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TridenT

TridenT

Lifer
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dphantom said:
Your resume may well be a significant part of the problem in finding work. By moving from place to place and having gaps in employment, prospective employers are going to look at that and be hesitant to take a look at you as they will generally feel that if you have moved every few weeks/months in the past, what is to stop you from doing it again.

The best you may be able to do for now is contract/consultant work or work through an agency until you build your work history up into a more continuous story.
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The resume I am sending out now doesn't say what month I left my job or graduated from university. Both just say 2014.

Beyond that, I also tell people (when they ask what I've been doing) that I traveled for a few months (or I say 4). (Closer to 3 unless you count living in Portland for a month as travel. I go back and forth on whether that was just staying there for a month as travel or just living there for a month. Either one sounds plausible.)

Everything on my resume screams Seattle and that I've lived there for at least 3 years. The university and the jobs. Even though I list that I am in Phoenix now on the resume, people still ask, "So, are you still in Seattle?"

The way I've formatted it also doesn't look like I've had gaps in employment. (Even though I have but whatever. Students, amirite?)
 
IndyColtsFan

IndyColtsFan

Lifer
Sep 22, 2007
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TridenT said:
I don't want to live in Phoenix. I rather die than work here. I'm just here until I can get a job out of here... And I rather hedge my bets on trying to constantly apply for jobs NOT here rather than "oh I'll work in phoenix for a year doing software dev THEN apply for jobs in other regions." Fuck that. No way I am living here for that long. It's so miserable and desolate.
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You just want people to hand you the ideal job, with ideal pay, in an ideal location. It doesn't work like that.

Beggars can't be choosers. You should take whatever you can get, when you can get it, and WHERE you can get it, and build off of that. It isn't like you're leaving behind dozens of friends or a wife and kid.
 
CraKaJaX

CraKaJaX

Lifer
Dec 26, 2004
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zinfamous said:
He has his own scroll of complaints. It's probably vacationable to bring it up, but his history is long.
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I've been around for a while and don't recall anything significant.... but also could give a shit. Let's start fresh: Here's to hoping OP goes down in flames since everyone's advice is complete shit. :rolleyes:
 
Capt Caveman

Capt Caveman

Lifer
Jan 30, 2005
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TridenT said:
The resume I am sending out now doesn't say what month I left my job or graduated from university. Both just say 2014.

Beyond that, I also tell people (when they ask what I've been doing) that I traveled for a few months (or I say 4). (Closer to 3 unless you count living in Portland for a month as travel. I go back and forth on whether that was just staying there for a month as travel or just living there for a month. Either one sounds plausible.)

Everything on my resume screams Seattle and that I've lived there for at least 3 years. The university and the jobs. Even though I list that I am in Phoenix now on the resume, people still ask, "So, are you still in Seattle?"

The way I've formatted it also doesn't look like I've had gaps in employment. (Even though I have but whatever. Students, amirite?)
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Pretty simple to fix but you're too lazy to resolve it.
 
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XavierMace

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jlee said:
Oh no, it was very much an IT job. So was the position I was promoted to. And the one after that. And the one after that. And the one after that.
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But how did you manage to get a job with no experience?
 
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XavierMace

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jlee said:
Because I took a.....*gasp*....entry level position without worrying about what specific field it was in!
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Wait, so let me get this straight... Knowing that you had no IT experience you took whatever job you could get in the industry?
 
TridenT

TridenT

Lifer
Sep 4, 2006
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IndyColtsFan said:
You just want people to hand you the ideal job, with ideal pay, in an ideal location. It doesn't work like that.

Beggars can't be choosers. You should take whatever you can get, when you can get it, and WHERE you can get it, and build off of that. It isn't like you're leaving behind dozens of friends or a wife and kid.
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I never said ideal. Most of the companies that respond to my resume are far less than ideal. And location is important. I'm not going to waste more years of my life in this region. If I don't get a job somewhere else soon enough, I'll be driving up to the grand canyon. (Assuming I don't get pulled over for expired tags first)

And, actually, I am leaving a lot. Phoenix doesn't have anything for me here. It's incredibly desolate and unfriendly. There is nothing here for me. All the social activities I do don't exist here. (And those social activities define have defined my life in big ways; hard to explain to most people, I guess... It's dance related)
 
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XavierMace

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TridenT said:
It's incredibly desolate and unfriendly. There is nothing here for me. All the social activities I do don't exist here. (And those social activities define have defined my life in big ways; hard to explain to most people, I guess... It's dance related)
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I'm almost afraid to ask what your social activities are.
 
IndyColtsFan

IndyColtsFan

Lifer
Sep 22, 2007
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TridenT said:
I never said ideal. Most of the companies that respond to my resume are far less than ideal. And location is important. I'm not going to waste more years of my life in this region. If I don't get a job somewhere else soon enough, I'll be driving up to the grand canyon. (Assuming I don't get pulled over for expired tags first)

And, actually, I am leaving a lot. Phoenix doesn't have anything for me here. It's incredibly desolate and unfriendly. There is nothing here for me. All the social activities I do don't exist here. (And those social activities define have defined my life in big ways; hard to explain to most people, I guess... It's dance related)
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You complained about nearly every location you passed through. You've found excuses for almost everything. The only constant in all of this is you. I suggest you work harder on yourself.
 
jlee

jlee

Lifer
Sep 12, 2001
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TridenT said:
I never said ideal. Most of the companies that respond to my resume are far less than ideal. And location is important. I'm not going to waste more years of my life in this region. If I don't get a job somewhere else soon enough, I'll be driving up to the grand canyon. (Assuming I don't get pulled over for expired tags first)

And, actually, I am leaving a lot. Phoenix doesn't have anything for me here. It's incredibly desolate and unfriendly. There is nothing here for me. All the social activities I do don't exist here. (And those social activities define have defined my life in big ways; hard to explain to most people, I guess... It's dance related)
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Elaborate?
 
jlee

jlee

Lifer
Sep 12, 2001
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IndyColtsFan said:
You complained about nearly every location you passed through. You've found excuses for almost everything. The only constant in all of this is you. I suggest you work harder on yourself.
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I'm quite confident that someone in Phoenix offered to help fix his car, when he was complaining about that a few months ago.

But that's unpossible, because nobody in Phoenix is friendly.
 
Capt Caveman

Capt Caveman

Lifer
Jan 30, 2005
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TridenT said:
I never said ideal. Most of the companies that respond to my resume are far less than ideal. And location is important. I'm not going to waste more years of my life in this region. If I don't get a job somewhere else soon enough, I'll be driving up to the grand canyon. (Assuming I don't get pulled over for expired tags first)

And, actually, I am leaving a lot. Phoenix doesn't have anything for me here. It's incredibly desolate and unfriendly. There is nothing here for me. All the social activities I do don't exist here. (And those social activities define have defined my life in big ways; hard to explain to most people, I guess... It's dance related)
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Nobody is going to want to hire you for an entry level position if you're not living in the area. So, if you're not planning on getting a job in Phoenix then move.
 
IndyColtsFan

IndyColtsFan

Lifer
Sep 22, 2007
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TridenT said:
I can't fix peoples reading comprehension. It's fucking right next to the god damn phone number on the resume.
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I don't get the problem here. So your resume has a ton of Seattle stuff but your current address is Phoenix. If they're confused and ask, say "I'm from Seattle but have relocated here." It really is that simple.

Capt Caveman said:
Nobody is going to want to hire you for an entry level position if you're not living in the area. So, if you're not planning on getting a job in Phoenix then move.
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Yeah, I don't know why this is even a discussion.
 
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