Posted on 01/11/2006 5:32:19 PM PST by Chi-townChief
My girlfriend just started a dual degree OT/PT program.. Im countin on her to be bringing in the big bucks for me in a few years ;)
I have no clue how to do that, though. Most places...you send a resume to the company, they pass it to HR, they roundfile it. *sigh*
I think a big difference between here and where I was before is that the businesses tend to be so much smaller and locally based. They get fewer applicants, and the resumes went straight to the department doing the hiring or to the search committee. Different scenario.
I am working with some recruiters, and that's how I got the last position. But it's still very frustrating. I know I can do my job well, but I can't get into a position to prove it!
"General Dynamics, told me that 95 percent of what he learned in college–a prestigious one–was irrelevant to his work. "
Failure to see the forest for the trees.......a college education is wasted on someone like this.
She's a glutton for punishment, LOL!
No, that's great. Make sure she goes into private practice, that's where the dollars are.
At least, let's hope so after she pays off all of her tuition bills!
"Right now, I would take any job"
Me too!
Unsually by joinning professional organizations and getting to know them outside of the work environment first. Or otherwise, finding out their names by doing a little detective work and contacting them directly - many will be frustrated with their HR Departments' incompetence and willing to look at your resume first themselves. ;)
My Daddy was an engineer. That was my family's ticket to the middle class.
In many cases, this is true. However, if the environment has a lot of innovation, you will find engineers going 'back to the books' if some technical legerdermain is required for a solution.
The bigger outsourcing risk is in areas where products don't necessarily make quantum leaps, and much of the engineering can can take place using establishe specifications, agency codes, Mil-Specs, etc.
Would I recommend such a career as a first choice now? Probably not. Not a lot of appreciation outside the field ( at least until there isn't a product to sell, or resolving a problem requires some actual insight that comes from a technical education ), IMHO.
Where do I apply?
Where are you and what kind of things can you do? There may not be a lot of good opportunities out there, but there has to be something for a person willing to work!
It's much the same way in the sciences. I teach computer science and am an active researcher - the fields I teach and do research in these days I never had so much as a course in.
Definately an overachiever, Im thinking about doing a doing a JD/MBA insead of 'just' a JD.. dont want her racking up more graduate degrees than me lol! :)
Your FR homepage is blank. That tells some team leader with an opening that you can't sell your self and you can't sell his project to the VP.
Don't say "I would take any job". Say "I am a valuable asset to a team leader for these reasons:
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Don't present yourself as desperate. When selling meat, present the value of protein. Don't mention the lack of vitamins that veggies have. When selling veggies, sell their assets. Don't dwell on the downside of brussel sprouts.
www.Conservative jobs.com has a lot of good jobs, as do DICE, Careerbuilder, Computerjobs and a couple hundred other dot com sites. But all the jobs at conservativejobs.com need a person who can "sell the agenda".
I'm not very good with HTML yet, so this page is a work in progress...
I'm a long time lurker who finally got up the courage to sign up. Part of what took me so long is deciding on a screen name. About the one I picked: Rosie Cotton is Samwise Gamgee's sweetheart in the Lord of the Rings. After he returns home, they settle down and have 13 kids. Sam is my favorite character, so...
Above is your resume. If you were HR, or hiring manager, or a friend with connections where could they possibly find a place for a person with that resume? You no doubt have wonderful skills that you are good at. Sell those skills.
> -- Where do I apply?
No application is necessary. It is a gift God bestows on all His loyal Freepers.
>>One career hazard is the offshoring of technical work to low-cost countries like India and China, with thousands of skilled engineers willing to work for 80 percent less than their counterparts in the United States. Some of the safest jobs involve government-related work.<<
Love the last sentence.
Just to let you know, for what it's worth, you're not alone. Blackbird.
Just about everything relevant is learned on the job. A college degree is four years spent to keep HR departments from throwing your resume in the trash unread. ;)>>>>>>>>>
And the situation only grows worse. I have a high school diploma and a diploma from a Navy electronics school but am considered unqualified now for the same type of job I had back in the sixties even though computer technology would make the same type work easier to do now. I see people with four year degrees now doing jobs that would have been sonsidered beneath the dignity of a self-respecting high school graduate in the sixties.
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