Posted: Aug 07, 2012 9:58 pm
by LucidFlight
chairman bill wrote:
LucidFlight wrote:Moderate proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of programs - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and maybe even Outlook and Access - is, in my opinion, part of a basic set of IT skills ...


Never heard of Access,

Microsoft's crappy database thing.

chairman bill wrote:and haven't used Outlook since the mid 1990s.

Lucky you. I have. :waah:

chairman bill wrote:Proficiency in any single suite is unnecessary. What is needed is a proficiency in word processing, in presentations and so on.

Oh, I didn't necessarily mean proficiency in MS Office is a necessity. Although, most people I've come across seem to have MS Office experience. Terrible, I know. I guess what I meant was that if you had proficiency in it, I would simply consider it as a basic skill. If you said you're skilled in Open Orif... uh Office, that would be equally as acceptable. :smile:

chairman bill wrote:As for fucking Excel - what a heap of shit that is. I detest spreadsheets (it's a dyslexia thing), and hate Excel more than any other such program I've tried.

Well, I love it! (Not really.)

falconjudge wrote:What about a Specialist's Certificate in each? Does that count for anything?

If I were looking to hire a specialist in those two packages, then yes. :)