B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

Technology follows us everywhere.  As a Gen Xer I look back on how technology has changed our lives, our jobs, and even our children.  Do you remember applying for your first job, faxing or mailing your resume with a typed cover letter?  My first job out of college was with a government contractor and it required me to obtain a moderate level of security clearance.  That was before Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Instagram, etc. 

If you are a career consultant, a permanent employee looking for a new opportunity, or a hiring manager looking for new talent on your team you may struggle with a technical resume.  Making the right updates to your resume or finding the right resumes in the “stack” can be a challenge.  With everything you do on a project how do you record all of your accomplishments on paper without it being 20 pages long?  As a hiring manger, how do you find the project skills you are searching for? 

Normally in this space I try to keep my blog brief when providing my insight on a given subject.  The self-limiting format of “Two Quick Thoughts” serves to help reign in my own verbose nature. 

This month I intended to write a quick article containing advice for EDI professionals considering a career change from permanent work to consulting.  Of course this would also offer insight to our client hiring managers about what makes EDI consultants tick.

“I took a lower paying position during the down turn.  How do I search for a new opportunity?”

In 2008 thousands of people were laid off due to the downturn in the economy.  Many people had to accept what was available out there but maybe not necessarily what they wanted to be doing....for a lot less money.  Another common situation was the people who were able to keep their job but had to accept a lot more responsibility to pick up the slack from people being laid off and possibly had to accept a decrease in pay.

Two Quick Thoughts 

There are good EDI consultants and then there are great EDI consultants.  The simple things that separate the good from the great can sometimes surprise you.