recruiting for is building a team of experts and is
>opening several new offices.  This sounds like a "ground-floor" opportunity
>to me, in the sense that the folks hired to do this job will have the chance
>to build something from scratch.
>
>Ground-floor != entry-level.
>
>>You also flatter yourself by equating
>>hiring someone with "assisting" same.  I'd like to go on record in this forum
>>in my statement that people like you are a disgrace to the American economic
>>system.
>
>He's not offering to hire anyone.  He's offering to assist people by matching
>their talents and interests with the hiring needs of client companies.

Point taken, since it was not a recruiting ad/article in the strictest sense.

But I still disagree with your definition of "ground floor".  The ground floor
is (by definition) the floor you can get to without getting to the elevator
first.  With the possible exception of some jokers in helicopters.

>I don't know about you, but I'd be hard pressed to know about every company
>in the world that just might need my particular talents.  Some "assistance"
>there would be quite welcome, even if the assistor is actuated solely by a
>motive of profit.
>
>Why is Mr. Johnson such a disgrace to the American economy?  He's offering a
>service and, since he's been around for a while, I assume people are willing
>to purchase his service.  It sounds like his particular corner of the
>economy is chugging along quite nicely.

My apologies to Mr. Johnson then.  I had gotten the impression that he was in
the market to purchase labor (which of course constitutes the opposite; having
a service offered to one) because I hadn't read his article carefully enough. 
I just wanted to flame one of those "WE ARE UNABLE TO ASSIST..." posts, which,
when referring specifically to hiring, do leave me feeling somewhat insulted.

I, for example, am able to assist anyone who is able to invest in Human
Potential.  Sure wish I had some means to offset the risk to the investor. 
Said risk seems to scare bejesus out of same.  My kingdom to have been around
for a while!

>-- 
>John Opalko			Fast; cheap; correct.  Pick two.
>john@n7kbt.rain.com

cheap, correct

Never post in haste!

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 Walter Lee                                          w2lee@argo.acs.oakland.edu

If a woman attended an American high school between 1930 and 1965,
chances are that no one paid attention to anything but her brains unless
she took the utmost care to conceal them.
                                -- Susan Jacoby