Re: [PLUG] Looking for Recruiter Recommendations

2017-02-24 Thread Chuck Hast 
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  wrote:

> Write it all, please. I am curious
>
> On 24 Feb 2017 15:46, "Chuck Hast"  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  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.
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [PLUG] Looking for Recruiter Recommendations

2017-02-24 Thread Chuck Hast 
I have been looking for some headhunter or agency that specializes in field
service work, but so far no real luck. Most of them shotgun you with a lot
of
useless stuff like killing bugs and rodents... (under field service)

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:38 PM, chris (fool) mccraw 
wrote:

> I've had stellar success as a job hunter with Edgelink :
> http://www.edgelink.com.  They are more about "let us figure out what
> you're good at and filter jobs for you" than "throw you at everything
> available and see what sticks".  They'll interview you before suggesting
> anything.  They found me two kickass jobs in a period of a couple of years
> and that's it - never sent another opportunity my way other than the 2 that
> I took.  Batting 1.000 for a recruiting agency feels amazing to me (since
> just about every other recruiter experience I had before them was crappy),
> so I recommend them over and over again.
>
> Even before I look on craigslist and linkedin (and indeed, I'm assuming?) I
> check out this job board: https://jobs.siliconflorist.com/
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:31 PM, c  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
> > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org
> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
> >
> ___
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> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>



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Re: [PLUG] Looking for Recruiter Recommendations

2017-02-24 Thread Jonas Augusto 
Write it all, please. I am curious

On 24 Feb 2017 15:46, "Chuck Hast"  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  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
> > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org
> > 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.
> ___
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> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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Re: [PLUG] Looking for Recruiter Recommendations

2017-02-24 Thread Chuck Hast 
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  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
> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>



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Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better.
The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on.
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Re: [PLUG] Looking for Recruiter Recommendations

2017-02-24 Thread chris (fool) mccraw 
I've had stellar success as a job hunter with Edgelink :
http://www.edgelink.com.  They are more about "let us figure out what
you're good at and filter jobs for you" than "throw you at everything
available and see what sticks".  They'll interview you before suggesting
anything.  They found me two kickass jobs in a period of a couple of years
and that's it - never sent another opportunity my way other than the 2 that
I took.  Batting 1.000 for a recruiting agency feels amazing to me (since
just about every other recruiter experience I had before them was crappy),
so I recommend them over and over again.

Even before I look on craigslist and linkedin (and indeed, I'm assuming?) I
check out this job board: https://jobs.siliconflorist.com/



On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:31 PM, c  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
> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>
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[PLUG] Looking for Recruiter Recommendations

2017-02-24 Thread c 
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.
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