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| =====The company will hire me only if I take course X.===== | =====The company will hire me only if I take course X.===== | ||
| - | I am pretty sure you misunderstood. The company wants you to know what is taught in course X; the company doesn't care where you learned it from. (Clearly, if you take course X but learned nothing, the company is not going to hire you just because you took the course.) | + | I am pretty sure you misunderstood. The company wants you to know what is taught in course X; the company doesn't care where you learned it from. (Clearly, if you took course X but learned nothing, the company is not going to hire you just because you took the course.) |
| If the company won't consider you even though you are truly well versed in the skills and background they need, perhaps you are not presenting yourself correctly on your resume or during interviews. CMU's Career Center is a wonderful resource to help you soup up your resume and to train you with mock interviews. | If the company won't consider you even though you are truly well versed in the skills and background they need, perhaps you are not presenting yourself correctly on your resume or during interviews. CMU's Career Center is a wonderful resource to help you soup up your resume and to train you with mock interviews. | ||
