Phone call about cv/resume

Scougar · 9 Nov 2011 at 21:52

Just phoned a lady in Chicago about helping with my 'resume' (I was referred by a friend). Oh my gosh, I felt like a complete newb. :rolleyes:

I have never heard things like 'verticle space' (or heard it, but never known it's meaning as it wasn't important until now). Aiming to be a consultant over there, but oh man.. looks like I am about to have a whirlwind with a steep learning curve in the American job market lol.

craptakular · 9 Nov 2011 at 21:54

vertical spacing?

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Nov 2011 at 21:55

Tell us about vertical space.

Scougar · 9 Nov 2011 at 21:57

lol, maybe got the spelling wrong? But just in case.. it's about which area's you are good in.. i.e. manufacturing / finance / pharmaceutical etc. So which area/market. Obviously it's just business speak, but I'll have to learn quick if else I'm gonna sound like a complete div.

Phone call was meant to be helping with it, not just asking about where I wanted to work.. lol.

Morgoth · 9 Nov 2011 at 22:00

Sounds like a load of technobabble created to make you feel inferior.

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Nov 2011 at 22:00

I still don't know what you're talking about.

Are you moving to the US to work in a largely or wholly commision based industry? How does all that work?

doofer · 9 Nov 2011 at 22:01

Scougar said:
but I'll have to learn quick if else I'm gonna sound like a complete div.

Yeah, you don't want that do you...

[TW]Fox · 9 Nov 2011 at 22:01

Are we missing something from this story?

flibbage0 · 9 Nov 2011 at 22:06

I'm confused, do you mean line spacing?

Antar Bolaeisk · 9 Nov 2011 at 22:07

[TW]Fox;20526718 said:
Are we missing something from this story?

Probably the bit at the beginning, possibly the conclusion and most definitely the warm, gooey stuff in the middle.

manbearpig · 9 Nov 2011 at 22:08

Cool story bro.

Pudney · 9 Nov 2011 at 22:32

I would guess in this instance "vertical" space would refer to an organisations hierarchy and where you fit in to the tree.

Bunka · 9 Nov 2011 at 23:40

I'm guessing you mean vertical and horizontal markets, it's quite a commonly used term. Sometimes referred to as their respective spaces.

Lifting directly from wikipedia:

Vertical market

A vertical market (often referred to simply as a "vertical") is a group of similar businesses and customers that engage in trade based on specific and specialized needs. Often, participants in a vertical market are very limited to a subset of a larger industry (a niche market). An example of this sort of market is the market for point-of-sale terminals, which are often designed specifically for similar customers and are not available for purchase to the general public. Vertical marketing can be witnessed at trade shows. The opposite of vertical marketing is horizontal marketing.

A horizontal market is a market which meets a given need of a wide variety of industries, rather than a specific one.

Example

In technology, horizontal markets consist of customers that share a common need that exists in many or all (vertical) industries. For example, customers that need to purchase computer security services or software exist in such varied industries as finance, healthcare, government, etc. Together, these customers constitute the security horizontal market. Other examples of horizontal markets include computer storage, accounting, desktop graphics, computer-aided design, sales force automation, and human resources. Often specialized distribution channels emerge to serve these unique horizontal markets.

Housey · 9 Nov 2011 at 23:54

Vertical space is referring to your experience of working within a given industry sector, such as Finance, Telecoms or FMCG. If you can demonstrate experience of working within given sectors, show special skills or experience you might become more valuable to companies within the given space.

Pestilence · 10 Nov 2011 at 09:53

I'll go out on a limb and assume you're never actually going to find a place within the US job market.

Just a hunch.

Scougar · 11 Nov 2011 at 08:34

lol @ the **** taking.

Thanks Pestilence. I'll take all my software development skills and just go work in MacDonalds instead. I've been in the same place for 5 years, it's not surprising I'm a little out of touch with having to use buzz words. When people say thinks like "I connected with so and so" it isn't natural for me to talk that way.

And yes.. seems I missed the whole 'warm gooey' bit at the beginning about moving to the USA.

Pestilence · 11 Nov 2011 at 09:56

Scougar said:
lol @ the **** taking.

Thanks Pestilence. I'll take all my software development skills and just go work in MacDonalds instead. I've been in the same place for 5 years, it's not surprising I'm a little out of touch with having to use buzz words. When people say thinks like "I connected with so and so" it isn't natural for me to talk that way.

And yes.. seems I missed the whole 'warm gooey' bit at the beginning about moving to the USA.

Calm down dear, I'm just ribbing you.

Nobody knows everything.

You need to adopt some more Blue Sky thinking. Really become adaptable and proactive, dynamic and connective.