Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Note to self: Handout for "So, you want to be an editor?" Career Day lecture

For the past two days, I've been editing the resume section of a proposal. There are about 125 pages of resumes, all of which contain variations of the following:

Education, Certifications, Training and Computer Skills
  • BA, Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet, and Microsoft Certified Professional

  • Operating Systems: RHEL AS 3.x, 4x, 5x, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Windows XP, Windows NT Workstation/Server 3.51–4.0, Windows 95/98 Novell Netware 3.x–4.11, Cisco IOS 11.x–12.x, BTOS, CTOS, MS Dos 5–6.22, Windows 3.x

  • Hardware: HP DL Series, Foundry Networks ServerIron Load balancers and SA-400 SSL accelerators, HP EVA 5000, Brocade Fabric switching, Cisco Infiniband switching, F5 BigIp, IBM PC's and Compatibles, Compaq Proliant/Prosignia 1500 – 8500R, Compaq ML 570, BayNetworks 10/100 Etherswitches, Compaq 10/100 Mbps Netelligent Hubs, 3Com Linkbuilder Hubs, Cisco 2500 series routers, Hewlett Packard Netserver LH4r and LT 6000r, Hewlett Packard printers/plotters, Hewlett Packard 80GB Optical Jukebox, Hewlett Packard Jetdirect Print Servers, APC, Compaq, and Liebert UPS's, HP ESL712 Tape Library, HP VLS6500 Virtual Tape Library, Ultrium Tape Series, Compaq 15/30 and 35/70 DLT, Procomm CD Tower, Procomm CD-R, Network General Sniffer, PentaScanner+ Cable Tester, Unisys B28 & B38 Series Micro-computer

  • Software: Oracle 10gAS, Oracle RAC Clustering, Netscape Enterprise Server 3.5, I-Planet 4.1, Dynamo 4.5, Jrun 2.3, Verity Search Engine, Interwoven, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Exchanger Server 4.0/5.0/5.5, Oracle 7/8/9/10 client and server, Viewstar 4.3/5.0 client and server, EIS/Infobook, HP Systems Insight Manager, IIS 5.0/4.0, DHCP, WINS, Visio, Outlook, Symantec AV, McAfee AV, Installshield, PKZip, PVCS Version Manager, PVCS Tracker, MapInfo, Ghost, Lotus 123, Lotus Organizer, WordPerfect, cc:Mail, PCAnywhere, Brightstor Arcserve, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Erwin/ERX, Document Designer, Enhanced Multiplan, OFIS Graphics, OFIS Mail
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