How'd you get your job?

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Business

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I'm knee deep in a job search as we speak. I'm always down for stories for inspiration.

So be it nepotism, smooth talking, great resume, great interview, good looks, bedroom antics, spelled your name right on the application, very experienced in the field, etc...

I ask. How'd you get your job?
 
#5
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Business said:
Oh, come on big daddy, no story?
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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.
 
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Persistence. I went with no job for 9 months. I went at least once a week everywhere I could find in a 50 mile radius putting in resumes. Finally I went at the right time with the right stuff on my resume. I had been there a few months earlier, but the timing wasn't right to get hired. But persistence is the key.
 
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Business, if you are knee deep in it and looking for any advice, I'd offer this:

Study the company
Make the interview a 2 way conversation, not a one sided affair.
Find out at the beginning of the interview what is needed to be successful in the position and then try to work in some examples of how you can fill those roles later in the interview.

Just my 2 cents if you are interested. Those 15-30 minutes go a long way in determining your future.
 
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rbroyles said:
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.
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Stones. Straight, stones.
 
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What kind of work do you do?

I'd recommend speaking with an executive search firm...not a temp agency, but a professional recruiter. It's free to you, so it can't hurt.

I represent "C" level executives (ceo, cfo, coo, cno, etc.) for more than 300 hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide - my clients (the hospitals) pay me to conduct confidential searches for these executive positions. I discuss all opportunities with my candidates before presenting them to my clients...I keep my candidates' identities confidential unless they give me the green light to disclose their information to a client...and, ultimately, I help these executives negotiate highly lucrative career transitions.
 
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Jaytrain5 said:
What kind of work do you do?

I'd recommend speaking with an executive search firm...not a temp agency, but a professional recruiter. It's free to you, so it can't hurt.

I represent "C" level executives (ceo, cfo, coo, cno, etc.) for more than 300 hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide - my clients (the hospitals) pay me to conduct confidential searches for these executive positions. I discuss all opportunities with my candidates before presenting them to my clients...I keep my candidates' identities confidential unless they give me the green light to disclose their information to a client...and, ultimately, I help these executives negotiate highly lucrative career transitions.
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I'm currently looking for a lucrative career transition... :)
 
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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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rbroyles said:
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.
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Great story!
 
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rbroyles said:
Go back to your newspaper!
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#24
#24
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.
 
#25
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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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