Agreed. I suggest that as well

5/5/2011 7:08:53 PM

Quote :

"So how do you people get these job interviews to begin with?"

Craigslist has actually worked for me as cheesy as it sounds. Head hunters can also work, but they are of the devil and most of my experience there was entry level. Industry sites that any competent person in your field would know about, StackOverflow for programmers as one example, could be another another option. Networking is the best option of course, but if you've pissed off your coworkers or slept with anyone's SO then you may need some of the above help

5/5/2011 8:36:47 PM

My current job came from Craigslist. The one before that I found on tdub.

5/6/2011 8:09:48 AM

My current job came from Craigslist. The one before that I got through a twwer.

5/6/2011 9:02:18 AM

My job also came from Craigslist.

5/6/2011 9:11:18 AM

I'm sure someone has referenced staffing agencies prior to this post, but Temporary Solutions (in Raleigh, not sure if their elsewhere) seems to be a pretty good one from what I have experienced. 100% of the jobs that they find for people are state-government. Full-time or part-time positions available. Although you may not get the benefits of the "permanent" state employees, there are definitely some perks. Money off of phone bill, discounts on hotels, discounts off at car shops, and various other discounts. There is also potential to become a "permanent" state employee, as this is not unusual. Should that happen for anyone, you get the government health plans blah blah and so forth. You ALSO hear about internal job postings once you have landed a position with whatever agency/division which gives you opportunity to move to something that you think might suit you better/pays more etc

5/6/2011 11:22:48 AM

^contractor route sucks

5/7/2011 1:31:35 AM

Job situation is coming together. Should hopefully get a formal offer this coming week.

5/7/2011 2:09:53 PM

As of 15 July I will be unemployed. I dread putting my resume together and going through all of the interview bs.

5/8/2011 6:24:03 AM

^Although I am employeed, it is always good to do that, I apply for jobs every so often just to update the resume (instead of waiting and having to redo it all at once).

[Edited on May 8, 2011 at 1:43 PM. Reason : w]

5/8/2011 1:42:55 PM

I do try to keep it up to date. It usually happens about once a year that I do an edit. Since I have only had this job for about a year, my resume would be reworked about now whether or not I was leaving in July. Unfortunately, the knowledge that I HAVE to update it makes the task much more daunting than if I was doing it for the fun of it.

5/8/2011 2:48:48 PM

Thought I would pass this along to you guys since it's in the area. http://goo.gl/qIu5M It's a great environment and would be perfect for all the IT gurus on here. Bonus points if you can troubleshoot flaky wireless networks and are good with active directory or have worked with smart boards.

5/9/2011 1:28:21 PM

Anyone know of any organizations/positions working in mental health with children and/or young adults or at-risk/juveniles?

5/9/2011 2:28:54 PM

Resume Question.

Background:
I started a job on February 1st and I'm thinking of looking around for something else, but I don't know how to handle this position on my resume. The main reason i'm leaving is that I've had pretty much zero work to do (long story). I worked at my previous employer for about 4 years and have, what I think, are some pretty attractive qualifications.

Question:
How do I handle the 4 months that I worked at my current employer? Do I leave it out entirely and leave a gap in my resume that I can speak to if I get an interview or do I include the time and use sparse vague comments? If I include the time, do I include something in the cover letter to try and convey why it's not working out with the current employer?

5/9/2011 4:05:49 PM

I'd put it in and not worry about it too much. I worked my first job eight months before applying elsewhere. I don't think it would be a huge red flag unless there was an obvious pattern of back to back four month stints.

5/9/2011 9:24:10 PM

My company is looking for 4-5 Jr. Business Analysts in Atlanta. We're a small software solutions company (100-120 employees) that focuses on customer analytics and have a bunch of fortune 500 companies as our clients.

PM for details.

Also possibly looking for an analyst in the Charlotte area for a client here.

5/10/2011 11:11:15 AM

got an interview tomorrow. Possibly another one later on next week.

I want to keep my options open. If they make me an offer tomorrow should i ask how long i have to decide? I don't want to seem like im waiting on something else.

5/10/2011 11:30:09 AM

Fine line between keeping your options open and getting too cute with multiple offers. Thank them for the offer now and say you'll let them know shortly, but if it stretches longer than a week or so you run the risk of them going in another direction. Shady individuals have been known to accept the first offer but not agree to start for several weeks, giving them more time to flesh out other opportunities while already having something in their back pocket thats typically not legally binding. Be warned, these people are typically frowned upon once word of their nefarious ways gets out.

5/10/2011 11:37:48 AM

Got two job offers today. Still debating on which one to take.

5/10/2011 10:59:14 PM

Finished interviewing on Tuesday for a great job. Completely qualified, one of my references turned out to be a "very close" friend of hers. Can't imagine it going to someone else at this point, but am still nervous. Wish she'd hurry up and call with an offer or to tell me they aren't interested. The waiting is killing me

5/13/2011 2:05:32 PM

A lot of the time, companies wont even give you the courtesy of a generic rejection letter

5/13/2011 5:01:50 PM

Did well in another HR screening call. I'm glad the interviews are rolling in, but they keep going with people with 5+ more years of experience than me. And I'm graduating tomorrow, so soon I will officially go from a student looking for work, to an unemployed person looking for work.

^^^Lucky bastard (j/k, you prob earned it)

^^Good luck!

^IKR

[Edited on May 13, 2011 at 10:54 PM. Reason : .]

5/13/2011 10:51:30 PM

^get your doctorate, you can be a student a little longer!!!!!

5/14/2011 7:58:31 PM

Well the interview went meh in my opinion. I was interviewed by two 60+ year old guys. They didn't seem high energy and were just looking to hire someone to take their place when they retired in two years. I don't think they wanted to invest in a 27 year old who is not married.

Not holding my breath for that one. Going to keep trucking. Found another job but it has some travel involved, like half and half travel. Looking something 5-10% travel max, not 50%.

[Edited on May 15, 2011 at 2:41 PM. Reason : s]

5/15/2011 2:41:05 PM

^your not married, why does it matter, getting your foot in the door is more important.....

5/15/2011 5:04:40 PM

Dude's saying he doubts they would hire someone they would have to train up and then could possibly bolt due to not being tied down to the area.

5/15/2011 6:00:16 PM

^ pretty much.

We were talking benefits and retirement and he brought up "if you have a family..." and sort of leaned forward and glanced at my hand.

[Edited on May 15, 2011 at 6:07 PM. Reason : s]

5/15/2011 6:07:20 PM

^^my comment was referring to the last couple sentenses in his post....not the other stuff.

I think you are reading waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much into it....you obviously werent confident going in and figured it was a long shot to begin with.



[Edited on May 15, 2011 at 6:20 PM. Reason : w]

5/15/2011 6:18:12 PM

Quote :

" I think you are reading waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much into it....you obviously werent confident going in and figured it was a long shot to begin with."

Yes, i am probably reading into it too much but its just the feeling i got.

Most interviews i've walked out of I've felt like i just hit a home run. When i walked out of this one it felt like i hit a single to 1st base and they threw out the guy at 2nd.

I had my shirt/tie on, got plenty of sleep, was on time for the interview. Like i said I just didn't connect well with the elder guys which surprised me because i usually get along great with older people.



[Edited on May 15, 2011 at 6:32 PM. Reason : s]

5/15/2011 6:25:39 PM

just buy a cheap wedding band next time.....

[Edited on May 15, 2011 at 10:31 PM. Reason : w]

5/15/2011 10:30:55 PM

It's been about a week since my interview, still haven't heard anything. Starting to get a little nervous.

5/16/2011 11:05:36 AM

We are hiring for my replacement (I'm switching to a new role internally), the req isn't posted yet.

Beer/Ping-pong/Darts in the office.
Work life balance.
Hack-a-thon (1 week every 2 months to devote to other projects).
Experience with noSQL a plus.
Groovy a plus.
JavaScript a plus.

http://www.rallydev.com

5/16/2011 4:45:12 PM

Can I work at the UK location?

5/16/2011 4:51:02 PM

Fingers crossed! My fiancé has applied and interwiewed for a job a wolfwebber has posted!

5/16/2011 9:18:31 PM

Dusty?

5/16/2011 10:22:07 PM

^yep! He is interviewing right now!!

5/18/2011 10:24:52 AM

I hopefully will get a formal offer today.

5/18/2011 10:26:29 AM

Got the formal offer over the phone and they are e-mailing everything out. Came in for far higher than I was expecting so very very happy.

So its official got the JOB!

5/18/2011 12:40:12 PM

Congrats, always good to get the job offer.

What is the job offer?

5/18/2011 12:52:21 PM

tired of filling out online apps. Everyone seems to have their own HR/App system. A simple "upload your resume" would suffice but no. I must fill out of these forms, and this form THEN upload your resume.

5/18/2011 1:03:48 PM

Congrats GoldenGirl

5/18/2011 7:52:24 PM

Quote :

"A simple "upload your resume" would suffice but no. I must fill out of these forms, and this form THEN upload your resume."

Couldn't agree more

5/18/2011 8:12:53 PM

Congrats GoldenGirl!!

5/19/2011 9:29:00 AM

I can see how having data points ready to go for the categories you (the employer) is interested in is useful. Resumes are impossible to parse programatically so you actually have to read them.

Weed out the resumes not worth reading in the programatic pass. Profit.

5/19/2011 9:32:51 AM

Just had a phone interview. I think it went really well! From the sounds of it they'll be looking to schedule me for a physical interview. Here's keeping my fingers crossed

5/19/2011 12:45:24 PM

Quote :

"Congrats GoldenGirl!!"

Seconded!


I'm about to head to a dinner/event where I can maybe do some networking in a few hours. Got to get all dressed up soon.

5/19/2011 4:09:44 PM

Thanks guys! I had my very happy day turn crappy yesterday when I gave me 2+ weeks and my manager yelled at me. He turned beat red and started shaking that is how pissed off. And what sucks is we were friends and he is the last person i expected that from, he's the guy who would never even hurt a fly...

Oh well. but GL to everyone else!

5/19/2011 4:16:08 PM

Giving your manager 2 weeks notice is one of the small pleasures in life, enjoy it

5/19/2011 4:22:06 PM

Sounds like a very petty man. I imagine him jumping around in anger like Rumplestiltskin when that girl guessed his name.

5/19/2011 4:23:53 PM

^ ahahahahhaha




You know what, I like where this thread is headed. I've been seeing tons of people interviewing and talking about getting new jobs, and many less people talking about getting laid off. That's a good thing.


I too am interviewing like mad lately and I feel like I'll have 3 solid job offers within the next few weeks. 3!!!

[Edited on May 19, 2011 at 10:11 PM. Reason : .]

5/19/2011 10:09:53 PM