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Posted: 9/14/2005 8:05:26 PM EDT
The last time I looked for a job I had two offers within a week and a half. My contract is winding down, and I've started looking again. It's been a week and I still haven't had a single interview with an employer (I've talked to several recruiters though). One difference is that this time I am only looking in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Last time I was considering opportunities through out the southwest. One of my offers last time was in Colorado.
Anyways, I'm starting to get depressed that I don't have offers flowing in yet. 
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Posted: 9/14/2005 8:11:55 PM EDT
[#1]
I haven't had to look in 11 years. I know it isn't fun. Good thing I have a small store of SHTF cash. Right now my SHTF is if the mall pretzel shop decides to close.
I may try to start my own business, perhaps a cart or stand at football games. I've always wanted to be an independent small business owner. |
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Posted: 9/14/2005 8:15:38 PM EDT
[#2]
I was hired within 3-days of dieciding I wanted a job again.
Btw im a student. |
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Posted: 9/14/2005 8:32:50 PM EDT
[#3]
I was unemployed for eight days in the last in the last 29 years since I turned 16 years old.
I started working 20 hours a week in my mother's shop when I turned 16. Two years to the day later ... Zero days between that job and my first 40 hour/week job at a car stereo place. Two years later ... Seven days between my job as a car stereo installer with AutoComm and my enlistment in the USN. 23 years, seven months, and 16 days later ... Zero days between my Navy retirement and my job as a broadcast engineer with a civilian company. Four months later ... One day between my job with a civilian contractor and the federal government as an IT mangement specialist. Nine months and change to today! I write very good resumes, and always have a couple of offers on the back burner just in case of issues in the current carrer. I always keep my resume current and I'm forever looking at companies with a future in the television broadcast career field. When I saw the on coming title wave of digital comming I self taught myself MCSE, CNE, Net+, A+ and a bunch of other computer certifications. The resume quality gets the document read, the certifications and job experence gets the interview and your presentation gets you the job. My career field is not one where you learn and then do, it's one where you learn, learn again, and keep learning and keep earning. Good luck. |
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Posted: 9/14/2005 8:36:21 PM EDT
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It all depends on what you're willing to settle for.
The garbage collectors are always hiring. So are cab companies. Pay is decent but the work may drive you to kill something. You can get those jobs TODAY. Construction crews are HURTING for skilled laborers around here. This area is going through a building boom that I can barely believe, and I'm in the electrical contractor supply business and I've seen our business double in a few months. And I utterly hate it because I like this area when it's NOT so damned crowded and there's a lot of empty space that hasn't been developed. But those fucking developers....  A house that was worth 70K in a sleazy town nobody wants to live in, ten years ago, is now worth over 300K. And it's STILL in a sleazy town nobody SANE wants to live in. That's just WRONG. I wish God would wipe those new developments off the planet along with the asshole developers who started them. But I digress....  A GOOD job, with good benefits and a good medical plan in particular, is becoming tough to find. I'm fortunate in that I HAVE one, though the hourly pay is only ten bucks an hour, because the medical benefits are directly and immediately important to me NOW. To the tune of maybe 40 thousand bucks! Finding an equivalent job here now might take several months for ANYBODY. CJ CJ |
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Posted: 9/14/2005 8:37:42 PM EDT
[#5]
I'm not unemployed yet, I'm thinking ahead on this one. Trying to find a job before my contract runs out. I'm in IT too Paul. I'm a SAN Engineer with a couple of certs under my belt as well. The upside of my niche is that there aren't a whole lot of people who do what I do. The down side is that there are fewer jobs opportunities then there are for say and MCSE or CCNA.
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Posted: 9/14/2005 8:57:11 PM EDT
[#6]
Also one of those also never unemployed but it took three fucking years, alot of job interviews and a few false starts before I was finally able get out of my old job and I never plan to look back.
It's hard to find the road to a new career, but it sounds like you might have a better chance of getting one faster. Good luck!  PS: You will keep us informed right? |
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Posted: 9/14/2005 9:09:31 PM EDT
[#7]
Couple of days max. Then again I'm also a college student with a $9.19/hour job.
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Posted: 9/14/2005 9:11:20 PM EDT
[#8]
It took me six months to find a job around here after I was medically discharged from the military.
It was worth the wait though, cause I ended up with an awesome job. |
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Posted: 9/14/2005 10:31:57 PM EDT
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The older you get, the more talented youngsters they pump fresh out of what ever schools you attended back in the good old days. They are younger/smarter/faster than you current in the latest technologies and they will work cheaper.
I suggest re-upping the current contract you have before your employer hits the market and finds out how much he can get now for how much less than he is paying you. |
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Posted: 9/14/2005 11:03:06 PM EDT
[#10]
Depends on what you can do.
In myh case, a new job is a phone call away. Seriously. |
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Posted: 9/14/2005 11:18:14 PM EDT
[#11]
Good advice Paul.
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Posted: 9/14/2005 11:20:04 PM EDT
[#12]
Knock on wood, I've been here 5 years and have no desire to find a new job.
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Posted: 9/15/2005 1:29:43 AM EDT
[#13]
It depends on your situation, skill level, and profession.
The longest I have ever been out of work in since I started working at 15 is 3 weeks. The reason I was out of work back then was because the plant I worked at burned down. I have been with the same company since '98. But to get that job it took almost 2 months until I got the offer letter. I was still working during this time. I image if I had to find another job it will take at least that long since my experience, skill sets, and salary requirements have increased. I have always said the best time to find a job is when you don't to. |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 1:54:11 AM EDT
[#14]
No time. I've had the same one for going on 30 years. 
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Posted: 9/15/2005 2:07:05 AM EDT
[#15]
took two years to gain employment at the same (close) level to what I was at when I was laid off from UAL. I did have a job doing similar work for almost 50% less. I did have several offers that wanted to pay $10/hr for doing what I was doing at $30+/hr.
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Posted: 9/15/2005 2:23:35 AM EDT
[#16]
The longest, 6 months. Average is a about a wek and a half.
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Posted: 9/15/2005 3:46:11 AM EDT
[#17]
I just completed a job search. I left my old job without an offer on the table because I would have had to renew for a year. I out-processed from my old job the first week of August and just got a SWEET offer yesterday. While it was great for cooking for the wife and playing guitar it was seriously stressful at times.
Being a political scientist doesn't help that much, there are a finite number of places (even in the DC area) that are in a hurry to talk to you. shooter |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 5:18:18 AM EDT
[#18]
Too damn long. The local factories around here just go through the employees like mad. Turnover is huge, yet they never figure out that they need to treat people better if they want them to stay. I know which places to avoid, yet they're the only ones with "wanted ads" out all the time. Finding a job I can stand and which isn't terribly abusive is getting pretty hard. Even temp work is mostly really shitty jobs nowadays.
Thankfully the wife makes excellent money so we have no money problems, but it grates on me that I can't find a decent job. But that's the way it goes in a modern manufacturing area. |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 7:06:37 AM EDT
[#19]
I got a phone call with an offer last night and Im not even looking.
 The last time I was looking I wanted to completely change fields. I looked for close to 8 months and couldnt get an entry level offer. So I took a crappy temp job at a place my buddy worked for cash while I was still looking. That was 9 years ago and now I run the dept, funny how things work out. 
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Posted: 9/15/2005 7:12:18 AM EDT
[#20]
Say, wasn't there talk of having accepted a counter offer some months ago? Wonder if that has anything to do with it. If you are dealing with any recruiters within that previous recruiters group of contacts, they will not send you out on interviews again, ever.
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Posted: 9/15/2005 7:22:01 AM EDT
[#21]
Use the people that you know in your industry - be proactive in getting the word out to everyone one you know who are connected in the industry - even if they are good candidates for hiring you. Use your Grapevine to full advantage.
Hope this helps, CWO |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 7:23:26 AM EDT
[#22]
it's never taken me more than 30 days to find a better job than the one i left.
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Posted: 9/15/2005 7:31:10 AM EDT
[#23]
My dad was a recruiter for many years.
He always told me to plan on spending a month per $10,000 of annual salary you're trying to achieve (assuming you have all the other necessary things to qualifiy for such a salary). |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 7:34:01 AM EDT
[#24]
I've been in your boat before Steve (just started a new job this week after looking about a month). I work in IT also, in a niche field, as a linux administrator. One thing to think about though, it may take someone like you longer to find a job then a vanilla MCSE, but your job will most likely 1. pay more and 2. have a better future.
Good IT jobs are hard to come by, but when they do, they are well worth it. You don't have anything to worry about, especially with your SAN experience, but it may take a little while. Good luck. |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 7:38:50 AM EDT
[#25]
Often they call me...
Several years ago, I got canned when our contract ran out. I had been on overhead for three months and that is a LONG time to be burning up the companies revenue. I saw the end coming and already had a job with SAIC the day my boss delivered me the bad news that Friday afternoon, exactly when I knew I'd be going. I was "out of work" over the weekend. Frankly, with just a modicum of edumication, a willingness to adapt to our changing environment...a smidge of experience, and often a willingness to move, one ought not to ever be unemployed. On the other hand, IF those requirements aren't met...if you happen to be LOCKED into a certain job and your skill-set is no longer required, then you might be in some difficulty. |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 8:24:32 AM EDT
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I'm an RN.
The question would be "when do I want to go back to work?", then it would take a couple of hours.to get hired. I told a friend I use to ride motorcycles with all over the country......"everywhere you see a blue hospital sign is a place I could pull over and work". There will never be enough nurses with all you old guys getting older. One of the best decisions I ever made was finishing nursing school. There are many diferent things you can do that don't envolve even touching a patient, air conditioning, food, women (it's like a candy store), good money, benifits....... |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 10:25:31 AM EDT
[#27]
I'm financially prepared to be out of work for 3 months before I get in trouble, and that is about the max I would expect to be out of work before I could locate another job.
For me, it is much harder than average, because I'm hard of hearing, and 95% of the recruiters I've met have been discriminatory fuckwads. |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 10:47:00 AM EDT
[#28]
Not counting my "pay the bills" walmart job,
I've been looking for 6 months now. Before graduation and after. Still looking. Still not ONE SINGLE FREAKIN OFFER. I've had two interviews. Both of which ended up hiring someone else. It sucks trying to find entry level stuff. I can see where it'd be a lot easier for someone with a few years of experience. Oh well, such is life. |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 10:49:45 AM EDT
[#29]
Post your resume on www.dice.com and www.monster.com |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 10:49:47 AM EDT
[#30]
As for the getting depressed part, wait until its been six months without an offer. THEN bitch about being depressed.
I should say, "wait until you've been feeling like your entire education was a waste of years and thousands of dollars that you're left holding the bag for and the best job you can get is at walmart" Live with that feeling for a few months. Welcome to my life. You want it? You can have it, I don't need it anymore. |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 2:36:01 PM EDT
[#31]
Nope, that's not it. The guy that I was dealing with during that time was in Atlanta, and I am currently looking for jobs in Texas. I have all kinds of people contact me about jobs. I have my resume posted on a couple of career websites and I've gotten responses about jobs in Omaha, Chicago, Brooklyn, Green Bay, Wilmington, Cincinatti, and a few other places. I don't want to leave Texas, so I am automatically ruling these ones out. I have had a couple of people contact me about jobs here in Dallas but I haven't had an interview with a hiring manager yet. I'll find something eventually, I'm just not very patient is all. |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 2:37:37 PM EDT
[#32]
I think that's the kicker. I don't want to leave Texas. I'm really only looking in Dallas and Austin. |
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Posted: 9/15/2005 3:20:58 PM EDT
[#33]
Going on a year here
Got an offer in Minnesota in the hopper, we'll see if that pans out. On second thought, it's been about 16 months. Time flies when you're posting on Arfcom... |
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:59:06 AM EDT
[#34]
Anyone ever have any luck on monster.com ?
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Posted: 9/16/2005 6:05:52 AM EDT
[#35]
I received about 4-5 phone calls after posting my resume after getting laid off. My background is in science, but every call was for a recruiter position with staffing firms. Still looking... EPOCH |
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Posted: 9/16/2005 6:18:57 AM EDT
[#36]
They only open up for hiring here every 5 years or so, and I had to wait outside during a snowstorm to just get an application for the job. Other than that, before that, I've been out of work the most 30 days.
I know alot of people hate NY, but there are not many places in america where you walk into a job and make >$50/hr your first paycheck. I feel there is a surplus of jobs here. I nkow people with Masters degrees that dont make half that, plus I have a pension to boot. Unless I truly love this new job ( I'm a entrepreneur at heart ), I'm heading to Colorado by years end
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Posted: 9/16/2005 6:22:45 AM EDT
[#37]
I'm an advanced practice nurse, and do anesthesia for a living. I get several job offers every week. Finding another job is a breeze at this point.
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Posted: 9/16/2005 6:26:47 AM EDT
[#38]
After I got out of the Navy it took me 2 months to find a job.
I'm quitting that job and moving back to Oregon...hopefully it won't take me that long to find a relatively comparable job, but I doubt it, because I work in IT. |
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Posted: 9/16/2005 6:46:45 AM EDT
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Yes...that often IS the major determinant. In 1996 I was working in SoCal for SAIC. I was beginning to really hate the work and the locale...but Miz LWilde didn't want to leave...so I did't push to hard...but she knew damn well I was unhappy. The stress was just about killing me. At the time, a Northern VA based DoD consulting firm was constantly bugging me to join their team. They'd pay for the move...a house hunting trip...a 25% bump in salary...yada-yada-yada. Finally when we lost a major contract and the .gov capture team dude told me on the QT that it was partly because my company had screwed the pooch and moved me out of the prospective PM job for a new hire that they did not like and was not qualified...but happened to be a close Bud of our boss, THAT was the final straw. I finally convinced the missus it was time to go. Best decision we ever made. Now...it I lost this job here and couldn't find anything...then what? I have a job waiting back there with one of my former competitors. Do I want to move? No. Would I to keep our family in groceries and me in ammo? Yes. |
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Posted: 9/16/2005 6:57:59 AM EDT
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SAN engineer? I assume that you've already thought about applying at Dell. If you work with EMC SANs, I think that would be a very easy fit.
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Posted: 9/16/2005 7:03:42 AM EDT
[#41]
Got laid off February 3rd. Started my new job March 29th.
Quality Assurance Engineer. aka Software Tester. |
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