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07-15-2008, 11:04 PM
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| | But seriously folks...
Join Date: Aug 2006  Location: Atlanta, GA
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| I just scored a sweet job after being laid off in early May this year. Took me 4 months to land it.
Forget sending your resume out unless you've got a 4.0 from an Ivy league school, can turn water into wine, and can beat Chuck Norris in a cage match.
It's a crap shoot.
The way I have gotten ALL my jobs is the same way roughly 80% of all jobs are landed: networking.
It's all about who you know.
So my advice to you is to figure out the job/industry you want to get into, find out where those folks hang out after work, roll over there and buy rounds of beers and smokes, then get buddy-buddy with all of them.
They are the key to the job you want.
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07-15-2008, 11:16 PM
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| | doo doo doo
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: looking out my backdoor
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Originally Posted by rbroyles  Is it just me or does anyone else read Business's posts with a Rodney Dangerfield impersonation? Sorry to interrupt your thread, but I think about this every time you post.
I got my first job out of College by responding to a full page ad in "Cycle" magazine. I wrote a resume specially for them, highlighting my strengths based on their ad and their type of business. When they flew me to Ohio for an interview, I told them what I thought they wanted to hear about me and my qualifications, which was creative since I had only had part time jobs. Mainly I tried to convince them of my work ethic, integrity and the desire to grow with them over the long term. The man who would be my boss seemed to like it when I told him I was going to be after his job. A risky answer to his question as he could have felt threatened to hire me, but I think it may have been the reason I was hired over more than a thousand other applicants. | Great story!
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07-15-2008, 11:17 PM
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| | doo doo doo
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Originally Posted by allvol123 Good story Rbroyles. But VBH's was more beliveable. | 
Why am I not surprised that you were the first to jump on it?
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07-15-2008, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by volinbham Great story! | For me to p00p on! | |
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07-15-2008, 11:32 PM
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| | My Goodness My Guinness
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07-15-2008, 11:35 PM
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| | doo doo doo
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Originally Posted by SWIL For me to p00p on! | 
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07-15-2008, 11:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bristol, Birthplace of country music, TN
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Originally Posted by SWIL For me to p00p on! | Go back to your newspaper!
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07-16-2008, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by rbroyles Go back to your newspaper! |  | |
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07-16-2008, 06:06 AM
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| | Conscience of the VN
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Reality
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| Five years of doing something that made me miserable for way too little money so I would have the requisite experience to get the job I most wanted. | |
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07-16-2008, 08:56 AM
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| | Stay Frosty VN
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bad Newz, VA
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| UT career services hooked me up with the company. After that I pretty much got to know who I needed to contact for the position I wanted. Took a few yreas to get the proper experience but has paid off in the end. In about 2yrs I can use what I've learned here to grab a higher (better paying) position.
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07-16-2008, 09:13 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tennessee
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| I faxed my resume to a lot of places ever since May of last year. I faxed my resume into a place and it turned out to be my next-door neighbor. I didn't have any experience working in a law firm so he hired me part-time to get the experience and then he hired me full-time in December (2 months after I started part-time)... | |
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07-16-2008, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by utvolpj UT career services hooked me up with the company. After that I pretty much got to know who I needed to contact for the position I wanted. Took a few yreas to get the proper experience but has paid off in the end. In about 2yrs I can use what I've learned here to grab a higher (better paying) position. | Ditto, almost verbatim.
I had my resume on the career services site, and was contacted by an engineer searching to add a young PM to their company. I happened to have related experience in my capstone design course, and the interview went smooth. | |
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07-16-2008, 09:33 AM
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| | I command you...
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oviedo, FL
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| Good stories by all. Good resume, people skills and patience. Not every company will fit you and vice versa. Don't take the first job that comes open unless you are behind on your mortgage payments. Make sure you fit the job. You'll be much happier in the long run.
BTW - VBH's method, although aggressive, will lead to a whole new career path and life style.
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07-16-2008, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by volinbham BJ
I kid, I kid | All this time and I never realized you interned at the White House.
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07-16-2008, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: FoCo, Colorado
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Originally Posted by SWIL I just scored a sweet job after being laid off in early May this year. Took me 4 months to land it.
Forget sending your resume out unless you've got a 4.0 from an Ivy league school, can turn water into wine, and can beat Chuck Norris in a cage match.
It's a crap shoot.
The way I have gotten ALL my jobs is the same way roughly 80% of all jobs are landed: networking.
It's all about who you know.
So my advice to you is to figure out the job/industry you want to get into, find out where those folks hang out after work, roll over there and buy rounds of beers and smokes, then get buddy-buddy with all of them.
They are the key to the job you want. | Yes, networking is the way to go. Get your name out there. My gf is a career counselor and when I was out of work, I was strongly encouraged to do the networking thing.
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