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Default Extreme precision in figuring out experience

On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 10:02:14 PM UTC-5, Martin Eastburn wrote:
Good grief - don't have a grip?



What was he doing - ME on road timbers ? boat pilings ?



And then knowing the product and the best to know the design, specs, and

such is tasked to make the manuals or datasheets.



If one had a small company that is the facts. A lot of that is ISO

requirements.



Martin





On 7/2/2013 8:07 PM, Carl Ijames wrote:

That's slide rule math - read two places off of the scales and estimate the


third digit. Definitely hire him, he might not know how to text and will


actually work while on the job :-).




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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message


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On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:31:10 -0500, Ignoramus8303


wrote:




I just received a resume.




``As a candidate for the position I have a Mechanical Engineering


degree and about 2.54 years experience doing technical writing and


3.79 years experience doing some engineering and CAD.''




What kind of ME is that, using only _2_ decimal places when he coulda


used 3 or 4? Sheesh!




--


A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description


of a happy state in this world.


-- John Locke






Whatever else that you find out, he was able to write a resume that stood out from all the rest.
Congrats to him for that.