FAQs and Resumes
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View my resume:
If you want to see a resume that focuses as much as possible on my software QA experience, these "Software QA Engineer" resumes may be just what you need. The following is a directory of my printable QA resumes:
View my 5-page Software QA Engineer resume in Word format
View my 5-page Software QA Engineer resume in HTML format
View my 5-page Software QA Engineer resume in Rich Text format
View my 5-page Software QA Engineer resume in Text format
Comment: Some of my QA resumes do not contain full details, but I need to stick to this, even when sometimes recruiters in need of sales leads complain that they can't go further without full details. I keep a full QA resume for actual interviews.
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Print my QA resume:
Step 1: Point your web browser to here.
Step 2: Click on one of my resumes.
Step 3: View the resume.
Step 4: Click the "Print" button of your web browser. Alternatively, click "File" choose "Print", and then click on "OK".
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Q1: Are you available?
A: Yes, I am able to accept an offer. Also, view my availability page.
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Q2: Can you e-mail or FAX me your resume?
A: Sure I can. But if you need the resume right away, the fastest way is to download it, directly from my web site.
Comment 1: What is your company's advantage of downloading my resume, directly from my web site? A) Downloading is the fastest way, if you need the QA resume right away. B) You can get the QA resume TODAY. C) Download it, and you will get the same QA resume that you would've received by e-mail. D) Download it yourself, and there will be no waiting, missing copies, missing attachments, strange lines, extraneous characters or e-mail attachments that you cannot open! E) In addition, you'll be in control, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. F) Once the download is completed, you're in control again. As soon as you find my QA resume on your computer, you can view, copy, print, or even e-mail the QA resume as a file attachment.
Comment 2: Downloading is faster. While I have no facilities to FAX you a hard copy, I can e-mail you my QA resume, if you can wait for it for a few days. If you can't wait that long, NO PROBLEM, you can get the QA resume TODAY, if you download it from my web site.
Comment 3: How do you download one of my QA resumes? There are many ways to do it. One method is, step 1: choose a resume, and right click on it. Step 2: select 'Save target as'. Step 3: hit 'Save'. Step 4: locate the resume on your 'C' drive.
Comment 4: Another method is, first, view one of my resumes. Then click "File", choose "Save As", and then "Save" (i.e. "download") the resume to your hard drive.
Comment 5: No user name/password is needed. Did your system ask you for a user name and password? If a small dialog box pops up, and asks you for your user name and password, please click on "cancel". The dialog box will close, and the resume download will continue. You do NOT need any user name or password to download resumes from my web site.
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Q3: But, if I print resumes off your web site, the resumes won't look good.
A: They shouldn't look any different. In the highly unlikely event you notice any difference, I suggest you ask for help from your Internet service provider (ISP). Their technical support is usually free.
Comment 1: The QA resumes that I could send to your e-mail address are the very same documents that you can find on my web site. If your computer is able to download and print without any errors from the server of your e-mail account provider, then your computer should be able download and print without any errors from the server of robdavispe.com.
Comment 2: Are you concerned that Internet related information (i.e. web site address, etc.) is printed on a resume? You can avoid that if you do the printing indirectly. How do you print a resume indirectly? Step 1: Download (i.e. "save") the resume to your own computer. Step 2: Print the resume from your own computer.
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Q4: But, if I download your resume, all formatting will be lost.
A: The resumes should not lose any formatting characters. If the highly unlikely event it occurs, I suggest you ask for help from your Internet service provider (ISP). Their technical support is usually free.
Comment 1: The QA resumes that I could e-mail you are the very same documents that you can find on my web site. If your computer is able to download without any errors from the server of your e-mail account provider, then it should be able download without any errors from the server of "robdavispe.com".
Comment 2: Formatting characters are embedded in the text of 'Word' documents. Unless you change the file extension -- which is not advisable -- when you copy a 'Word' file, it would be very unusual for a document to lose only the formatting characters.
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Q5: But, I need a "first edition" resume from you.
A: As to my resumes, first or second "editions" are NOT different from each other in any way, shape, or form. The difference between "editions" is zip, zilch, zero, nada. But, in the highly unlikely event you notice any difference (in format, layout, or file properties), I suggest you ask for help from your Internet service provider (ISP). Their technical support is usually free.
Comment 1: The resumes that I can send to your e-mail address are the very same documents that you can find on my web site. If your computer is able to download and print without any errors from the server of your e-mail account provider, then your computer should be able download and print without any errors from the server of robdavispe.com.
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Q6: Can you rehash your resume?
A: I wish I could rehash my QA resume to everyone who calls me, but there are not enough hours in a day.
Comment 1: I want to work with recruiters and agents who are able to glean enough information from my resume and a 5-10 minute phone interview to do an effective job match. I want to work with brokers who read my resume BEFORE they call me. If they have to ask me to rehash my resume for them verbally over the phone, they shouldn't be representing me. TIME is my most valuable commodity. Please do not waste it.
Comment 2: Real recruiters bring me opportunities. Real recruiters are fine; they're all right, and they're no problem. Those who ask me to rehash my QA resume are usually *screeners*.
Comment 3: Screeners are but monumental time wasters. Screeners, and especially screeners with a "personal touch" do not bring me anything, except tons of impertinent questions, "upcoming positions", requests to rehash my QA resume, requests for more resumes and references, unusual preconditions, busy telephone lines, and a lot of grief. Think about it for a second; A) if you don't read my resume, and B) if you have nothing but a telephone and a LONG list of questions, and C) if you want to grill me with no apparent purpose, and D) if you intend to keep me on the telephone for HOURS, then you shouldn't be representing me. TIME is my most valuable commodity. Please do not waste it.
Comment 4: Please be prepared, because unpreparedness is a potential for disaster. Unprepared recruiters are A) literally reading my resume for the first time as I return their calls, or B) they are searching and searching and searching for long minutes and still cannot find my resume in their own desks! This is not only a potential for disaster, but is somewhat insulting to me who have come prepared and am ready for a serious discussion of their company's needs. So what's the solution? If your company cannot give you the time needed to prepare for conducting job interviews, then you may have to bite the bullet and read resumes on your lunch period, or take them home to read.
Comment 5: If you're a recruiter, definitely call me if something comes available for contract. I'm pleased that you are considering my help for employment opportunities with you. And would like to thank you for your interest in me, and the work that I do. I wish you much success with your work.
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Q7: Can you rehash your answers to the FAQs?
A: I wish I could rehash the FAQs to everyone who calls me, but there are not enough hours in a day.
Comment 1: I want to work with agents who are able to glean enough information from my QA resume, this FAQ sheet, and a 5-10 MINUTE phone interview to do an effective job match. I want to work with agencies and brokers who do read my QA resume and FAQs BEFORE they call me.
Comment 2: Please do not forget to read the FAQs because this adds additional time to my process. I can rehash 2 or 3 FAQs per call, no problem. But if you have to ask me to rehash ALL FORTY FAQs for you, verbally, over the phone, you shouldn't be representing me. TIME is my most valuable commodity; please do not waste it.
Comment 3: Real recruiters bring me opportunities. Real recruiters are fine; they're usually no problem. Those who ask me to rehash my FAQs are usually *screeners*.
Comment 4: Let me give you an example: Before and after work I have 1 or 2 hours to return up to 15 calls per day. How can I return ALL those calls if ONE of the 15 recruiters is a screener who wants to monopolize my time? Think about it for a second; if you have nothing specific, except a telephone, plenty of time, and a LONG list of open ended questions, then, by definition, you're a screener, not a recruiter, and you shouldn't be representing me. Please do not be a screener because screeners add additional time to my process. TIME is my most valuable commodity. Please do not monopolize it.
Comment 5: If you're a recruiter, definitely call me if something comes available for contract. I'm pleased that you are considering my help for employment opportunities with you. And would like to thank you for your interest in me, and the work that I do. I wish you much success with your work.
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Q8: Are you eligible to work in the United States?
A: Please see my answer to the question: are you a citizen?
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Q9: Are you working?
A: Please see my answer to the question: are you available?
Comment: Whether or not I'm working is not relevant, only whether or not I'm currently able to accept an offer. Giving out information unnecessarily could hurt my chances, and can ONLY reduce my options. In the world of direct positions, it's easy to remain employed. However, in the world of contracting you can have a good contract on Monday, and be out of work on Tuesday.
To avoid any misunderstanding, let me add this: Yes, I am working at the moment, but no one knows what tomorrow will bring. Every end client is potentially "good" and "professional", but sometimes -- read "sometimes" as "usually" -- they lay off contractors on short-short notices. Is that good? No, it's not. Is that professional? No, it's not. Can you blame the contractors? No, you cannot.
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Last modified on 5/5/2008.
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