Start New Job On Monday

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  1. craigie

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    Wish me luck!
     
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  2. LukeP

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    Good luck mate!

    But cmon, no more details?
     
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  3. JK2447
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    Ah no way I didn't think you'd do it! Make sure you get a back sack and crack before you do your first strip mate, the women in social clubs can be quite ruthless!

    Good luck mate, do I have to worry about loosing out bet who'll be on 60k first :eek:
     
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    That will be me :twisted:

    Congrats Craigie, make sure you let us know how it goes mate!!
     
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  5. BC

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    Congratulations!

    I'm really jealous to be honest, I've not changed jobs for 5 years now and I miss the excitement of starting a new position in a new company.

    I've got a load of job searches setup and I'm receiving emails daily but I'm not seeing many vacancies.

    The ones I do see want the earth in the way of experience plus certs but aren't willing to pay for it. It really is a "buyer's market" at the moment when it comes to the job market.

    It would be very interesting to hear more details about your job, if only to get some tips about how to go about getting a new job in this difficult market.

    Anyway, hope it all goes well for you!

    Ben
     
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  6. crazy horse

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    Congrats Craigie - whats your new role?
     
  7. Theprof

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    Good luck bud!
     
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  8. craigie

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    Lol birthday boy!
     
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  9. craigie

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    It's a promotion to a Senior Systems Engineer which means I will be primarily field based. Where as before I was primarily office based unless working on projects.

    The new job involves project work, server migrations/installations, router/firewall installations/migrations, Citrix, VMware, and your normal MS Stuff, Exchange 2003/2007/2010, Server 2000/2003/2008 etc.

    We are also the last line of support if none of our other techs can fix an issues.

    It's going to be challenging, but I'm looking forward to it.
     
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    All the best m8 ! :biggrin
     
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    Sounds great mate, good to get some field work under your belt and possibly dare I say good practice should you go contracting (get used to the travel).
     
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  12. Josiahb

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    Congrats and best of luck!
     
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    Good to hear and well done:) all your hard work is beginning to to give dividends:)
     
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  14. Theprof

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    Good stuff Craigie! Good luck!
     
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  15. thugusher

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    hi crazy horse.. i see you recently did your ccna.. pls can i ask if it was self study or through a training provider as i'm looking to do it by end if this month?
     
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  16. thugusher

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    hi crazy horse.. i see you recently did your ccna.. pls can i ask if it was self study or through a training provider as i'm looking to do it by end if this month?
     
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