Job Hunt Thread

[iamshack]

I have an intern working for me that bathes in cologne every morning. I need to tell this kid to lighten up on it a bit.

We have a PhD here that is of some form of Asian descent (I am not sure which). She wears all kinds of crazy stuff, including fishnet stockings and the like...no one says anything to her about her attire because they are just afraid of getting called insensitive to her culture (my guess, anyway).

[Steve9347]

We have a PhD here that is of some form of Asian descent (I am not sure which). She wears all kinds of crazy stuff, including fishnet stockings and the like...no one says anything to her about her attire because they are just afraid of getting called insensitive to her culture (my guess, anyway).

If she's hot, fishnet works.

[farmteam]

My firm is in need of a law clerk and being the least senior attorney, I got stuck with basically doing all the work to find someone. After posting the job and getting some resumes, holy crap do I see the other side of the coin with hiring. I have these cover letters that are full page, singe spaced and not a lick of substance. It reads EXACTLY like my cover letter back in the day when I was looking for a job. What a pointless exercise.

If your firm suddenly decides to expand to Minneapolis, I'm available.

[pettie4sox]

We have a PhD here that is of some form of Asian descent (I am not sure which). She wears all kinds of crazy stuff, including fishnet stockings and the like...no one says anything to her about her attire because they are just afraid of getting called insensitive to her culture (my guess, anyway).

 

What do you do and where do you work?

 

Sounds Korean to me maybe Chinese. In no way is she Japanese.

[iamshack]

What do you do and where do you work?

 

Sounds Korean to me maybe Chinese. In no way is she Japanese.

I think she is Chinese. She does work on all kinds of crazy algorithms and what not for our load (electricity) forecasting models and our weather forecasting models.

 

She's really thin and quite possibly anorexic...I swear she walks up and down the stairs and around the building like a hundred times a day for exercise. She wears all this crazy s*** but no one says anything to her

[pettie4sox]

I think she is Chinese. She does work on all kinds of crazy algorithms and what not for our load (electricity) forecasting models and our weather forecasting models.

 

She's really thin and quite possibly anorexic...I swear she walks up and down the stairs and around the building like a hundred times a day for exercise. She wears all this crazy s*** but no one says anything to her

 

Well saying she's thin and anorexic to describe an Asian woman is like saying honey is sweet. =)

 

I worked for a Japanese company before. They are so strict with dress codes that I could never see a serious Japanese worker wearing them. Now I work with a couple of Chinese women, (one younger; one older). The younger one wears all sorts of attire (short shorts, daisy dukes, etc...). The funny thing is we work in a lab... so while she's off trying to be beautiful, she'll spill some chemicals on her bare body.

 

SMH

[witesoxfan]

Well saying she's thin and anorexic to describe an Asian woman is like saying honey is sweet. =)

 

I worked for a Japanese company before. They are so strict with dress codes that I could never see a serious Japanese worker wearing them. Now I work with a couple of Chinese women, (one younger; one older). The younger one wears all sorts of attire (short shorts, daisy dukes, etc...). The funny thing is we work in a lab... so while she's off trying to be beautiful, she'll spill some chemicals on her bare body.

 

SMH

 

Maybe she's into that

[StrangeSox]

I really need to find a new job.

[southsider2k5]

I really need to find a new job.

 

Try changing corners

[cabiness42]

Got a call last week to set up a phone interview for this week. Since I work until 5, I asked if there was any day I could do the interview after 5. I got told, "No, that isn't possible, I can't stay later than 5."

 

Since this seemed like a pretty promising lead, I took 1/2 vacation day this morning to do the interview, and one of the first questions I'm asked is, "I just want to be up front in telling you that this is not a 9-5, 40 hour/week kind of place. We all go the extra mile here to get things done. Do you have a problem with weeks that are regularly 45-50 hours and sometimes 60?"

 

I actually hung up on him.

[southsider2k5]

Got a call last week to set up a phone interview for this week. Since I work until 5, I asked if there was any day I could do the interview after 5. I got told, "No, that isn't possible, I can't stay later than 5."

 

Since this seemed like a pretty promising lead, I took 1/2 vacation day this morning to do the interview, and one of the first questions I'm asked is, "I just want to be up front in telling you that this is not a 9-5, 40 hour/week kind of place. We all go the extra mile here to get things done. Do you have a problem with weeks that are regularly 45-50 hours and sometimes 60?"

 

I actually hung up on him.

 

Same guy? Either way, that is pretty gutsy.

[cabiness42]

Same guy? Either way, that is pretty gutsy.

 

Yes, it was the same guy.

[GoodAsGould]

So I posted awhile ago how my boss completely lowballed me, pretty much getting paid 15k less than the guy before me after he was fired and only there for 3 months. I was initially going to tough it out a little longer get half a year or so under my belt with the improved job title but now they are cutting costs and going to be short a person come busy season. This is while the company has been growing over double the size it was when I started as the low man on the totem pole last November.

 

Finally decided to say f*** it and get the hell out but how does one even go about job searching besides using Monster/Careerbuilder/etc. I feel like on Monster everything I apply for seems to be ignored or through a 3rd party hiring company that always offering me worse jobs than I currently have and with Careerbuilder I seemingly get a ton of emails/calls about Insurance sales jobs which is not something I'm willing to get into. Also from people who are in the know, if I can afford it would it be a better idea to quit my job now and search fulltime or keep my current job because having a current job seemingly just looks a lot better.

[southsider2k5]

So I posted awhile ago how my boss completely lowballed me, pretty much getting paid 15k less than the guy before me after he was fired and only there for 3 months. I was initially going to tough it out a little longer get half a year or so under my belt with the improved job title but now they are cutting costs and going to be short a person come busy season. This is while the company has been growing over double the size it was when I started as the low man on the totem pole last November.

 

Finally decided to say f*** it and get the hell out but how does one even go about job searching besides using Monster/Careerbuilder/etc. I feel like on Monster everything I apply for seems to be ignored or through a 3rd party hiring company that always offering me worse jobs than I currently have and with Careerbuilder I seemingly get a ton of emails/calls about Insurance sales jobs which is not something I'm willing to get into. Also from people who are in the know, if I can afford it would it be a better idea to quit my job now and search fulltime or keep my current job because having a current job seemingly just looks a lot better.

 

The worst thing you can do is be unemployed while looking for work. The best thing you can do looking for work is to know people. Other than that you can go straight to specific company webpages or linked in pages to try to find stuff. Other than that, it really takes tons of applications for each bite at an interview when you are blindly applying. The process just sucks.

[mr_genius]

if I can afford it would it be a better idea to quit my job now and search fulltime or keep my current job because having a current job seemingly just looks a lot better.

 

definitely keep your current job while you look for a new one.

Edited July 23, 2013 by mr_genius

[bigruss]

definitely keep your current job while you look for a new one.

This can't be stated enough, as stupid as it may seem, companies feel that just because you're currently working makes them feel more comfortable in hiring you.

[cabiness42]

So I posted awhile ago how my boss completely lowballed me, pretty much getting paid 15k less than the guy before me after he was fired and only there for 3 months. I was initially going to tough it out a little longer get half a year or so under my belt with the improved job title but now they are cutting costs and going to be short a person come busy season. This is while the company has been growing over double the size it was when I started as the low man on the totem pole last November.

 

Finally decided to say f*** it and get the hell out but how does one even go about job searching besides using Monster/Careerbuilder/etc. I feel like on Monster everything I apply for seems to be ignored or through a 3rd party hiring company that always offering me worse jobs than I currently have and with Careerbuilder I seemingly get a ton of emails/calls about Insurance sales jobs which is not something I'm willing to get into. Also from people who are in the know, if I can afford it would it be a better idea to quit my job now and search fulltime or keep my current job because having a current job seemingly just looks a lot better.

 

Are you on LinkedIn? That's a pretty good way to network professionally. Some job postings on there, too, but not a ton.

 

Also, Indeed.com is a good site for job searches.

 

[Steve9347]

I feel like it's going one of two ways.

 

1) waiting for person B to get back to them on an offer and stalling (not likely, bc why would the interview be scheduled briefly)

2) interview scheduled, VP notified, VP had no idea they were this far in process and needs a ton of information and to micromanage the bejesus out of the situation

Got a call on Friday saying I should hear this week. I've given up. It sounds like they didn't have their ducks in a row and are now interviewing lower-level candidates. Thanks for wasting my time, company!

[GoodAsGould]

Not on Linkedin yet, made a profile but dont really ever check it. Going to stay at job while I look even though I definitely never have been more miserable doing a job.... like some of my coworkers but beyond that can't wait to leave.

[HuskyCaucasian]

I have a job interview in a town just NE of Orlando next Friday (Aug 9th). They are paying for my airfare. Didnt expect that since it isnt a high ranking position.

Edited July 30, 2013 by Athomeboy_2000

[iamshack]

Got a call on Friday saying I should hear this week. I've given up. It sounds like they didn't have their ducks in a row and are now interviewing lower-level candidates. Thanks for wasting my time, company!

Any news yet, Stevo?

[Steve9347]

Any news yet, Stevo?

They didn't get approval to hire for the position and thus wasted a lot of people's time.

[IlliniKrush]

They didn't get approval to hire for the position and thus wasted a lot of people's time.

The way they did everything appears really backwards. Idiots.

[iamshack]

They didn't get approval to hire for the position and thus wasted a lot of people's time.

The fact that they actually told you that is a sign of their incompetence.

[southsider2k5]

The fact that they actually told you that is a sign of their incompetence.

 

Which probably means it was a good thing you didn't go there, because they have some problems.