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June 02, 2020, 06:06:00 AM
Too busy to hunt for a job

In the June 2, 2020 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter a reader worries about being too busy to find a new job. Question Before this coronavirus thing hit I had decided it's finally time to leave my crummy job. I say crummy but it pays the bills. With record numbers of people having no job at all, believe me, I'm grateful I have a job. I took on more tasks from people who were furloughed. But I could become one of those millions out of work any day now. Guess you could say I'm scared. The thing is, even though I'm


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Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Otanx

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June 02, 2020, 08:57:27 AM
I started looking for work again this week. Like the guy that asked the question in the blog I felt I was too busy. I had to work, and then I had home projects to do, and dishes, and laundry, and, and, and. I just didn't want to pile anything more on top. However, nothing will change if you don't put in the effort. So yesterday I finally made time, and applied for an awesome job. Maybe I will get it, maybe I won't. However, I made the first step.

The rest of the blog is mostly just a recap of "its not what you know. Its who you know". Talk to people, network, let people know you are looking for work. This is much harder these days when all the social stuff is basically shutdown. It kind of limits you to people you interact with at work, and maybe you don't want them to know. This may limit your search, but it doesn't have to end it.

-Otanx


deanwebb

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June 03, 2020, 10:38:48 AM
Correct. And once you apply for that awesome job, try to find an in with the manager over that team to let him know who you are and how interested you are in that role.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Otanx

#3
June 03, 2020, 12:14:52 PM
The job isn't in town so I don't know anyone who works there. This is part of why I think it is a long shot. I feel if I can get an interview I will be good. However it is a pretty popular company and they probably have a lot of applicants.

-Otanx

deanwebb

#4
June 03, 2020, 02:14:05 PM
Can you find the manager responsible through LinkedIn?

You might just be able to... and then start the convo with a question about some aspect of the job... :smug:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.
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