I met with a friend this weekend who just recently was placed in a contracting opportunity. She offered to send me her recruiters information and introduce us. I have now written a summery and submitted my resume to the recruiter.
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Got a call from a recruiter who is looking for someone for a 3-6 month contract at a large health care provider in the cities. It is for a position that requires SQL writing and is not a DBA position, so it would be a nice change to focus on just writing TSQL/SP's and not have to worry about the overall health of the server. On the down side, they are offering $5 less an hour than I want, so that is roughly $5,000 less over a 6 month period...I am slightly reluctant to go that low, as the money I'm looking for is needed to keep my salary roughly the same and to pay for medical benefits, so loosing the $5000 will actually cost quite a bit.
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My wife is getting tired of me being home I think...today she started looking for jobs for me and sending them to my email account..she found some good ones too...
Monday, January 12, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Day 33 Log
I got feedback from the recruiter who setup the interview yesterday. I am happy to hear that the company I met with thought things went well, here is part of an email I received from the recruiter:
"He said that everyone in the group liked you and it went well. He has a few other interviews he has set up. He said he wants to finish up those interview and decide who he likes best, but so far things are positive."
Friday, January 9, 2009
Day 32 Log
Sent some emails back and forth this morning between a few recruiters and my self, trying to get ready for my interview this afternoon. Reviewing some of the requirements and figuring out the best way to drive there.
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Had a great interview with a company in the Hopkins/Eden Prairie area. I thought that the interview went very well, I was able to answer most of their questions and I think I'd make a great addition to their team....I'm just hoping they feel the same way.
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Had a great interview with a company in the Hopkins/Eden Prairie area. I thought that the interview went very well, I was able to answer most of their questions and I think I'd make a great addition to their team....I'm just hoping they feel the same way.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Day 31 Log
I had hoped it wouldn't be an entire month before I was employed again. It's been a nice rest/break, but I'm more than ready to get back out into the work force.
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Job sites are quiet this morning, nothing new since yesterday
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Got a call from the recruiter I spoke with yesterday, the company I was excited about has received my resume and based on it, they feel I'm a good match, so they are going to do a phone screen with me today. If that goes well, then things will really be looking up for me.
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My call when great, they asked me to come into their office tomorrow to meet with them. This is progressing nicely. Here's hoping that things continue to go well!!! Wish me luck.
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Job sites are quiet this morning, nothing new since yesterday
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Got a call from the recruiter I spoke with yesterday, the company I was excited about has received my resume and based on it, they feel I'm a good match, so they are going to do a phone screen with me today. If that goes well, then things will really be looking up for me.
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My call when great, they asked me to come into their office tomorrow to meet with them. This is progressing nicely. Here's hoping that things continue to go well!!! Wish me luck.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Day 30 Log
I think today is the first day I've started to feel discouraged. I haven't gotten my UI payment yet, not many new jobs are showing up and for the first time in several weeks, I have no good prospects. I know the market is picking up, but none the less, I'm feeling the discouragement.
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I forgot about CareerBuilder.com, found several positions on their site, most were ones that were on monster or dice as well, but a few were new. One I really liked, I hope they call me back. Another was very ambiguous, and had a very long application process, after 10 minutes I got through the fourth of seven steps, and the system bombed. Told me to start over...maybe I will this afternoon, but now I'm just pissed that I have to start over...I hate it when I have to upload a resume, then re-type in all the information.
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Spent some time on LinkedIn, updating some stuff, and checking out some of the groups I just joined. Some have people posting positions, sent a few requests for more info, not sure if anything will come of it, but it puts my name out there.
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Got a call this afternoon from a recruiter whom I spoke with a few years back, but at the time I wasn't looking. He was checking in with me, and has what sounds like a perfect fit for me. In the banking industry so that would be a fresh change. I'm going to see if we can move forward on this. Down side of it is that it is a contract to hire, which isn't bad on its own, but it is a 1099 contract, not a W-2; which means that I'd have to have my own company, and figure out taxes on my own, and no chance for insurance until they would hire me. This might end up being good for me, I have thought of incorporating for a while, and if this moves forward, I'd need to do that...the day started out with me feeling discouraged, and is ending up with me feeling pretty good.
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I forgot about CareerBuilder.com, found several positions on their site, most were ones that were on monster or dice as well, but a few were new. One I really liked, I hope they call me back. Another was very ambiguous, and had a very long application process, after 10 minutes I got through the fourth of seven steps, and the system bombed. Told me to start over...maybe I will this afternoon, but now I'm just pissed that I have to start over...I hate it when I have to upload a resume, then re-type in all the information.
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Spent some time on LinkedIn, updating some stuff, and checking out some of the groups I just joined. Some have people posting positions, sent a few requests for more info, not sure if anything will come of it, but it puts my name out there.
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Got a call this afternoon from a recruiter whom I spoke with a few years back, but at the time I wasn't looking. He was checking in with me, and has what sounds like a perfect fit for me. In the banking industry so that would be a fresh change. I'm going to see if we can move forward on this. Down side of it is that it is a contract to hire, which isn't bad on its own, but it is a 1099 contract, not a W-2; which means that I'd have to have my own company, and figure out taxes on my own, and no chance for insurance until they would hire me. This might end up being good for me, I have thought of incorporating for a while, and if this moves forward, I'd need to do that...the day started out with me feeling discouraged, and is ending up with me feeling pretty good.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Day 29 Log
Happy Birthday to me!
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Had my phone interview with the company in Mendota Heights, didn't go as well as I had wanted. They are looking for someone who will do purely maintenance. My goals for the future are to continue to learn and become a well rounded DBA, I'm afraid that if I focus solely on one area, like pure development or pure maintenance, that I won't achieve those goals. I mentioned this to the interviewer and he told me that it wouldn't do justice to their system to have their developers doing maintenance or their maintenance people doing development, which given their size makes sense, but I don't think that it would be a good fit for me. If I had to do a pure-anything position, I'd rather be a pure-developer, I enjoy that better than doing the maintenance.
Don't get me wrong, a big part of me was saying that I should shut up and take the job; it's been almost a month since I was layed off, and almost a month since I was paid (still no UI benefits, everything is still pending...taking a lot of crap from my wife on that), so saying no to following a position that might work out for me is a bit of a gamble, but since everyone tells me that companies are ramping up and staring to hire, I'd like to hold off on a position that isn't a good fit, and look for one where I'll be happier and thus a better employee, and everyone wins.
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Again not much on the job sites, I found one new position that I would be a good fit for (from the sound of the posting). I applied for it, hoping to get a call back.
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Had to contact a recruiting firm that I spoke with several weeks ago to see if they had submitted me for a position that the firm I worked with this week was thinking of submitting me for.
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Had my phone interview with the company in Mendota Heights, didn't go as well as I had wanted. They are looking for someone who will do purely maintenance. My goals for the future are to continue to learn and become a well rounded DBA, I'm afraid that if I focus solely on one area, like pure development or pure maintenance, that I won't achieve those goals. I mentioned this to the interviewer and he told me that it wouldn't do justice to their system to have their developers doing maintenance or their maintenance people doing development, which given their size makes sense, but I don't think that it would be a good fit for me. If I had to do a pure-anything position, I'd rather be a pure-developer, I enjoy that better than doing the maintenance.
Don't get me wrong, a big part of me was saying that I should shut up and take the job; it's been almost a month since I was layed off, and almost a month since I was paid (still no UI benefits, everything is still pending...taking a lot of crap from my wife on that), so saying no to following a position that might work out for me is a bit of a gamble, but since everyone tells me that companies are ramping up and staring to hire, I'd like to hold off on a position that isn't a good fit, and look for one where I'll be happier and thus a better employee, and everyone wins.
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Again not much on the job sites, I found one new position that I would be a good fit for (from the sound of the posting). I applied for it, hoping to get a call back.
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Had to contact a recruiting firm that I spoke with several weeks ago to see if they had submitted me for a position that the firm I worked with this week was thinking of submitting me for.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Day 28 Log
Well according to what I've been told by previous recruiters now is when the job market should be looking better. I'm having a meeting with a new recruiting company followed by lunch with a friend who is also unemployed. I will spend the afternoon checking in with recruiters and searching the job sites to see what is new.
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Had a good meeting with my contact this morning. Sounds like as the month progresses, more and more jobs will become available as budgets get approved for the year.
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Got a call from a recruiter I spoke with a few weeks back, they have me setup for a phone interview tomorrow with a company close to home. My wife likes the company's location, so we'll see how the interview goes.
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After some more feedback on my resume, I decided to make some changes to it.
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Only a few new positions on the job sites, I applied for one that looks interesting.
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Had a good meeting with my contact this morning. Sounds like as the month progresses, more and more jobs will become available as budgets get approved for the year.
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Got a call from a recruiter I spoke with a few weeks back, they have me setup for a phone interview tomorrow with a company close to home. My wife likes the company's location, so we'll see how the interview goes.
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After some more feedback on my resume, I decided to make some changes to it.
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Only a few new positions on the job sites, I applied for one that looks interesting.
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