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Friday, June 02, 2006
Task at hand: get a job
I decided about a month ago that I need to get a job, but for 2 or 3 weeks after that I had a lot of trouble getting started. I just couldn't bring myself to put a resume together. And I just couldn't bring myself to search for jobs on monster.com and other places. I don't want this to turn into something like every school project that I waited until the last possible minute to get started.So my current battle against laziness is on the job front. I'll post updates on my progress.
After weeks of stalling by saying I was perfecting my resume, I finally sent a copy to a recruiter who found me on monster. His specializes in placements in commercial and retail banking, which isn't exactly what I'm looking to do, although it is something I'm well qualified for that would pay well. So its good to have options, and more important to just get started. ¶ Posted by chuck zoi at 3:17 PM
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i need to do this as well. perhaps we could compete and see how many resume drops one could complete in the ensuing week. i already know my grand total: 0
ideally i would like to work for a think tank...or possibly a gov't job. i am unwilling to grab whatever just for sake of a job. then again, I have no even TRIED to grab whatever.
I've initiated stuff with 2 other companies now. One in Baltimore, one in DC. No response from NSA yet.
Very generally, I want a job that I find interesting and challenging, and that pays fairly well.
I have experience in commercial finance, and contacts in that industry, though I'd really prefer to find something new. But those kinds of jobs would pay fairly well, so I want to find something where my experience is still relevant but the role is different enough to keep me interested.
One thought I had is to just think of companies/organizations I'd like to work for, and just try to get in the door in some finance role and go from there. That's generally my thought with NSA. They had a budget analyst job posted that I think I'd be qualified for, but their application process is general - I just send in an application and they match my qualifications against any positions. Bascially I'm just curious to see what their interest in me will be, and what kind of position I could be in there because national defense/intelligence has always interested me.
The other 2 positions I'm pursuing are along the lines of quality control/consulting, which is what interested me the most in my old job. I'm fairly confident that I'll be able to get an interview at both of those places, and should have a very good chance at getting an offer.
Inertia is taking over though. Now that I have 2 promising leads, plus the NSA wildcard, I'm not really actively looking for anything else the last few days (although I am still sifting through monster.com listings). Probably should still be looking around more though. Can't hurt to have more good options.
I have experience in commercial finance, and contacts in that industry, though I'd really prefer to find something new. But those kinds of jobs would pay fairly well, so I want to find something where my experience is still relevant but the role is different enough to keep me interested.
One thought I had is to just think of companies/organizations I'd like to work for, and just try to get in the door in some finance role and go from there. That's generally my thought with NSA. They had a budget analyst job posted that I think I'd be qualified for, but their application process is general - I just send in an application and they match my qualifications against any positions. Bascially I'm just curious to see what their interest in me will be, and what kind of position I could be in there because national defense/intelligence has always interested me.
The other 2 positions I'm pursuing are along the lines of quality control/consulting, which is what interested me the most in my old job. I'm fairly confident that I'll be able to get an interview at both of those places, and should have a very good chance at getting an offer.
Inertia is taking over though. Now that I have 2 promising leads, plus the NSA wildcard, I'm not really actively looking for anything else the last few days (although I am still sifting through monster.com listings). Probably should still be looking around more though. Can't hurt to have more good options.
I was digging up old posts wondering where I said "anyways I'm still a genius" which was me clearly being facetious. Anyways I wanted to just resurface what a DIFFERENCE 2 years makes.
Sparko are you still waiting on your NSA interview?
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Sparko are you still waiting on your NSA interview?
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