My Job Hunt

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Let's not put the cart before the horse! First, they have to get workstations set up in Boise.

:running away: heeheehee

 

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I'm sure one will drop in your lap when you least expect it, sometime soon hopefully.Good luck.

 

Good Luck Trip - something suitable will come along, as always...

 

Smart Arse.

 

Congratulations trip

 

Those "recruiters" who troll Monster looking for A+ techs are usually reselling your services for 2X to 3X what they pay you.
http://www.onforce.com/?action=mark...rkorders&location_wo=Boise, ID&type=frontpage

 

Good luck with all the hunting Trip
I must say your experiance with Monstor is similar to my experiance over here

I still have a few of my older support skills on my CV and for some reason the fact I have supported users on Mac, GoLive and Dreamweaver means i qualify for a stonking junior designer position for 20kpa!
I was so excited I sent the recruiter a 'Pheo polite' email back telling him to remove me from his spam list before i get really mad! lol

every other day I get one crap email or another, I dont actually respond to any of them anymore, only the ones I actually think are any good for me

 

Good luck with ur recruitment search Trip, must be frustrating, hang in there fella.

 

How well I know that. I few years back I had a contract job for 3 months with a small city IT department. The twit who was the IT manager at the time said one of my duties was to review department expenditures each month and verify that they were correct. Of course, my contract was one of the expenditures and I found out just how much they were paying for my services. I was getting just a little over half of the total amount.

 

I had a great phone interview with the folks at Lionbridge...the complete opposite of my experience with them last year. I'm pretty much everything they need. We also seemed to hit it off as far as our personalities as well.

They have other interviews to do but said they'd be back in touch next week. If I get the job, I'll be developing and maintaining a web interface for an HP support group. I don't want to get overconfident so I'll stop here.

Funny thing is I also got a call from a recruiter saying that an outfit in Redmond, WA (not Microsoft) needs a Technical Writer for a year. A 12-month relocation isn't in my plans so I had to turn that one down.

 

I got an email from Seattle-based Sakson and Taylor saying they'd seen my CV online and thought I'd be a good match for a couple of projects they have at their Boise office. I called the recruiter up this morning to discuss the issue. She asked, so I mentioned that a couple of other companies were interested in me so she said she'd get me an interview with their local person ASAP.

It's only for a two or three month gig but of course there's always the "lure" of "contract-to-hire". At least people are calling me and sounding like I have some attractive skill sets.

 

Cool - I've never been out of work, but I imagine its a bitch - thats why i quit contracting - I couldn't deal with the uncertainty when I got a mortgage

Nice to see you used the same trick I always do when i want out of somewhere - tell recruiters you've got other interviews lined up - that always makes them take notice. I once had three interviews in two days and got an offer from two of them - the third (the one I REALLY wanted - DR manager for Morgan Stanley) dicked around for days without letting me know - during which time I lost the offer from one of the others so thought I'd better accept the second one. Two days afterward, MS told me they'd hired someone internal - so I made the right decision - but I HATE not knowing one way or the other.

I admire people who do independent contracting but its not for me!

You've got an excellent skillset as well, so not surprised you've got people beating a path to your door...

 

Believe me, contracting isn't my first choice, however when I first got started on this adventure, it was the only way to build my CV and my credentials. A large part of writing is contractural, particularly in terms of books, articles, and so forth. A company either has to be large or desperate to spring for a full-time permanent content developer. That's why skills such as HTML, CSS, XML, etc... are important since almost no one is going to ask you to record their data in plain text or as a Word document only.

Incidently, I'm not posting this because I'm an egomaniac and need to have every change in my job search recorded for posterity. Since so many members at CF are in the early stages of building a career, I thought it would help to see what it's like when you've got three or four years of professional experience behind you.

 

Update! I just got a call to interview with Sakson and Taylor tomorrow at 10 a.m. The fellow was convinced I had other offers on the table and was half expecting me to say that I wasn't interested. I am, of course. Wish me luck.

 

Congrats, man!

 

Congratulate me when I actually get hired.

 

I wish you the best of luck Trip.

A quick question though, which is totally off topic, sorry:

How is Boise pronounced?

Thanks,

J.

 

Trip - Good Luck mate!

J- boy-see or boy-zee

 

And Idaho is pronounced "I-da-Ho!"

(you da what???)

 

You serious? PMSL!