Yes. I'm saying that if VFP and maybe SQL is on your resume you shouldn't even bother applying for many of the opening I've read over the last year.

Typically the first reader of your resume is someone in HR who doesn't understand what they're reading. But they've been given a list of requirements and match them to the resumes they read.

>>>Then there are many, many jobs that you could not even send your resume in for. Even most of the posted foxpro positions I've seen list Foxpro as one of the 5 or 6 skills they require.
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>Here is what I said in my post:
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>>>Lets be clear: I am disagreeing with the notion that "he with the most options wins", not with the idea that having more than one skill has value.
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>I'm trying to see the connection between that and your response. Presumably you must be saying that only people with huge lists of "options" can apply for VFP posts requring 5 or 6 skills? Specialists needn't bother, is that it?
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>I disagree. A VFP specialist whose focus matches the desired attributes is exactly what the employer is hoping for. A specialist who possesses most of the attributes is still in with a chance. A candidate with a page-long list of "options" that happens to include the desired attributes is always going to struggle against somebody whose focus is clearly closer to the employer's goals.
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>I suspect you agree with me, even though you present your agreement in your usual pleasant fashion ;-)