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Happy Holidays everyone!

cstanton

We're taking a break for the holidays at the element14 Community, and we hope everyone gets the opportunity to chill out and spend time how they feel comfortable doing so, whether that's business as usual for you, spending time with close ones and family or even, nothing at all!

We'll return in the new year with more activities, until then be sure to join in with Hey it's the Holidays! and post your projects Slight smile

Thanks for being here and being a part of the Community!

P.S. Here's a little reward if you happen to log in at Christmas.

It's beginning to feel a lot like Community

It's beginning to feel a lot like Community
Logged into the element14 Community at Christmas Time.

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  • Happy holidays, lots of interesting convos happening online re. EEs...

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    Interesting.

  • in reply to scottiebabe

    There are at least 3 issues plaguing the technical job market:

    1. The art of finding a job has morphed and nobody seems to know the new formula. Resumes are non existent. Keyword searches in talent databases are gamed to the point of being useless. Interviews have little value when none of the selected interviewees are suitable.
    2. Institutions are stuck in the dark ages in preparing students for life in the fast lane.
    3. Recent generations of graduates are fed so much propaganda from all directions, they often feel entitled to coast into a cushy job that is mostly a vacation in disguise.

    Enough with the soap box, What are everyone's New Years resolutions?

    I have a non-binding initiative to dig out and complete more of my bucket list projects. Slight smile

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  • in reply to scottiebabe

    There are at least 3 issues plaguing the technical job market:

    1. The art of finding a job has morphed and nobody seems to know the new formula. Resumes are non existent. Keyword searches in talent databases are gamed to the point of being useless. Interviews have little value when none of the selected interviewees are suitable.
    2. Institutions are stuck in the dark ages in preparing students for life in the fast lane.
    3. Recent generations of graduates are fed so much propaganda from all directions, they often feel entitled to coast into a cushy job that is mostly a vacation in disguise.

    Enough with the soap box, What are everyone's New Years resolutions?

    I have a non-binding initiative to dig out and complete more of my bucket list projects. Slight smile

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  • in reply to dougw

    I disagree with issue 2 as a generalization.  My experience with graduates from "technology" focused universities has been that they are very well prepared for real world experiences and have a high rate of post-graduate employment.  A few example schools that I have had great success hiring from are California Polytechnic (Cal Poly SLO), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI in New York), and Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech).

    My New Year's resolution is as always to organize and clean out my electronics stuff.  I never seem to succeed.  Maybe this will be the year...