I'm learning at an "intermediate level" just now and sadly really enjoying it.
The other day I saw a bullet point on a job description that said "Must have advanced knowledge of Excel e.g Pivot Tables"
I wanted to apply but it put this one bullet point put me off - surely I can ask someone in the office to show me how to create one if it's so crucial
The other one I sometimes see cropping up is Access....e.g "must have experience of updating Access" I've updated Access, it's a piece of piss, I don't even have it on my CV as a technical skill, maybe I should
To complete this moan before I search for dinner, the best job title I've seen so far is Oxygen Concentrator Co-ordinator, no emphasis on Excel, Access or MS Project but "...a knowledge of oxygen therapy equipment highly advantageous"
- Location:Immersed in Logical Formulas
- Mood:
confused - Music:Radio 2
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Just lie on your CV. The people who put these job ads together often have no idea how to use the things themselves. The number of times I've had to bluff about my IT knowledge in interviews, only to find that the people who interviewed me barely knew how to send an email.
Entering data into Access, as you say, is a piece of piss; actually constructing whole databases is a bit trickier, but logical enough and easy to pick up. It's definitely worth putting Access down on your CV - no one is going to ask you to build complex queries in SQL or anything like that (if they did, they wouldn't use Access, they'd use a wankier and more expensive database package).
If your knowledge of Word stretches to inserting pictures, using text boxes, and formatting in columns, then Microsoft Publisher will be an absolute doddle for you. Put that down on your CV as well.
And don't forget Powerpoint.
My CV is a masterpiece of fiction.
I've got Visio on my CV (self taught when I worked on a project at my last company) only one person has been momentarily excited about this.
As for the people who create the job specs, I read one recently that opened with "As Alan Sugar once said...."
"...I look a bit like Sid James".
Great book. I just want to say what a fantastic thing you are doing! Good luck!
Bye