[mikester]

So - yeah - much like a bunch of you I am hunting for a job. I'm lucky in that I still have one and it looks like I will until at least October (see my outsourcing thread).

I got a lead on a job recently that is quite a catch, one of my previous directors had applied for it however and not gotten it. They were looking for someone 'hands on'. Well - I think that's me.

I put my resume in through a recruiter I know and I called one of my contacts who works for a sales organization that may have some knowledge of the environment. He's a good friend and we have been associated through work for about 5 years. We have similar interests outside of work and I really couldn't say enough nice things about him. I call him up and he actually owns that account and is there all the time - WHAT LUCK! He thinks I'd be great for it (he always says that) and says he'll pass my resume on (which he did).

Moving on, the job req gets stalled by the hiring of a new manager. He gets around to looking at resumes and tells my recruiter that I am not going to be considered due to my job hopping - frustrating to say the least. I hadn't intended to be a job hopper but it just happened that way. I stayed 10 years in one spot, then 2, then a little over 1 and then 9 months and now I've been 2 years where I am at. I wouldn't even consider leaving if I wasn't going to get outsourced.

Still - that's what it looks like on the resume.

I contact my contact about it and he says he will talk to him. Today he did just that and the hiring manager pushed back on him showing him a few resumes of master's degree holders and basically resumes that shine a little brighter than my bachelor's degree. With that I can see his point - my friend however talked him into giving me at least a phone interview. That's great, I'm just worried he went to far.

If I had been told that they had better qualified candidates, I would have asked what I was missing of course but a masters beats a bachelors if you're just tallying resumes that way. I believe my experience is quite strong in the area (as does my friend) so I hope I don't disappoint.

I hope he didn't over extend his credibility...