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had a part-time interview today and crushed it, and have an interview next week for a full-time job. now, i'm one to always consider the possibilities, and i'm not totally sure which situation might be best right now. 1. I live in Austin, Texas, right now. only three months, but i'm really missing North Carolina--the mountains, better hiking, bigger trees and a lot of my friends there. poor economy there but some good contacts. so basically it'd be with friends and where i enjoy living, but likely be spending a while at your basic crap job and just getting by for a while. 2. take a part-time gig that pays decent and at least is near Austin. 3. the full-time job interview is in the middle-of-nowhere Texas sorta-near Corpus Christi, so super-hot and super-humid, but full-time and in my field. i find myself still missing North Carolina, though. it seems the quality of the jobs i'm looking at are inversely proportional to the place where i'd like to live. if i were 20 this would be easy, but at 33, i have an equal desire to build a career but also to finally settle down in one place and call it home and not face moving again in a few years. obviously it's ultimately my own decision, but i thought maybe you all might have some advice or have something i may not have considered.
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just updated the resume and on the advice above, will repost it on the industry job sites so it looks fresher. i think i'll exclude the WalMart job from the resume just because i don't want to end up pushing down or deleting the industry-specific work, but my outfitter job will be on there so that people see i'm doing something. now the decision is whether or not to apply for jobs in Dallas (three hours from me, in Austin). have zero money to pay an apartment, but the father would be more than happy to front me. wouldn't like Dallas as much, but then it's industry-specific work. ok, just decided to apply and if it's a management job, then i've got to take it. knowing it's not as good of a city, if it's menial work, then i won't.
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Same thing, minor negative, turn it around. If you have to fill out a test about your behavior/beliefs, on a scale of 1-10, every answer should be a 1 or a 10. interesting. i'll get those questions every so often and always go with "8". i feel like answering "10" would show a little overconfidence, and as a kind of made-up, haven't-thought-about-it answer. i like "8" because it says you're good, but accept that you can always get better. for the "What's your weakness" i always go with "confidence," and also mention that it was my previous supervisor's negative comment about me (shows it's not made up). then i add an example of how i tried it and realized i could do it successfully. haven't decided yet if that's a strong answer yet or not. the question that always throws me is "Describe a problem you faced and how you solved it." i seriously can't think of any particular problem i've had, so i typically just tell them about how i go about solving problems. side note, i got a job at Wal-Mart part-time, and just yesterday got a job at an outfitters (an hour away, which stinks). so with two part-time jobs i should be able to get by financially now, which is a huge load off. now to wait it out for a year+ until something career-oriented comes along. hope i don't need a hospital in the meantime.
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my professional resume lists relevant jobs only and i never even bother talking about work gaps--would take up too much space that i otherwise fill with more appropriate information. i just let them ask if they want. i don't know, i feel like i should save the dead grandmother excuse for getting those three days of paid grievance time off once i'm on the job. or maybe the grandmother excuse would work if you're ever accidentally late for an interview. "sorry i'm late; grandma's funeral ran long."
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awesome tip. i've suddenly got a project to do tomorrow. got me a job at Wal-Mart and have an interview tomorrow at an outfitters. should i get that second job i'll be able to break even financially, which will be awesome.
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i've never heard that hotels tip, thanks. i think i'll end up trying those out toward the end of the week. today was some applying at Subway Restaurants. now that i've been turned down for a stocking job at a grocery store, i need to apply to anything and everything i can find. the glimmer of hope right now is that i've kind of made a contact in the Parks field (an Aunt living here knows him). and he's no ordinary contact--you could probably say that his direct bosses are senators. he doesn't know me from Adam and certainly doesn't deal in entry-level stuff, but i'll just cross my fingers that he has a chance to call and might have some ideas for me that i haven't thought of yet.
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wanted to answer a couple comments from the "What's Bugging You" thread since this thread is more appropriate here, and i don't want to hijack the other thread: Find a headhunter is that like a temp agency? i'm looking into them right now to find one who isn't IT or Engineering specific. Do you have any connections at all in your new community? vaguely. someone i haven't met forwarded my resume on to an HR person in Austin. i emailed him a simple hello when i finally got here, but he didn't email back. not sure how much more i'd be able to bug him or even what to say beyond what i have already. but i think i'll try another hello and mention a job i'd applied to that is STILL in the "review" stage but has my Wisconsin address on the application (i called and the City won't let me change it, but I mentioned my move in the cover letter). looking forward to a conference on the 19th. will chat up everyone i can and hopefully make some job contacts or non-aggressively pass out my resume during conversation.
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i don't know if this thread might be a help to people or not. but i was just thinking of the handful of people on brewerfan like myself who have been looking for work for quite some time with no luck. with every job opening, an organization gets 200+ resumes, so more than ever, even getting an interview means having a contact who can help get your foot in the door. or maybe there's just a use for advice from someone in the industry. so considering the diversity and knowledge on this site, maybe people are open to getting PMd to offer help. i'm currently looking for Park and Recreation work (state or municipal, anywhere). i used to be an editor and would be happy to offer anything i might know about the industry. Thanks!
