Not getting calls from employers for my resume!!

[SheHateMe]

This. I interviewed with 3 companies in August and got 3 offers. I interviewed with another for lulz about a month ago and got that offer too. The jobs are out there if you have the skills.

This is so true. I've also noticed that a lot of employers have been receptive to efforts to improve skills as well. I don't currently have a CCNA because I can't afford the test voucher and I've already have 3 potential employers tell me that they'd be willing to help if I got the job.

I have an interview tomorrow for another position where the employer said they'd be willing to cover certifications if I got hired.

I don't understand why people think jobs don't exist. They do...you just gotta work hard for them.

 

[mvbighead]

You probably got pretty lucky then or have a very specific skill set for a very specific job. I applied to quite a few places and had interviews with quite a few, but I was applying as a general software developer.

While my skillset may be somewhat specialized, it is a very common field. Truth is, I know how to interview. I know how to proofread a resume, and likewise have another person read it from their perspective to tell me what I should change. A resume is my ticket in the door, so it is best if I have some feedback from another perspective to make sure it is palatable to whomever reads it.

In my past 7 years, I have applied for 3 jobs (not including internal promotion, but 4 if you count that), and been hired to 2 (well, 3 if you count the internal promotion) of them. Each time, I was after something specific. I sold my skills to the position being offered. I interviewed well, and my work spoke for itself.

My biggest downside is that I do not like change (as in moving from job to job). If I find something I like, and am treated well, I will stay there as long as I continue to be treated well (IE - promotions/raises/etc). But all in all, I don't have to throw out 40 resumes to find a job. I just have to make sure I take into consideration everything that the company I want to work for is about. I try to make comments in an interview about the company and why I want to work for them.

Long story short is, when the question 'Why do you want to work here?' pops up, I have a direct and precise answer for it, and one which includes a reason why I'd be proud to work for company XYZ. I get the feeling that many people have this sort of dialog:

Interviewer: Why do you want to work here?
Interviewee: Because it is a cool job, and that's what I want to do.

 

[Exophase]

I don't need someone with a master's degree to run cable or even to manage server.

I am ok with a master's degree for someone who manages a development team, project management team, etc...

Which actually raises the interesting question - are those viewing his resume going to consider him over-educated (close relative to over-qualified)? Is having a master's degree but doing work that shouldn't need one a sign that you're poorly applying yourself, which is a very bad sign for working? Would it be better to leave it off entirely? But then he'd have an even bigger gap between employment and work...

That said, I don't agree with you at all that you want a master's for a manager position unless the degree is specifically related to management. The degree is value-added in a specialized field that benefits from it, which applies to a lot of fields.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Heck I'm a felon and I find work. Id give anything to have a clean record with some college under my belt. You have everything still ahead of you. Maybe everything hasn't went ideally but you are by no means in a bad situation. No one is going to pull you out of this situation but yourself.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Dude, the market has changed quite a lot. It is now much more difficult. Everything revolves around maximizing shareholder value nowadays.

You obviously are decently smart if you made it through that much school ... Otherwise you would have flunked out.

The Masters may not help you in the short term, but, It may be good for the long run once you eventually get some experience under your belt.

Get back up on your feet. Go back to work. Work your ass off.
Life is hard. But, you will build up experience, and eventually, it will hopefully pay off.

If you are truly depressed, get some professional help. No harm in talking to a shrink, they might actually help you to figure some shit out.

 

[Ns1]

You obviously are decently smart if you made it through that much school ... Otherwise you would have flunked out.

talent is overrated.

 

[SheHateMe]

Its honestly not that hard to go to College. Yes, some classes are insanely difficult...but most of the classes you will be taking aren't.

 

[Zeze]

Okay, reading his later responses, he's trolling.

He's laughing at y'all.

 

[Hugo Drax]

I rate this troll two thumbs up. Executed with precision and it has reached fusion. It has become a self trolling thread at this point.

 

[Intabus]

This has to be up there for parody thread/troll of the year.


52 comments before someone called him out.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

I actually don't think it's troll. I think he's someone pretty hard on drugs and is trying to cut back.. Most likely for a drug test.


That initial post was real.. And an odd cry for help. The rest of the posts are him acting like he doesn't care because he's high.

 

[rh71]

finish your ccna

find some job postings that list skills you don't have but may enjoy. Spend your own time to build upon those skills. You could appear special in that way after some time. Try some more vmware, etc. Cloud/remote are big. Way too common as it is now.

 

[DT4K]

Ever since the job market realities hit me Im not that motivated to do anything at all coz something tells me its all goin to shit from here on out.

You're blaming the job market?
I've been getting 2 or 3 calls a day from technical recruiters for the last 2 to 3 years. Now granted, I have a lot more experience than you and mine is in development, rather than admin and support but people are hiring in IT.
They just aren't hiring people with no experience, no motivation, horrible writing and communication skills, and no desire to actually work.
If I lost my job, I could have another one tomorrow. The only downside is that the salary would probably have 5 digits instead of 6.

To be honest, your resume looks like someone who is on unemployment and is required to apply for jobs, but doesn't actually want to get offered one.

 

[SAWYER]

Because you are shady

 

[alkemyst]

You're blaming the job market?
I've been getting 2 or 3 calls a day from technical recruiters for the last 2 to 3 years. Now granted, I have a lot more experience than you and mine is in development, rather than admin and support but people are hiring in IT.
They just aren't hiring people with no experience, no motivation, horrible writing and communication skills, and no desire to actually work.
If I lost my job, I could have another one tomorrow. The only downside is that the salary would probably have 5 digits instead of 6.

To be honest, your resume looks like someone who is on unemployment and is required to apply for jobs, but doesn't actually want to get offered one.

2-3 calls per day for two years? You must be sending those resumes directly in.

I don't even know of guys with 3-4 CCIEs getting that many calls.

Since you are that public, can we see your resume?

 

[smackababy]

2-3 calls per day for two years? You must be sending those resumes directly in.

I don't even know of guys with 3-4 CCIEs getting that many calls.

Since you are that public, can we see your resume?

I get probably 40 emails a week and around a call every other day from recruiters and I haven't been looking for close to 9 months. It wouldn't be hard to imagine more, if I had posted my resume on multiple job boards. I took my resume down the moment I got hired too.

 

[alkemyst]

I get probably 40 emails a week and around a call every other day from recruiters and I haven't been looking for close to 9 months. It wouldn't be hard to imagine more, if I had posted my resume on multiple job boards. I took my resume down the moment I got hired too.

what kind of offers, where are you posting and what are you offering?

I get random emails and calls each week or so. No where near 2-3 PER DAY.

When I was active on the job sites it was common.

 

[smackababy]

what kind of offers, where are you posting and what are you offering?

I get random emails and calls each week or so. No where near 2-3 PER DAY.

When I was active on the job sites it was common.

I don't even read them. Almost all of them are for some type of java development (which was what I was looking for when I was looking for a job). I didn't interview at more than maybe 10 places though, but I had the luxury of being rather picky on what jobs I wanted (I had enough money where I could look for jobs for 6 months without income). I simply had my resume posted on Dice and still (even after removing it) get a ton of emails and calls. If I were more active and had left it up, I imagine the number would be much higher. If I had posted it on other sites, the number would be higher as well.

 

[alkemyst]

I don't even read them. Almost all of them are for some type of java development (which was what I was looking for when I was looking for a job). I didn't interview at more than maybe 10 places though, but I had the luxury of being rather picky on what jobs I wanted (I had enough money where I could look for jobs for 6 months without income). I simply had my resume posted on Dice and still (even after removing it) get a ton of emails and calls. If I were more active and had left it up, I imagine the number would be much higher. If I had posted it on other sites, the number would be higher as well.

Ok, my bad. I wasn't thinking spam vs real jobs.

Yeah, my inbox can get lit up at times with coding jobs and network engineers for $20k.

To me that is all just SPAM and not really offers.

 

[DT4K]

2-3 calls per day for two years? You must be sending those resumes directly in.

I don't even know of guys with 3-4 CCIEs getting that many calls.

Since you are that public, can we see your resume?

My resume is up on all the big job sites. I haven't updated it since I started my current position a little over a year ago and I haven't applied for any jobs in at least 2 years. All the calls are from recruiters who have seen my resume online. That's also how I got my current job.

I was at my last job from 2007 to 2012. From 2007 to 2010, I got virtually no contact from recruiters. In 2010 or 2011, it started picking up and hasn't slowed down.

I'm not going to post my resume, but I will summarize.
11 years of experience in software development. 1 year was with a global trade software company. The other 10 years were in manufacturing environments. Primarily .Net/SQL Server work, plus a decent amount of ERP/MES experience.
Last year, I moved to a project management/technical design and consulting type position with an MES software company.

I will qualify what I said a little bit. At least half of the calls I get are for contract positions. Usually 6 to 18 months. And sometimes I get calls from 2 or 3 different recruiters for what is probably the same position. So the numbers are a little misleading. But the point is that companies are hiring in IT and from what I've seen, despite the big outsourcing trend a couple years ago, there are a lot of companies who are now deciding that it's a better investment to pay more for US workers instead of outsourcing to India (or Russia or China).

 

[alkemyst]

My resume is up on all the big job sites. I haven't updated it since I started my current position a little over a year ago and I haven't applied for any jobs in at least 2 years. All the calls are from recruiters who have seen my resume online. That's also how I got my current job.

I was at my last job from 2007 to 2012. From 2007 to 2010, I got virtually no contact from recruiters. In 2010 or 2011, it started picking up and hasn't slowed down.

I'm not going to post my resume, but I will summarize.
11 years of experience in software development. 1 year was with a global trade software company. The other 10 years were in manufacturing environments. Primarily .Net/SQL Server work, plus a decent amount of ERP/MES experience.
Last year, I moved to a project management/technical design and consulting type position with an MES software company.

I will qualify what I said a little bit. At least half of the calls I get are for contract positions. Usually 6 to 18 months. And sometimes I get calls from 2 or 3 different recruiters for what is probably the same position. So the numbers are a little misleading. But the point is that companies are hiring in IT and from what I've seen, despite the big outsourcing trend a couple years ago, there are a lot of companies who are now deciding that it's a better investment to pay more for US workers instead of outsourcing to India (or Russia or China).

You clearly have the buzz words and you are updating.

I am guessing you are going to say otherwise, but are the offers really worth it?

 

[smackababy]

Ok, my bad. I wasn't thinking spam vs real jobs.

Yeah, my inbox can get lit up at times with coding jobs and network engineers for $20k.

To me that is all just SPAM and not really offers.

It is almost entirely comprised of spam. I'm sure I could, if I hated myself, get some of these jobs. They don't pay awful, but are almost entirely contracting jobs.

 

[DT4K]

Ok, my bad. I wasn't thinking spam vs real jobs.

Yeah, my inbox can get lit up at times with coding jobs and network engineers for $20k.

To me that is all just SPAM and not really offers.

Most of the contacts I get are for .Net development jobs and the pay is typically 70k to 90k for perm positions and $40 to $55/hr for contracts. I do sometimes get emails for things like SSRS development or tech support jobs, which I'm way overqualified for, paying 50k or 60k, but that is the minority.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I was getting several calls and emails every week as well ever since I decided to target SharePoint Consulting in the summer. It has slowed down recently, probably because of the holidays, but it will likely pick back up after the new year starts. I do at least scan the emails to see if I'd remotely be interested but I generally won't talk to recruiters until they send me a detailed summary of the position and its responsibilities.

I do get the occasional "Hey, we have a Sr. SharePoint Consultant position open 2,000 miles away and it is a 3 month contract!" emails and those are immediately ignored.

 

[momeNt]

People might not like this suggestion, but you may want to look into medical disability.

You won't have to work, and your student loan debt will be taken care of.