[Coco] Out of work.

[James Hrubik]

John, I don't know where you are located or whether relocation is an  
option, but the following are all recent posts in the Cleveland OH  
area.  My former employer was bought out and our division sold to a  
company which dismantled it without having to find replacement  
positions for us.  I've been on my own since April 2005, still  
looking for a full-time staff position (bennies ARE important!).   
Several things I've found : (1) age works against you -- when you are  
almost 60, few employers want to invest in ANY kind of retaining, and  
(2) it doesn't really matter what you know or how well you know it,  
WHO you know will get you the job, so have a top-notch list of  
references.

It also helps if you can relocate to where the demand is physically  
located.  If I wanted to move from Ohio to Arizona, California, or  
Florida, my prospects would increase several hundred percent.  The  
number of underemployed or unemployed appraisers in this area is  
astounding; management companies are getting away with paying  
appraisers $125 for a full interior/exterior exam analysis, for which  
they charge the banks (and consequently the borrowers) $300-$500.

Warning to everybody else : if you have a good job now, ask your  
immediate supervisor for a letter of recommendation.  It will do two  
things.  It will be good insurance for the day when the axe falls  
(unless, as in my case, the whole company gets dismantled).  It will  
also make the supervisor re-assess you, your skills, and your  
importance to the company.  That can be scary, but it can also be  
scary for them if you are doing an A-1 job and are not easily  
CURRENTLY replaceable.  I capped that, because everyone is  
replaceable, it's just a matter of when.

Good hunting.


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3dRAD

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3dRAD

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3dRAD

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3dRAD

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OH-NET

On Sep 19, 2006, at 8:49 PM, John E. Malmberg wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Just to let you know, I was informed yesterday that my services  
> were probably no longer needed at my employer.
>
> I have a few weeks where I can try to find a new position at that  
> employer before my pay stops.
>
> In the meantime, if anyone has some good leads for a Senior  
> Software Engineer, let me know.
>
> -John
> wb8tyw(at)qsl.net
> malmberg(at)encompasserve.org
>
>

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