Posted on 08/29/2017 1:35:04 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
By the time you get to Phoenix, she’ll be rising..................
We have friends who moved from Columbus to Phoenix in the 1970’s. He worked for Woodmen of the World. They moved back to Columbus in 1980.
I work in IT in Phoenix, but I have worked for the same employer since 1974 and so I have not been out looking for work. No, our company does not need new talent.
Try these guys: https://symantec.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/2/refreshFacet/318c8bb6f553100021d223d9780d30be
I am independent (IT — development or project management for a specific package) and it has worked out pretty well.
When I was looking for an engagement, I registered with about 5 different job search engines and about 70% of the positions were for full time jobs.
Monster, ZIPrecruiter, Dice, Lensa, JobAlerter are a few. I have loved being independent, but you have to be willing to travel if you go that route.
I also pinged the heck out of my network and got some good work, as well as some follow-ups for next time I am between assignments.
I have been deluged with jobs that are just outside of my parameters, but this approach might work for you.
I hope this helps.
You are moving from a lush green sauna to a brown dry convection oven. Not much difference, you are going to fry either way.
Good luck. Getting anybody to even respond is close to impossible. Which is why I took a disastrous job for lousy money. Might as well have been jumping into a pit of snakes. Hate to see you leave a job in the situation you described.
Phoenix is hot. BIL described it as too hot in the 1990’s. Then I got there. LOL, he was right - so you’ll have to adapt. Best of luck.
[ a brown dry convection oven ]
I woke up, after sleeping in, at my hotel way, way back to hear voices outside at the pool. As I recall, they were all done by 11 a.m. I think they were already out there at 9:30 a.m. I wondered, why go to the pool at 9:30 in the morning. Then I found out.....
The pollen can be very bad in Phoenix. Take a look at weather sites and look at the pollen information to determine if you still think a move to AZ is best.
I can say Indeed.com is an excellent job resource, with a radius search capability.
Had an elderly Father-in-Law move with us to Phoenix and ended up getting the Valley Fever.
Please be aware of this before you move to Phoenix:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/valley-fever/basics/definition/con-20027390
True about the grass. We have desert rock. Nice not to keep a lawn cut and watered.
Its whether you want to bake or boil to death.Death in a sauna or hot tub. Rattlesnakes or cottonmouths. Die of thirst or drown.
Tucson habitue here and its cooler than the Phoenix Viking oven.
You have never experienced HOT until you have resided in Phoenix.
I tried it for 7 months and just couldn’t do it.
I left a concert one night at midnight and it was still 108 deg.
108 at midnight.
Think about it.
An old complaint from Arizona residents is that people move in looking for relief from pollen allergies and bring with them the same vegetation that causes the problem they're fleeing. Thereby, they recreate the same conditions they seek to escape.
I am IT too and tried to find work there.
Abysmal.
The going rate for contract work was less than 1/2 what it was anywhere else in the country I’ve been.
Washington, Texas or California.
You may wish to look in to the medical field. Many computer related jobs in Phoenix/Scottsdale area in field of medicine. Also, ASU.
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