re: Nothing is more depressing than a dragged-out job search

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I hate when the recruiters/hiring manager call you up, as if they are about to offer you and talk about how great you were, only to say they are going with someone else.

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Company did this to me twice. Called a third time and I said frick that I’m not applying again. I’m happy at my current job.

A week later they called and said if I apply, the job is mine

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Just do what you can and try to stay busy. Keep your mind off of it for whatever amount of time you can.

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This

At one point of my life I went from making right at 100k to coaching Jv football for a middle school for the tune of 28k a year.

Do what you gotta do till things turn for you and they will eventuality

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Just fricking sucks your soul out every day.

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I’ve said many times the hiring process is completely broken. But I don’t see it changing. Most middle management don’t have a particularly impressive grasp on the process.

That said, I always encourage folks to go volunteer, or find some passion project. Something that keeps you on a routine, socializing with quality people and growing some identifiable skills.

Kind of in line with the idea of being single and desperate you need to get back to investing in yourself to build confidence.

Do you have any experience in construction? I own a recruiting business and filling spots for reinforcement iron workers for an apprenticeship that starts at $18/hour. You would get overtime and would possible make in the high 20's within 4-5 years.

Yeah, it sucks. I was an engineering manager at a chemical plant that got closed down. I had the privilege of managing a team of ~ 15 people, determining when they would be laid off, still trying to motivate them to do their jobs. I got laid off in July of last year, but started looking the previous March, interviewing for Sr Engineering individual contributor jobs, process control positions and other Engineering management positions. Couple of interviews, but a lot of no responses. You submit your resume online, and if you’re lucky, you’ll get an email back.

Hell, my previous boss, who was training me to take her job before the shutdown announcement (she was looking to move back to the UK) had gotten an equivalent job at another company which I just happened to apply for and got an interview. I didn’t think that I was a shoe-in but thought I had a good shot at it, and talked with her and she went to bat for me.

Turns out, a friend of the plant manager just happened to be in the same position as me and got the job. They may have been a better candidate, but I felt like it was more of a “who you know” type situation.

Eventually I landed a position after about 6 months, kept basically the same pay, so I consider myself pretty fortunate. Stick with it, you’ll get something, but also consider having a consultant look at your resume if you haven’t already. I thought mine was ironclad, but apparently the trends on what is a “good” resume these days has changed quite a bit in the last 15 years.

And for god sake, don’t put your fricking “pronouns” in your bio. I don’t care what anyone says, your resume will get shitcanned immediately if you so.

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Any experience in Tech Writing?

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Did a lot of writing in college (English major)

I've done quite a bit in my current job of writing up my own onboarding/training materials, a lot of my responsibilities require me to synthesize info from multiple sources and pull them together to draw conclusions and build an action plan.

I feel like I have the skills but not a body of work, so I've only applied for a couple of basic jobs in the field, one of which has remained open for 6-7 months. For that one specifically, I just feel like - could you not just interview me and see if I could do it? Obviously your current search plan isn't working.

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Nothing is more depressing than a dragged-out job search

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I'd say Cancer is more depressing.

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I'd say Cancer is more depressing.

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That's is SO clever, you dweeb.

Cancer is my astrological sign, btw.

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There is a baw on the OT apparently doing pretty well driving for Waitr

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I heard a guy call Dave Ramsey today and said he’s made $20k in 6 months driving for Uber Eats about 20 hours a week.

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Do you have any experience in construction? I own a recruiting business and filling spots for reinforcement iron workers for an apprenticeship that starts at $18/hour. You would get overtime and would possible make in the high 20's within 4-5 years.

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Where?