Re: Metal Finishing Questions


"jon_banquer" <jon_banquer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On May 14, 5:15 am, "vinny" <vi...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Uhhh, being unemployed is a scary thing man, and it takes time to land a
decent job. So my usual plan of attack is get something to get you thru.
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Have you sent your resume / applied on-line to Boeing in WA?

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nothing is wrong with that.
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How much searching and applying on-line for jobs in other states have
you done?


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Iv'e been doing that. But those kinds of jobs take a long time to secure,
especially when it's not in person.

Is there some reason you can't interview in another state if they want
to meet and talk with you?

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Couldn't agree more. Skills don't mean a whole lot in a vacumme. And for
me
this has been a learning process. What I was doing a few weeks ago seems
silly to me now. I was an infant at marketing myself, I feel I have now
graduated to the second grade.

See above

This is something I should of been doing consistantly since I got out of
school. I concentrated on only massing skills, and left behind social and
marketing skills.

Okay.

That was then....this is now. Everything has changed.
And that's why I didn't take that ridiculous job.

You would be better off washing dishes than taking a job like the one
you described.

If you fill out an on-line application for a big company in another
state you need to push for an interview and find a way to show up in
person and interview them to see if you might be a good fit and if you
can help them. Play hard to get... it works.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA

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I got a job with a lawn service. I stopped looking for crap jobs. The
lawnservice is old fashioned hard work for crap pay, and it's honest. Of
course it's florida in the summer and im 42, so......
That aside I decided I do have skills people want and realized I need to
give it time. It's paying off. The interviews are starting to roll in from
awesome companies for awesome positions.
We all need to live by the statement "act your wage".

However, I have a family and we are a democratic family, we all have a vote,
even the kids. Simply sending resume's all over the country is not an option
for me personally, but Iv'e sent resume's out as far as 100 miles and the
results have been shocking.

I appreciate all the advice Iv'e been given. Soon I will be employed by a
great place, but the marketing will never stop. Iv'e changed my attitude,
and some bad habits, and am no longer asking for a job, I'm now offering my
skills. A very different approach to what I was doing a month ago.

This has actually changed from fear to excitement. I'm not afraid of next
week, I cant wait for it!

Again, thanks for the advice, from you and a bunch of others in here. It
really made all the diff.


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