Anyone Hiring?....

[SamuraiCO]

My cousin was a teacher and had burn out. He went to teach in community college and found the obvious issues with teaching in public schools were gone and there was just a class of students wanting to learn.

Funny I have always wanted to teach and am on serious burn out with my own profession (pharmacy). Daily I am being put into impossible situations for service while corporate ties my hands with the amount of help I can have. They keep signing contracts with ever decreasing rates of return and gross profit but they take it out on my staff (or lack thereof). About 3-4 more years in this for me then I will need to get out the stress is unbearable. No more evenings or every other weekend shifts either. Can't wait.

[BigBear]

That really sucks BB, sad to hear. Any chance you have a security clearance?

Well, I haven't quit yet, I'm just really getting frustrated and disillusioned. I know I'm making a small difference to someone, somewhere, just tired... No, I do not have a security clearance. I was never able to join the .mil due to health after the car wreck my junior yr of high school. After that it was all teaching, so never needed one.

I just recently transitioned into a career in GIS as a GIS Specialist. It's very interesting work involving Geography, computers, Science, engineering & all sorts of interesting subjects. It's a booking industry & Colorado is one of the hot spots in the nation for this sort of thing. Find a good company to align yourself with, learn the trade & you'll never be searching for work again. I got on with an employee-owned company thanks to a buddy & it's a great environment to work at (so far) & the total compensation package is fantastic. It was a good enough opportunity that I gave up a cush job in sales management with a senior role in the company, take-home company car, expense account & insanely flexible schedule. I'm low man on the totem pole who has mountains to learn & I couldn't be happier.

That actually sounds kind of interesting... I've always romanticized about working with GPS and satellites and stuff.

What kind of job are you looking for? No client interaction? Sales? Service? Office or in the field work?

I don't know... All I've ever done is manual labor and teaching. I don't think I'd be majorally opposed to anything. Well, not true, I do not really have any interest in retail sales type stuff. Just looking around.

My cousin was a teacher and had burn out. He went to teach in community college and found the obvious issues with teaching in public schools were gone and there was just a class of students wanting to learn.

Funny I have always wanted to teach and am on serious burn out with my own profession (pharmacy). Daily I am being put into impossible situations for service while corporate ties my hands with the amount of help I can have. They keep signing contracts with ever decreasing rates of return and gross profit but they take it out on my staff (or lack thereof). About 3-4 more years in this for me then I will need to get out the stress is unbearable. No more evenings or every other weekend shifts either. Can't wait.

Funny you mention that. I've been seriously considering going back to school to get my PhD/DMA so I can teach College level (the kids that want to be there).... I've been keeping my eyes on openings but here in the Springs, there's not much and I don't think my wife is to the point of wanting to move as her family and very successful business is here.

[Tim K]

I'm hiring two guys in my cabinet shop.

[newracer]

My sister teaches in Cheyenne Wyoming and she loves it, says it is a lot better than teaching on the Front Range. Pay is a lot better too.

ETA: Just saw you last post, looks like moving is out of the question.

[Erni]

Any charter/magnet schools nearby? Most of the parents there will be driving their their kids to scuceed and not put up with any kid games? Most of the teachers will be pulling their weight too so you dont get duds.

[Rumline]

Are there GIS jobs in the Springs? My wife has a Geology degree and was looking for a while but couldn't find anything. Ironically she decided to become a teacher.

[Justin]

If you're any good with computers, go get a certification in Security+ or CISSP and you'll have recruiters after you pretty regularly.

[CS1983]

ISC^2 mafia requires 5 years cumulative, full time, paid experience in 2 domains; one year is waiverable w/ a Bachelors. One can take and pass it with no experience, but they won't award the cert until you meet requirements. They'll only let someone without necessary experience claim Associate of ISC^2. It a real racket.

In the Springs, Sec+ would be the way to go to break into IT, especially with little to no experience. Sec+ in combo w/ Secret = at least a Service Desk position which would pay better than private sector low-mid analyst/engineer for the area.

[Great-Kazoo]

How hard or not do you want to work in your next job? What (not necessary to put it out here in a public forum) physical condition you feel you're in?
How far you willing to travel, shift work, be trained etc? Are you expecting benefits from day one or realize there's a 30+ day wait till you receive them if any. What are your expectations for a new career? Once you consider those questions , then look at jobs/ careers that will get you there.

AND............... what age bracket you fall in, once one hits the late 40's it may be hard to break in to a new career.

[Goodburbon]

Pueblo Chemical Depot is almost always hiring. Search for jobs in pueblo at www.battelle.org (for lab oriented jobs) www.aecom.com (for plant operations jobs) or bechtel.com (plant engineering)

The schedule sucks. it's a dupont shift schedule. BUT you get 2, 3 day weekends a month AND 1 whole week off per month. air monitoring jobs in the lab (through battelle) start off at around $25/hr for around $65k

Here's a breakdown of the schedule:
Week 1 Nights MTWT
Week 2 Days MTW Nights FSS
Week 3 Days TFSS
Week 4 Off

Air monitoring is constantly hiring due to turnover (mostly people who can't handle the schedule) must have a clean background.