^congrats. Still waiting on the tide to turn here in Louisville. Starting to lose hope.

10/7/2010 7:02:22 PM

I got an offer from a bank to work in their corporate office on a contract (potentially to full after 90 days) as a Financial Project Manager yesterday. I'm going to accept it unless I get a better offer from the company I'm interviewing with this morning downtown.

It's what I want to be doing and commiserate with my CA salary, which I didn't expect. Long road is finally over for at least a little while.

Job market in the Triangle is definitely starting to get stronger again...

10/8/2010 8:30:55 AM

^I'll believe it once people are barely posting in this thread anymore.

10/8/2010 9:55:53 AM

congrats yall

10/8/2010 9:58:52 AM

welp, looks like the hunt is finally over after 7 months and should include a nice raise over the previous job.

10/8/2010 3:56:03 PM

gg!

10/8/2010 4:30:56 PM

Accepted offer from GS today, whee celebration

10/8/2010 4:54:56 PM

Pretty sure that I held the record in this thread for the longest period of un/underemployment.

All good streaks have to come to an end at some point. Got offered as a CFD nerd at a company in Greenville, SC doing support work for GE gas turbines. Pumped as hell about it.

10/8/2010 6:52:49 PM

Tis the season for hiring apparently

10/8/2010 8:01:17 PM

congrats ThePeter does that mean you're gonna stop posting once you start the job?

10/8/2010 8:11:56 PM

Tis the start of a new financial year for a lot of companies. The government started theirs in October when I worked at the shipyard. Very glad that you all are finding work!

[Edited on October 8, 2010 at 10:07 PM. Reason : Or at least a new quarter. ]

10/8/2010 10:06:35 PM

^^ah shit

Technically YOU got a job first

10/9/2010 5:24:15 PM

um, no. i waitress. so does not count

10/9/2010 5:27:03 PM

Quote :

"Pretty sure that I held the record in this thread for the longest period of un/underemployment. All good streaks have to come to an end at some point. Got offered as a CFD nerd at a company in Greenville, SC doing support work for GE gas turbines. Pumped as hell about it."

congrats. welcome to greenville

10/9/2010 7:19:03 PM

<--------since may.

10/10/2010 12:38:04 AM

I've got an interview-esque thing on Monday and there's another interview elsewhere that I'm trying to get set up.

I've made my decision; I'm not looking for jobs anymore after these last two. If neither of these pan out, I'm just going to bite the bullet and go to Texas come 2011. It isn't what I want, but I am basically guaranteed a job down there, and I'd be a fool to not take it. I'm increasingly convinced that I'm not going to get hired by anybody, at least in NC. I'm starting to feel unemployable, and I'm sick of it. I'm done getting my hopes up and getting trolled by companies that have no intention of hiring my ass.

10/14/2010 12:03:35 PM

the job I interviewed for went to someone else. I feel like crap and feel like giving up but I just can't. I just don't know what to do anymore.

10/14/2010 12:14:21 PM

^ that's such a bummer. Don't worry, things will work out in time! Just keep looking like you have been.
I'll let you know if anything opens up at my company!

10/14/2010 2:22:26 PM

going on 5 months....

i'm waitressing but it's gonna be tough to make rent and all other expenses. desperately hoping i hear good news from the navy next month. or else i just don't know what i'll do.

10/14/2010 2:25:06 PM

good timing with this job offer. Got a note saying I had 2 weeks or less of unemployment benefits left when I filed the weekly certification last Sunday.

10/14/2010 4:27:37 PM

I got conned into a job that turned out not to be what it was advertised to be at all. Sooooooooooooo I'll be unemployed again as of November

10/14/2010 4:31:54 PM

booooo

10/14/2010 4:34:07 PM

Banks are hiring, BOA, WF, Chase, etc.....

10/14/2010 6:43:14 PM

I received a 40% raise yesterday.

I should have my new truck by Christmas.



Unemployment sucks - I was there forever, but once I got to where I was supposed to be going, my whole life got better.

[Edited on October 14, 2010 at 7:57 PM. Reason : .]

10/14/2010 7:57:10 PM

fuck you google for asking me to come back in two weeks after i accept another offer

10/19/2010 4:19:25 PM

I'm really close to landing another job pretty soon. It will pay even less than my last position, but money's not terribly important to me atm. There's also the possibility of advancement if the company can start bringing in the kind of money it wants to bring in. If I can duke it out for long enough either way, there'll at least be one more good recommendation that I can use.

I hate myself for getting my hopes up, because the answer can still be no. But I have such a good feeling about this previous interview.

10/19/2010 4:49:44 PM

My contract is ending next Friday. I'm hoping something popas up before then.

10/20/2010 9:41:11 AM

Today makes it one whole year since I lost my job and I'm still unemployed.

10/20/2010 11:13:32 AM

Don't think I would've survived a year. I barely made it 7 months without wanting to go jump off of a bridge at the possibility of having to move back home. Luckily 1 of the 4 interviews I had in one week panned out and all seems well after 3 days on the job.

10/20/2010 1:44:47 PM

still unemployed. almost a year for me

10/20/2010 2:32:45 PM

Quote :

"fuck you google for asking me to come back in two weeks after i accept another offer"

DIAHF

10/20/2010 5:11:57 PM

GS > Google

???

10/20/2010 5:23:25 PM

I GOT A JOB!

But even now, I still can't manage to get my guard down completely. Any number of things can still go wrong; I might not be a good fit afterall, the work might demand more than I currently believe it will demand, my boss can turn out to be a huge asshole, etc. I'm happy that my job situation is over, but I wish I could believe that it's over for any decent amount of time. Instead of thinking that I have a job, I think that I have a job for now. Again. Until......

10/21/2010 9:23:57 PM

congrats man!

10/21/2010 11:41:29 PM

^^lack if confidence and you will end up watching your coworkers move up while you don't...

10/23/2010 7:05:13 PM

lol. Just got a call for a second interview with NC State. Too bad they were slack asses and I've already accepted another job and been here a week.

10/25/2010 10:37:03 AM

^ are you not going to follow up? Honestly, unless you know you're in a much better situation or are just not interested... I'd try to meet with them. I worked for NCSU and the pay was good and the benefits were great.

Plus, you have an extra bargaining chip now in that if they want you, they have to entice you to leave your current position. Doesn't hurt to hear them out and consider your options.

10/25/2010 6:24:46 PM

I'm probably better off where I am. Benefits would probably be better at State but the job I have now is a good bit closer and more secure. The position with State was funding based and could be pulled out from under me whenever and apparently if someone else got cut, they'd get priority for the position I'd be in.

[Edited on October 25, 2010 at 6:51 PM. Reason : ]

10/25/2010 6:50:47 PM

Thinking about just going back to school to get my master's in teaching and trying to get a job in the public school system.

10/26/2010 4:03:04 PM

going to my ESC office tomorrow so they can review my "work search records". Fun times

10/26/2010 7:11:02 PM

hello, my name is jimmy pop and i'm a dumb white guy. i'm not old or new, but middle school--fifth grade like junior high...

10/26/2010 7:48:04 PM

perhaps some of yall can wear as your halloween outfit your resume?

10/26/2010 10:00:12 PM

since May

should be starting something part-time next week

still looking for the "real job"

10/29/2010 9:23:01 AM

^the whole incident with NCSU really screwed it up for you, right? Arent you about 30 now?


I had an interview this past Friday for a promtion within the same agency....I am one of the top 12 (they had narrowed down from 100). There are two positions, hopefully I can get one of them, if not, oh well, I have a job.....and good practice....

[Edited on October 31, 2010 at 1:31 AM. Reason : w]

10/31/2010 1:30:15 AM

interview number two today for a position that i'm actually pretty excited about....

*fingers crossed*

11/1/2010 12:20:51 PM

good luck!!

11/1/2010 12:26:34 PM

I'm back in this thread again . My short-term contract ended on Friday. I got some leads but I don't if they will happen.

11/3/2010 9:50:49 AM

^^^i thought you were joining the army or something

11/3/2010 10:28:39 AM

I think im going to start hunting again. I'm only making 40k a year a right now, would like to be in the 50 to 60k range with my csc degree and a few years experience now under my belt.

11/3/2010 10:45:26 AM

The ESC is a bunch of tards. I get a paper in the mail asking me to fill it out if my employment status has changed and mail or fax. The fax number listed is out of service.

11/3/2010 2:36:41 PM