As a consultant I would go to an assignment for 6 months or longer.  I would make friendships with the people I worked with, either on the project team, or employees of the client I was working with.  One of the hardest parts of being a consultant was leaving the people I worked with and had built relationships with.  I'm not very good at staying in touch with people. so I have lost many friends over the years.

The time between when a request for data is made, and when that data is received, or when a change is made to data and the data shows up in other systems is referred to as latency.  In the old days latency was monthly or weekly as processing of all data changes occurred all at the same time at set intervals.  In the days of paper transactions this was an acceptable latency.

The other day I wrote about how by reading some resumes I was able to glean some ideas about how to modify my resume.  I discussed how it was important to put key words in easy to notice positions on the resume so the person screening the resume could find the information easily.  Even though we selected some good candidates based on their resumes, it turns out they didn't make it through the initial interviews. 

When the Industrial Age began the work place adopted dress codes.  A dress code is used by a business to project the professional image in keeping with their client's needs.  Factory workers dressed in overalls or coveralls to protect them and to keep a uniform environment.  Office workers were expected to dress in a professional manner called Business Formal.

Recently I was engaged in a job hunt and had to polish up my resume, after sitting dormant for many years.  There are many, many articles, blogs, and books written on how to write a resume.  Most of these resources are written by head hunters, job coaches, and professional resume writers.  I have read many resources about how to write a resume, but they never seemed to make sense to me.

In my prior article I discussed the stressful job it is to be a production support engineer.  In this article I will discuss some ways to keep these special quality people on your team and productive.