Sr. UNIX Administrator (Solaris)
VTRAC Consulting
"Solutions for Growth"
Please e-mail your resume as Ms-Word attached document with reference to Job
order number 11027, in confidence to ro...@vtrac.com call: (416) 366-2600 x
220
POSITION: Sr. UNIX/Team Lead (Sun Solaris Administrator)
STATUS: Permanent
LOCATION: Toronto
JOB #: 11027
Responsibilities:
You are responsible for the transition of the UNIX servers (Sun Solaris) to
the new Data Warehouse infrastructure. Planning, consulting to, and
mentoring the team members. Support the existing servers and the transition
process. Reporting to the Director of Unix Systems.
Requirements:
a.. Min. 8 yrs. of exp. as UNIX Solaris admin.
b.. Extensive exp. in production support, clustering, configuration,
capacity planning
c.. Extensive Exp. with Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Cluster Manager,
Netback up, EMC, SRDF, SAN, VSS, VMS and Replicator
d.. Exp. in Shell and Perl scripting
e.. Sever configuration
f.. System and network troubleshooting
g.. Min 4 years of exp. in Sybase or Oracle
h.. Min 4 years of exp. in large mission-critical 24/7 production support
environment
i.. Ability to implement data and disaster recovery systems ensuring
maximum data protection, monitoring performance of network and database
j.. Experience in financial industry or brokerage environment is an asset,
but not a must.
k.. Strong UNIX admin skills. (Solaris)
l.. Experience in Server Transition
m.. Experienced working in production environment with large server farm
n.. In-depth knowledge of server transition best practices and planning
o.. Sun Solaris Certification
Other Skills:
a.. Understanding the concept of e-trust
a.. Excellent verbal and written English communication and presentation
skills
We thank all the candidates in advance. Only those candidates that are
selected for interview will be contacted. For other exciting opportunities,
please visit us at www.vtrac.com.
Best regards,
Rod Power, Manager Client Services
VTRAC Consulting Corporation
t. (416) 366-2600 ext. 220
f. (416) 366-5550
ro...@vtrac.com
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Steve Sigman
>
> Interesting that a clueless head hunter would billboard post a company
> confidential communication to a news group on the internet. Seems he
> needs to find new and exiting opportunities in career placement
> somewhere else...
>
> [LART'ed to ISP and vtrac's abuse]
Almost better is the fact that he asks for a Sr. Unix admin's resume in
MS word format.
Dragan Cvetkovic
Well, nowadays you can at least create your resume using vi (or emacs!) and
just copy it into a star office and that makes them happy ...
Dragan
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Richard B. Gilbert
MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they
know! It's also how they send a resume to HR. The hiring manager may
not know anything else either. Get used to it!
Nobody is particularly interested in a paper copy of your resume any
more. You e-mail your resume in Word format and the recipient makes any
paper copies he needs.
Rich Teer
> MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they know!
No necessarily. I've sent them PDFs before now. If I was more
adventurous, I send 'em StarOffice files, but I think they're not
sufficiently savvy enough for that yet.
> It's also how they send a resume to HR. The hiring manager may not know
> anything else either. Get used to it!
If we all did that, M$ would forever reign. :-(
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Greg Mortensen
>MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they
>know! It's also how they send a resume to HR. The hiring manager may
>not know anything else either. Get used to it!
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html is a good place to
start.
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Dave (from the UK)
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>
>
>>MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they know!
>
>
> No necessarily. I've sent them PDFs before now. If I was more
> adventurous, I send 'em StarOffice files, but I think they're not
> sufficiently savvy enough for that yet.
Some agencies like to remove your name/address from the CV, so the
company can't approach you directly.
>>It's also how they send a resume to HR. The hiring manager may not know
>>anything else either. Get used to it!
>
>
> If we all did that, M$ would forever reign. :-(
>
As much as I hate M$, when you are looking for a job, it is not the time
to object to peoples desire for MS format files.
I always create them in StarOffice and save in Word format, although I
would be reluctant to do that on very complex documents.
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KarlD
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>
> > MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they know!
Personally, I would never apply for a job at a company where
a resume submitted in text format or PDF is not good enough.
> No necessarily. I've sent them PDFs before now. If I was more
> adventurous, I send 'em StarOffice files, but I think they're not
> sufficiently savvy enough for that yet.
Staroffice has an option for exporting to M$ Word format,
which works OK for not too complicated documents.
Had to use that feature in Staroffice to submit presentation
slides for a conference, which required M$ powerpoint
format not long ago.
Personally I use Framemaker on Sparcs as my normal writing platform.
Unfortunaelty, we will probably never see Framemaker on
Solaris x86. Adobe canceled it for Mac OS X not long ago.
Frank Fegert
> Steve Sigman wrote:
>>
>> Almost better is the fact that he asks for a Sr. Unix admin's resume in
>> MS word format.
>>
> MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they
> know! It's also how they send a resume to HR. The hiring manager may
> not know anything else either. Get used to it!
>
> Nobody is particularly interested in a paper copy of your resume any
> more. You e-mail your resume in Word format and the recipient makes any
> paper copies he needs.
Ask yourself, do you really want to work at a shop where
people are clueless enough not to be able to deal with
PDFs? If the answer is no, (pdf)LaTeX is your friend.
On the other hand it's always big time for laughts when
you're on the resume evaluating end of things. There's
really a lot to learn about a person if you're willing
to dig through the history of a M$ Word document ;-)
Regards,
Frank
UX-admin
>> Almost better is the fact that he asks for a Sr. Unix admin's resume in
>> MS word format.
>>
>>
> MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they
> know! It's also how they send a resume to HR. The hiring manager may
> not know anything else either. Get used to it!
>
> Nobody is particularly interested in a paper copy of your resume any
> more. You e-mail your resume in Word format and the recipient makes any
> paper copies he needs.
No way!
Do you know the real reason why head hunters ask for CVs in MS Word
format? It's because they want to edit the CV and put their junk in
front of it, and otherwise strip the candidate's name, addr, and so on.
I don't *EVER* send them my CV in any editable format. The only thing
they get is PDF. There is kicking and screaming and gnashing of teeth,
but that's the way it is.
Most head hunters are slowly starting to get used to it. Some will even
ask for a CV in PDF.
UX-admin
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html is a good place to
> start.
Please. Between M$ bullshit and GNU rubbish, I don't know which one is
worse.
Greg Mortensen
>Please. Between M$ bullshit and GNU rubbish, I don't know which one is
>worse.
- "You can't be sure what they will look like if someone views them
with a different version of Word; they may not work at all."
This is a valid point.
- "Receiving Word attachments is bad for you because they can carry
viruses (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_virus)."
Also valid.
- "Sending Word attachments is bad for you, because a Word document
normally includes hidden information about the author, enabling those in
the know to pry into the author's activities (maybe yours). Text that you
think you deleted may still be embarrassingly present. See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3154479.stm for more info."
Also valid.
Regards,
Greg
Bill Gunshannon
Greg Mortensen <thev...@pobox.com> writes:
> In <43d8aee9$0$1160$5402...@news.sunrise.ch> UX-admin <tripi...@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>>Please. Between M$ bullshit and GNU rubbish, I don't know which one is
>>worse.
>
> - "You can't be sure what they will look like if someone views them
> with a different version of Word; they may not work at all."
>
> This is a valid point.
>
You should not be trying to use fluff to embelish your resume, It
should be kept in as simple a format as possible. Unless your applying
for job that requires artistic Word document generation. :-)
> - "Receiving Word attachments is bad for you because they can carry
> viruses (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_virus)."
>
> Also valid.
Macros should be turned off in all Microsoft products until such
time as you need them and trust the writer of the Macro.
>
> - "Sending Word attachments is bad for you, because a Word document
> normally includes hidden information about the author, enabling those in
> the know to pry into the author's activities (maybe yours). Text that you
> think you deleted may still be embarrassingly present. See
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3154479.stm for more info."
>
> Also valid.
Only if your an idiot. It is a simple matter to ensure that no
previously deleted information is still contained in an outgoing
document. As for the personal data, the only thing there is what
you put in. If you are so paranoid that you choose not to provide
this information to a prospective employer, then don't put it in.
Of course, don't be surprised if the potential employer decides
your not the right candidate for the job.
The same is, of course, true if you choose to send your resume in
some other format. PDF's are just as changeable as Word Documents.
So is a hard copy. If you don't trust the person your sending your
resume to, then why are you sending it? And, if you don't send it
in a format they are expecting or are comfortable dealing with, don't
expect it to result in any job offers. Like it or not, Word is pretty
much the de facto standard today.
bill
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dye
Richard B. Gilbert <rgilb...@comcast.net> wrote:
>Steve Sigman wrote:
>
>>>Interesting that a clueless head hunter would billboard post a company
>>>confidential communication to a news group on the internet. Seems he
>>>needs to find new and exiting opportunities in career placement
>>>somewhere else...
>>>
>>>[LART'ed to ISP and vtrac's abuse]
>>
>>Almost better is the fact that he asks for a Sr. Unix admin's resume in
>>MS word format.
>>
>>
>MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they
>know! It's also how they send a resume to HR. The hiring manager may
>not know anything else either. Get used to it!
The point was that a Sr. Unix admin's resume is probably in TROFF
format.
--Ken "-mm format" Dye
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Logan Shaw
> Steve Sigman <stev...@nospam.hotmail.com> writes:
>> Almost better is the fact that he asks for a Sr. Unix admin's resume in
>> MS word format.
> Well, nowadays you can at least create your resume using vi (or emacs!) and
> just copy it into a star office and that makes them happy ...
There's an easier way. Fire up vi and create an HTML resume. Test
it with your web browser to see if it looks good.
Then rename my-resume.html to my-resume.doc, and send that to the
recruiter. Their computer will see the ".doc" extension and tell
Microsoft Word to open it. Microsoft Word will detect the HTML
inside the file and import it. The recruiter gets what they want,
and you don't have to have to feel bad about supporting thing in a
proprietary file format, because you didn't.
- Logan
Richard B. Gilbert
>In article <tYKdnRiNvuDhk0Xe...@comcast.com>,
>Richard B. Gilbert <rgilb...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Steve Sigman wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>Interesting that a clueless head hunter would billboard post a company
>>>>confidential communication to a news group on the internet. Seems he
>>>>needs to find new and exiting opportunities in career placement
>>>>somewhere else...
>>>>
>>>>[LART'ed to ISP and vtrac's abuse]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Almost better is the fact that he asks for a Sr. Unix admin's resume in
>>>MS word format.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they
>>know! It's also how they send a resume to HR. The hiring manager may
>>not know anything else either. Get used to it!
>>
>>
>
>The point was that a Sr. Unix admin's resume is probably in TROFF
>format.
>
>--Ken "-mm format" Dye
>
>
>
The point is that head hunters use, and expect, MS Word. They wouldn't
have a clue what to do with a troff document. If you really want a job,
you try to cater to their little eccentricities!! Or you could, if you
wanted to risk having your resume arrive several days after all the
other applicants (or never), snail-mail a paper copy.
If you were sending your resume to another Sr. Unix admin, a troff file
might be appropriate.
Victor Sudakov
>
>>MS Word is the standard format requested by recruiters! It's all they
>>know! It's also how they send a resume to HR. The hiring manager may
>>not know anything else either. Get used to it!
>
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html is a good place to
> start.
I have more or less put up with receiving Word attachments. catdoc
does a pretty good job of decoding them into plain text (and they
seldom contain anything useful besides plain text).
$ grep catdoc ~/.mailcap
application/msword; catdoc %s ; copiousoutput
application/rtf; catdoc %s ; copiousoutput
text/rtf; catdoc %s ; copiousoutput
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Joe D.
Beautiful! Now say it like Jack Nickolson in 'Five Easy Peices".
"I'd like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat
toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me
a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any
rules."
Dave (from the UK)
> Personally, I would never apply for a job at a company where
> a resume submitted in text format or PDF is not good enough.
How about somewhere which has an online application form in Word format?
I'm about to apply for a post. This is not for a Senior UNIX
administrator, but it is for a UNIX post.
The application form is in Word format and I need to edit it to add my
own details. StarOffice 7 manages to load the file and I can edit it,
but I have already hit two problems, despite only filling in half the
first page.
1) They want my name in 3 places (forename, middle name, and surname).
One of them comes out red, although I have not set the colour.
2) My address is partially cut off, since the bottom of the letters runs
into a horizontal line.
They will not accept paper copies. So really the only 7 options open to
me with the most sensible being one that involves the use of Word.
1) Don't apply - not particularly attractive as I am currently not
working. (Anyone got a UNIX post going in/around London - I find
agencies next to useless.)
2) Try and fix the problems wtih the application form in StarOffice 7,
then save to PDF.
3) Download StarOffice 8 and see if that is any better than 7.
4) Fill in with Word and submit it in Word.
5) Fill in in Word and convert to PDF before submitting.
6) Fill in in Word and Submit in some other format (HTML for example)
7) Endless number of silly methods, which are not really sensible at all.
I'll try option Option 3 but assuming that does not work, option 4 seems
the next best to me. That *needs* Word to be used.
I always try to use the best tool available to do any job. In this case,
I expect Word will be the best tool.
Dave (from the UK)
> Victor Sudakov <v...@mpeks.no-spam-here.tomsk.su> writes:
>
>
>>I have more or less put up with receiving Word attachments. catdoc
>>does a pretty good job of decoding them into plain text (and they
>
>
>
> tim
Any suggestions for Powerpoint presentations? I'd like some *automated*
way of extracting the content to text. 'strings' does a rough job that
is just about usable for the purpose of searching for content in files,
but it takes ages on large files.
Victor Sudakov
>
>> I have more or less put up with receiving Word attachments. catdoc
>> does a pretty good job of decoding them into plain text (and they
>
Does antiword do RTF documents too? catdoc does, and besides, catdoc
is good with Cyrillic (both in DOC and RTF documents), which is
important for me.
Mr R G Shepherd
> Tim wrote:
>
>> Victor Sudakov <v...@mpeks.no-spam-here.tomsk.su> writes:
>>
>>
>>> I have more or less put up with receiving Word attachments. catdoc
>>> does a pretty good job of decoding them into plain text (and they
>>
>>
>>
>> antiword works well too, doing the same thing.
>>
>> tim
>
>
> Any suggestions for Powerpoint presentations? I'd like some *automated*
> way of extracting the content to text.
Get it trawled by a googlebot! :) Automated, but not instant....
Dave (from the UK)
Unfortunatley, it it not practical in this case, as the data is
confidential. It is on a web site, but the data and search engine are
both protected by passwords.
Dave (from the UK)
>>>Any suggestions for Powerpoint presentations? I'd like some *automated*
>>>way of extracting the content to text.
>>
>>Get it trawled by a googlebot! :) Automated, but not instant....
>
>
> [Star|Open]Office actually works, you know ...
>
>
But you can't run that in an *automated* way can you, which is what I
asked for. I want to be able to inded them with a seach engine, so need
to extra the text.
i.e. something like
$ powerpoint2txt somefile.ppp > somefile.txt
Victor Sudakov
>
>> Does antiword do RTF documents too?
>
> (which is dated July 2002.)
>
> There's a version 0.36 dated Oct 2004, but I expect catdoc will always
> have better Cyrillic support, since it's a russian program. Per it's
> home page. I hadn't heard of it before.
Check it out, it is worth while.
Joe D.
You've been a contributer to many of my posts regarding Unix Admin, and
very helpful. So let me try and repay; you're looking for a job, right?
Someone has one and has requested a resume in Word format. They're not
gonna be dazzled that you've moved heaven and earth to provide them
with a resume in another format simply because you (and apparently this
community in general) doesn't like Word. They're more likely to be a
little miffed if even the slightest problem arises when they try and
view it in their preferred program (Word).
While you MIGHT be able to explain to them your reasons for doing so,
and that you'll bring the same level of "do what's right, not what's
asked for" thinking to the job, you've got to get the interview first.
By NOT providing them with what they asked for to get that interview,
I'll bet you a pint of Guiness you won't get it.
I may not be in a league with many of the above posters when it comes
to Systems Administration, but I've been around a while, and I know
when to stand up and argue for what's right, and when to shut up and
give the boss what he's asking for. You're looking for a job; the
latter scenario applies here; give them your resume in Word. Today.
Before someone else does and the whole argument becomes moot.
Good luck.
Dave (from the UK)
> Dave (from the UK);
>
> You've been a contributer to many of my posts regarding Unix Admin, and
> very helpful.
Cheers.
> So let me try and repay; you're looking for a job, right?
Yep.
> Someone has one and has requested a resume in Word format. They're not
> gonna be dazzled that you've moved heaven and earth to provide them
> with a resume in another format simply because you (and apparently this
> community in general) doesn't like Word.
I agree there - if they have asked for Word format. Give them what they
ask for.
> They're more likely to be a
> little miffed if even the slightest problem arises when they try and
> view it in their preferred program (Word).
>
I'm not going to argue with you - I was making the point that in some
cases you just have to use Word, like it or not. If they ask for Word,
then that is one such case.
But if an application form is available online in Word format, it does
not mean you have to submit it in Word format, unless asked to do so.
There is perhaps an argument that if you apply for a UNIX job, you might
be discriminated against since you have put it in Word format. Will the
UNIX system admin take a candidate seriously who submits his CV in Word
format?
Some application forms have an area marked "For office use only" or
something like that. In which case its possible the HR department might
want to edit the document after you submit it, in which case Word is the
most logical format to submit it in.
Richard B. Gilbert
> Joe D. wrote:
>
>> Dave (from the UK);
>>
>> You've been a contributer to many of my posts regarding Unix Admin, and
>> very helpful.
>
>
> Cheers.
>
>> So let me try and repay; you're looking for a job, right?
>
> <snip>
>
> But if an application form is available online in Word format, it does
> not mean you have to submit it in Word format, unless asked to do so.
>
> There is perhaps an argument that if you apply for a UNIX job, you
> might be discriminated against since you have put it in Word format.
> Will the UNIX system admin take a candidate seriously who submits his
> CV in Word format?
> <snip>
If you apply for a Unix job you are probably NOT dealing with Unix
people until you reach the interview stage. HR may handle the search
themselves or they may engage a search firm (head hunter) to take care
of it for them. Neither group is likely to have clue what to do with a
troff file.. These people specialize in finding people who meet the
requirements for a job; it makes little or no difference to them whether
the job is Unix, driving a forklift or vice president (marketing).
What does matter to them is getting resumes in a form that they can
handle conveniently. "Handle" may mean anything from printing out a
hard copy, to storing the text in a searchable database. If they ask
for Word, they need Word and submitting anything else may result in its
being routed to the bit bucket!
Six or seven years ago, everybody was dealing with paper. You generated
your document with whatever suited you, printed a paper copy and snail
mailed it or faxed it. Today, everything is electronic. You e-mail
your cover letter with your resume (Word format please) as an
attachment. The recruiter, if it meets the needs of his client, will
call you make sure you are available, perhaps inquire if you can handle
the commute and then submit your resume to his client. He submits it
electronically and the client expects to open it with Word. . . .
There may be rare exceptions but that's today's standard! And, frankly,
WYSIWYG rules! Neither troff, nor TeX, LaTex or any of the other
markup languages are likely to become popular no matter how superior
they are for certain specialized applications.
Chuck
Not only that, you may come accross as a rebel/anarchist type; this
would throw a red flag in many Unix shops. Most people are looking for
team players and types that can come onboard and hit the ground
running. I'm not saying your this type, but from my experience, those
that voice their opinions about operating systems, applications, etc..
are generally the 'know it all' complexes that noone cares to work
with. Knowing everything Unix and being a productive, dependable
employee are 2 different things. Just my experience. Getting a resume
in a format other than Word or PDF could be taken any number of wrong
ways. And most importantly, submitting it in another format is
definitely NOT gonna get you the job by itself so why do it. The only
format I use other than word is PDF, which is widely available and most
HR types are familiar with it. I like PDF resumes because this prevents
head-hunters from adding disgusting header images and other crap to
your resume w/o your consent.
Hope this helps.