Have to give it some thought... I recall applying for a field service job servicing automatic barriers, like those used in secure facilities and embassies. The ones that pop up out of the ground. I submitted my resume on line, two minutes go by and I get a call, "can you come to our office in Clearwater, (FL) tomorrow?" I told them yes as I lived in Tampa at that time and it was just a drive across the bay. Went to the interview the next day everyone wanted to talk to me from the owner down. They made me an offer that matched what I was making at the old place of employment (which had got rid of all of the USA and EU FSE's because they were hiring them out of SE. Asia at wicked cheap rates). They told me I was the guy they needed, and that they just had to go through the act if interviewing, I got a couple of calls over the next 3 days that all was going well and I would be back in there the next week to do paper work. Then they went dark. I let a week go by and called. They told me that they had found a guy to do the job for $35K/year and had hired him. Turns out right after they hired him they shipped him off to Iraq to work on automated barriers there. FOR $35K/year. Glad I did NOT get it because they would have had to pay me a LOT more than that to go to Iraq...
That technology had all kinds of electronics and PLC's associated with it, there were cameras and image recognition, neat stuff. On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Jonas Augusto <[email protected]> wrote: > Write it all, please. I am curious > > On 24 Feb 2017 15:46, "Chuck Hast" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ha! I lost my job back at the end of Sept. I have been doing all of the > > usual > > stuff too. No joy! I think that most of them want entry level people and > > when > > they see my resume they know that I will probably not stay around long be > > cause they are not paying enough, so they do not even worry, or I get the > > usual "we have looked at your resume you are very good but we have > decided > > to go with another party". > > > > Another one I am running into is the "We are sorry to inform you that we > > lost > > the funding for the position" so we will not be hiring anyone... Why did > > you offer > > in the first place? > > > > I am a field service guy used to heavy travel, have a passport and global > > access, I have been shot at, (Nicaragua, Bahamas) Bombed (airport in > > Managua > > Nicaragua) and walked away from 3 airplane crashes, and other disasters, > > but > > still love field service. Maybe I should try to write a book and > retire... > > Naw people > > who retire die... > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:31 PM, c <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am trying to find work in Portland from out of town. I have some > > friends > > > in town, but no-one that has gotten their jobs through an agency or > > > recruiter. > > > > > > Can anyone recommend anyone that they have worked with as being > > reasonably > > > decent? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Purcell > > > > > > p.s. Yes I am doing the standard searching for jobs on linkedin and > > > craigslist too. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > > Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. > > The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
