Comments on: Searching for Tech Geek with Privacy Chops http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2009/08/04/searching-for-tech-geek-with-privacy-chops/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Holden http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2009/08/04/searching-for-tech-geek-with-privacy-chops/comment-page-1/#comment-3473 Paul Holden Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:05:52 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=414#comment-3473 Fantastic! This is the chance to get paid for what I currently do for free. Fantastic! This is the chance to get paid for what I currently do for free.

]]> By: Katherine http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2009/08/04/searching-for-tech-geek-with-privacy-chops/comment-page-1/#comment-3465 Katherine Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:36:07 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=414#comment-3465 Thanks for breaking the taboo and posting this true picture of a job description. Its so refreshing and is encouraging for those desperate for a culture shift. Good luck in your search! Thanks for breaking the taboo and posting this true picture of a job description. Its so refreshing and is encouraging for those desperate for a culture shift. Good luck in your search!

]]> By: Colin McKay http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2009/08/04/searching-for-tech-geek-with-privacy-chops/comment-page-1/#comment-3463 Colin McKay Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:58:08 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=414#comment-3463 If you look at the poster, it DOES say that other positions with varying linquistic requirements MAY be staffed from this competition - so I wouldn't hold back from applying. If you look at the poster, it DOES say that other positions with varying linquistic requirements MAY be staffed from this competition – so I wouldn’t hold back from applying.

]]> By: Actinolite http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2009/08/04/searching-for-tech-geek-with-privacy-chops/comment-page-1/#comment-3462 Actinolite Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:28:22 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=414#comment-3462 Wow - that blog post got me sitting right up in my seat! It looks like a perfect fit for me, both in terms of my interests and experience. That is, until I came to the following line: Bilingual Imperative - Level: BBB/BBB DOH. I don't suppose I could substitute another language for French, eh? Didn't think so. Oh well. It did look too good to be true. Wow – that blog post got me sitting right up in my seat! It looks like a perfect fit for me, both in terms of my interests and experience.

That is, until I came to the following line:
Bilingual Imperative – Level: BBB/BBB

DOH. I don’t suppose I could substitute another language for French, eh? Didn’t think so. Oh well. It did look too good to be true.

]]> By: Michelle Dennedy http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2009/08/04/searching-for-tech-geek-with-privacy-chops/comment-page-1/#comment-3461 Michelle Dennedy Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:21:50 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=414#comment-3461 Sigh. Yet another reason to wish sometimes that I lived in Canada. ;-) Sounds like a fun job! Sigh. Yet another reason to wish sometimes that I lived in Canada. ;-)

Sounds like a fun job!

]]> By: Colin McKay http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2009/08/04/searching-for-tech-geek-with-privacy-chops/comment-page-1/#comment-3460 Colin McKay Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:05:07 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=414#comment-3460 All I can say is make it evident how you think you meet the requirements - whether a combination of on-the-job, education, obsessive hobbies or volunteer work - in the cover letter. Make sure the resume provides detail to back up your claims. All I can say is make it evident how you think you meet the requirements – whether a combination of on-the-job, education, obsessive hobbies or volunteer work – in the cover letter. Make sure the resume provides detail to back up your claims.

]]> By: Bowen Moran http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2009/08/04/searching-for-tech-geek-with-privacy-chops/comment-page-1/#comment-3459 Bowen Moran Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:00:32 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=414#comment-3459 I'm certainly applying, because this is somewhat of my dream job. I work for the Province of BC's Ministry of Attorney General Legal Services Branch. While I certainly appreciate the nod to cynicism about bureaucratic processes and job hierarchies and acknowledge the Information and Privacy Commissioners Office's reputation as being progressive, I worry about the ability of round-peggers like myself to pass the initial gamut of federal screenings in order to prove that my technology obsession, graduate education and apparent penchant for mouth-breathing run on sentences is indeed valuable I’m certainly applying, because this is somewhat of my dream job. I work for the Province of BC’s Ministry of Attorney General Legal Services Branch. While I certainly appreciate the nod to cynicism about bureaucratic processes and job hierarchies and acknowledge the Information and Privacy Commissioners Office’s reputation as being progressive, I worry about the ability of round-peggers like myself to pass the initial gamut of federal screenings in order to prove that my technology obsession, graduate education and apparent penchant for mouth-breathing run on sentences is indeed valuable

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