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Topic: Job finding guidance and request for some help. (Read 10386 times)
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Llava
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HaemishM
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HaemishM
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I'll put that on my resume.
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Lantyssa
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I'll put that on my resume.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Xanthippe
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Another thing to think about is temping. I've gotten jobs from working for temp agencies before, upon moving to a new area.
That is, if you're thinking about just going to Ventura and sacking out on someone's couch at first. Rent is sure to be way pricier than Bakersfield, though, so maybe that's not such a great idea. But I can't imagine that jobs are that hard to come by - and the weather's a hell of a lot nicer than Bakersfield in the summer.
I encourage you to try it. You're relatively unencumbered. Do it before you aren't. Even if it doesn't work out, it will work out.
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dusematic
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Signe
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Strazos
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Liquidator
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You can check out the classified section of the Ventura County Star online. It has all same same job postings that they have in their print newspaper. I live in Thousand Oaks which is about 15-20ish miles south of Ventura and we use the same newspaper, so some of the job listings are for the T.O. area, but there is still a large amount for the Ventura area as well. Good luck in your job search. |
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Flood
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You can check out the classified section of the Ventura County Star online. It has all same same job postings that they have in their print newspaper. I live in Thousand Oaks which is about 15-20ish miles south of Ventura and we use the same newspaper, so some of the job listings are for the T.O. area, but there is still a large amount for the Ventura area as well. Good luck in your job search. Cool thank you. |
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Flood
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Any of you industry insiders or travelling jacks of professionalism know or heard anything about working for THQ? Customer Service that is.
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Flood
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Bump for post dinner time.
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Cyrrex
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...pack your shit up and move to Phoenix......and tons of food.
Tons of food in Phoenix? You mean like, just laying around? What a sweet deal. |
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schild
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Yea I know, awesome! I found a cheeseburger on I-10 today. It was sweet.
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Cyrrex
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Could it have just been a dead coyote with cheese on it? I want to be sure, because I am now seriously considering moving to Phoenix.
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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Ezdaar
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If it was on I-10 in the middle of the day it was likely reduced to ashes in 0.28 seconds from the bajillion degree heat.
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Yegolev
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Any of you industry insiders or travelling jacks of professionalism know or heard anything about working for THQ? Customer Service that is.
With a little experience in phone support and friends with same, I'd suspect any CS job is like any other CS job for the most part. |
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schild
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Here's the thing about Phoenix. It's not really a HAPPENING PLACE TO LIVE. That said, I outgrew happening in high school and college. I'm fairly content here. Yea, the gamer type in me wishes there are more (read: quantity and quality) developers out here since the ones that ARE out here suck giant balls. But the gamer type in me also likes the fact that the food for the most part is way above average most places you eat (though I wish we were closer to phoenix proper - we're out in the ass end of Chandler (SE of phoenix or sommat). Nonetheless, there are many jobs, cheap housing, and a rapidly growing population and city. It's not a bad place, it's probably one of the best places I've lived, even with the summer but then it's also not my #1 choice. For right now though, where I am in my life with no aim and no real aspirations and a sort of wandering brain, I'm pretty content with it. When I get my shit together, I will probably move. That's a few years down the line - at least. F13 keeps me sane.
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Signe
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Ezdaar
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Most of the suburbs of Phoenix seem to be what you would get if you transplanted Orange County to the desert. As someone who has lived his whole life in SoCal I don't see a whole ton of difference except for the weather and lack of ocean. I think every other person here has actually moved from California.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Welp, just failed my 70-282 cert test again, which means I'm out of a job here in east end Maryland.
What a great day to be me.
As an aside: Schild, are there any lan places around? That's a fun business to start.
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schild
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Lan places died daily in Maryland. I've never seen one last for more than 3 months. So while I'm sure there are some, the market will be clear soon. Bethesda could probably use one.
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Abagadro
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Didn't want to start a new thread so I thought I'd post it in here. Very odd thing happened today. Guy called a left a message on my home phone. Very short. Says "Hey (my first name), I'm actually calling about a position in our company, give me a call at (number) and ask for (his name)." The Caller ID has his name and the number he gave me on in. No other information and googling his name didn't come up with anything.
He did not specify the company. I have not applied for any jobs with any companies. I don't have my resume out on any sort of site or board or anything (and have never publically "posted" it).
It smells like scam to me so I'm thinking about not even calling him back (although our number here isn't even in my name, the phone book lists my office number so I have no idea how he got it, although I do say my name in my outgoing voicemail message), but I thought I'd get the collective wisdom of you folk as this has never happened to me before.
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schild
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Could be legit headhunter type. Could have found your info through a previous (and stupid) employer. or could be the result of a previous employer.
What's the number? Give me some details and I'll pretend I'm your secretary. I make a VERY convincing secretary.
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Strazos
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Can we get a recording? I need Teh Funnies.
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Fear the Backstab!
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WayAbvPar
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Didn't want to start a new thread so I thought I'd post it in here. Very odd thing happened today. Guy called a left a message on my home phone. Very short. Says "Hey (my first name), I'm actually calling about a position in our company, give me a call at (number) and ask for (his name)." The Caller ID has his name and the number he gave me on in. No other information and googling his name didn't come up with anything.
He did not specify the company. I have not applied for any jobs with any companies. I don't have my resume out on any sort of site or board or anything (and have never publically "posted" it).
It smells like scam to me so I'm thinking about not even calling him back (although our number here isn't even in my name, the phone book lists my office number so I have no idea how he got it, although I do say my name in my outgoing voicemail message), but I thought I'd get the collective wisdom of you folk as this has never happened to me before.
Maybe try calling from a blocked number (so they can't come back and bother you, get the name of the company, and do a bit of research? I think your spidey sense is right on this one, but it might be fun to play detective. |
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