[mikester]

I've reviewed resumes before and it all comes down to how the reviewer feels even if they say they are trying to be 'impartial'.

Nobody is totally impartial, everyone has a weakness. My weakness is those who have military service. I tend to give them more credit than I would give your average 4 year degree holder (like myself).

They certainly get more of my respect.

I haven't been in the military myself unfortunately but I come from a military family and was devastated that I couldn't follow that tradition.

So - men and women in uniform get more consideration from me even though I can't say historically they have been better employees than someone like myself (I mean that with the utmost respect).

We'll see if the hiring manager follows through - right now I'm having misgivings about it altogether since my friend had to come out so far. Apparently the guy asked him "is this guy just some coworker?" Of course I've never actually been my friend's 'coworker' - he is a sales rep for a company I deal with quite a bit. We've worked together extensively however and his response was "No, we've worked together on many projects over 5 years but we're also very good friends with similar interests and hobbies."

That got me a phone interview (we'll see if it actually happens).