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For the past 15 years I've done document control/records management for manufacturing/engineering/energy companies, electrical oil & gas and nuclear.
It fits the bill as it's most a desk job. I need lots of knee work, I can't be on my feet for long before my knees get so stiff I can hardly bend them. Trying to find something along the same lines so I don't have to start a new career at fast food wages.
Might not help but I'm going to shoot you a PM when I get home tonight.
Robb,
One more thing. I got my current job through industry contacts. A Xerox sales rep I knew found out I was looking for work and connected me with a couple of companies she knew was looking for help. It also bypassed the whole HR process, so I was not getting reviewed and filtered by HR standards or employees. I was referred directly to one of the owners and had an interview scheduled as soon as I said I was interested.
Reach out to some of your past co-workers and even vendors you worked with. Let them know you're on the market and looking and if they know of anything. If you're not on LinkedIn, get on there and start working your network. Some of the best jobs aren't always even listed on a website.
There was a LinkedIn article that said expect to look 1 month for every 10k in salary you want. If you're just blasting out the same resume, you're probably wasting your time. most companies go through a computer algorithm looking for key word matches etc.
I am having my resume rewritten, I have been updating the same one for 10+ years and it is getting killed by the Applicant Tracking Systems the HR departments use to scan them.
I went 18 months at one point without steady work, last time about 4.5 years ago was 5 months and I am on 3.5 weeks now.
I am 52, and yeah I may be facing some age discrimination, oh well.
I am getting some hours through some contacts I have made through the years, but they are not at my normal billing rate. I would only need 15 hours a week at my full billing rate to replace my normal salary.
I didn't lose a job, -I lost an industry. Try regaining footing after that!
Here's something for a laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b56eAUCTLok
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If something pops up here in Loveland, I will let you know ASAP! Right now just engineering positions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robb
Last job search was in 04.
Being old school, walk in introduce yourself to owner and or manager with a hand shake for the job the listed. It was hard to wrap my head around doing it with that new to me way of emailing or faxing a cover letter and resume.
It was frustrating for what they wanted, one wouldn't get as much as a Thank you we've received your application and will contact you.
Even then, getting hired was done with a lot of phone calls and emails to friends and people i've done business with. That took 3 weeks to get hired
I believe most job listings are done solely for the purpose of going through the HR hoops, that a job must be posted on line. When they've already hired internally.