25 Jan 08 Baby Steps to a New Job
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29 Nov 07 One Week Job
Have you heard that you’ll have many jobs during your worklife? This guy’s working on one different job every week for a year: One Week Job
Hat tip to Shea Gunther via Twitter
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12 Apr 07 SUCCESS STORY – Getting a job despite your efforts not to
Sometimes the need is just so great that the company will jump through hoops to get and retain you, despite efforts you might make to the contrary.
I talked with a woman today who does Accounts Receivables about how she got her current job. She did that work for a group of doctor’s offices before she went on maternity leave. She wound up finishing her Accounting degree before she came off leave, so she opted to look for a full-time job outside of her job with the doctor’s offices.
She said she applied everywhere and doesn’t remember when she was contacted by the recruiter who was hiring for her current position. Then when it came time for the interview, she had to reschedule a couple of times.
While on the job for awhile, the company came in and eliminated half of the department. Thinking her own job was in jeopardy, she found another one and put in her notice. The VP of Operations begged her to stay and sent a message to her boss demanding that she give the accountant a raise.
Please share your own job-hunting success stories here so everyone can know they too can Get That Job!
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10 Apr 07 Blog your way to your next job
Thanks to Bryan from Monster Careers, I now point you to this article that describes How Blogging Can Help You Get A New Job.
Develop and nurture your online presence. It may lead to your next job.
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23 Mar 07 Twitter got her a job!
“Twitter got me a freelance job.” — Karina Longworth
Karina Longworth, who writes on her blog Vidiocy, sent that message to folks following her on Twitter. Read more about the details at her blog post: Vidiocy >> Twitter Got Me A Job
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17 Feb 07 Job-hunting success story – right out of college
Schneider Quad on the University of Cincinnati main campus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I am very proud of how I landed my first job out of college, which seems like ages ago in internet time. I had spent lots of time at the library, researching the hidden job market and looking for leads. I had posted a resume at the University of Cincinnati’s Career Development and Placement office, and I guess they made a database available to recruiters.
My sister had recommended a book entitled 300 New Ways to Get a Better Job by Eleanor Baldwin. I found that very useful and would recommend it to any graduate or especially students in an online degree program, since they don’t have access to a career center.
One summer day in 1994, Mark, the Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager for a company that manufactured decorative items for homes, called me. What was meant as an initial screening call turned into a full-fledged telephone interview. When I hung up, I had made an appointment for an in-person interview. Not having a car of my own, I was able to borrow a friend’s. I spent the next days before the interview at the library, researching all I could on the company.
At the interview my enthusiasm for the position as an Environmental Engineer was strengthened, especially as I convinced Mark to take me on a quick tour of the plant. I made sure to share some of the information I had found from my own research, which seemed to impress Mark and Jim, the HR Manager who also attended the interview. At the end of the interview, I asked what more I could do to qualify for the job, conveying my strong interest.
Immediately when I returned home, I typed up a thank you note to both Mark and the HR Manager who also interviewed me. Then I both faxed and mailed it.
Within a week Mark called me to offer me the job. I accepted it and wound up moving an hour north to Dayton, Ohio, where I lived for ten years.
The Internet has certainly changed the way we can look for jobs and how employers can find us. This worked for me back in 1994.
Do you have a job-hunting success story you’d like to share? Please send it to me at daniel [at] getthatjobonline [dot] com.
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01 Feb 07 Job-hunting success stories uncovered during lunch
It appears to be so easy for the coworkers in my department to eat their lunches at their desks. We work on a floor below most of the company, and I’ve made an effort recently to head upstairs to the break room to eat my lunch with other people.
I have also spent time asking some of my fellow employees about their work. This is probably made easier to do because these individuals were all recently hired. I like to ask about their work backgrounds, and how they found out about the job they have now.
I’m finding that people are so much more interesting as you get to know them than they initially appear on the surface. Isn’t that so true?
Here are some recent examples how some of these people got that job:
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30 Dec 06 Got That Job!
Hey! I am writing to inform you of my recent success at landing a job. That’s right. Uh huh. (pardon me, while I do a happy dance.):
Before I say anything else here, I need to be clear that the opinions expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of any employer, past or present.
On Tuesday, January 2, 2006, I’ll be going back to work full-time. I’d like to tell you some of the things I feel helped me secure this job.
First, I’d worked with the company before as a full-time employee, and, although laid off in August, I’d made what I felt was a very valuable contribution to the company. Even after that time, I’d done some independent contracting work for them, further adding value to them.
I kept a good relationship with former coworkers and supervisors, often chatting with them at least once a week. They even offered to reach into their own networks to help me out.
Fast forward a couple months, and I get offered to come back. Now, since I’d had time to do some market research, I’d found out that I had been getting paid below the market rate for others with the same skills and experience.
I also began to seek the advice of others whose opinions I trust. When approached with an initial offer, I didn’t just accept it. I opted to look at other things, such as a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether it would be better to stay an independent contractor versus being a full-time employee. Some of these valuable people in my network helped me work this out.
I also feel it was valuable that I didn’t try to negotiate from a position, but instead on factual principles. What does that mean? I meant that in everything, as I presented my concerns and questions, I relied on facts – number of miles to be driven, mileage reimbursement rates, etc.
It was a nerve-wracking experience, but one I’m glad I went through. I’m really glad to be going back to work.
What that means for this blog is that posts may become more erratic. But stay subscribed to the feed, and you’ll know when I do update.
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28 Dec 06 Your Job Searching Success Story – with a Prescription
One thing I love about maintaining this blog is to present job-hunting success stories. They inspire us all, and we need the encouragement to know that success is available for us.
Instead of sharing one right here, I offer a prescription in bold, capital letters: GO SEE “THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS“.
Here’s a direct quotation from the IMDB User Comments page for the movie:
Chris is shown running throughout the movie. Remember the title of the movie: “The PURSUIT of Happiness.” Chris places emphasis on “pursuit.” Jefferson, when he penned the Declaration of Independence, did not promise Americans happiness, but only the right to pursue it. Chris says, at one point in the movie, paraphrase, “I am happy right now. It is a fleeting moment.” We experience happiness in eyeblinks. The rest of the time we, like Chris, are chasing after it.
There will be some heart-wrenching moments that might make you feel uncomfortable, because of how real the circumstances are portrayed. But I think it behooves any job seeker to see this movie. Maybe even more than once.
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29 Nov 06 FeedRaider and Other Ways to Consume This Content
Four years ago when I started blogging, I had no clue about RSS feeds and syndication. I’d just go through my blogroll and manually check to see if someone posted something new.
Now there are so many ways to aggregate the “stuff” you want to consume on the internet, saving time from having to visit each website to see if new content is available. I used Amphetadesk for awhile, and I’ve been using Bloglines for the longest time. Over the past 16 months, I’ve used Juice as my primary podcast receiver.
While going through the visitor logs, I saw a referral from FeedRaider, so I decided to check out that service. I like you can show items from several feeds on one page and set up multiple pages as a way to categorize your content.
To that end, let me tell you about two feeds I’ve set up for this website:
The second item, via Feed2Podcast, uses text-to-speech to create an mp3 of the posts you read here. So, whether you want to read or listen to the content, it’s up to you. And, of course, you can always come here directly to see all the Get That Job! goodness. Speaking of the goodness, I’m always looking for job-searching success stories to share here, so if you have something you’d like to share, please contact me at danimal0416+gtj [at] gmail [dot] com Update: I just realized that some of you might be interested in what I’m consuming, so here’s the link to my FeedRaider web presence. As you were. Related tags: getthatjob get+that+job job+hunt job+search career+advice networking professional+development dan+johnson aggregators amphetadesk bloglines juice feed2podcast success+stories
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