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yoda291

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Originally posted by: HKSturboKID
Well, I guess its my turn to add to this. I've been out of a job for almost 9 months and this coming week will be the end of my unemployment. This is so sad. Been working for a company for 10 years and one day, they just say we are laying of the entire department for outsourcing. I have car payments, rent, insurance and stuff and also have a 4 year old son. Thank God my wife still working, but the word is that her company will be doing a lay off end of year as well. This is crazy. I am in NYC and finding a job is ridiculously hard. The people that goy lay off with me are in the same boat as I am. Lately the market has been doing good, I hope the economy picks up soon!!!

I don't think anyone reads this thread anymore. The position I'm leaving is in NYC and I've only gotten like 1 PM from here.
 

dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: yoda291
Originally posted by: HKSturboKID
Well, I guess its my turn to add to this. I've been out of a job for almost 9 months and this coming week will be the end of my unemployment. This is so sad. Been working for a company for 10 years and one day, they just say we are laying of the entire department for outsourcing. I have car payments, rent, insurance and stuff and also have a 4 year old son. Thank God my wife still working, but the word is that her company will be doing a lay off end of year as well. This is crazy. I am in NYC and finding a job is ridiculously hard. The people that goy lay off with me are in the same boat as I am. Lately the market has been doing good, I hope the economy picks up soon!!!

I don't think anyone reads this thread anymore. The position I'm leaving is in NYC and I've only gotten like 1 PM from here.

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I'm thinking of leaving my current moonlighting job because they really do want a 9-5er which would cause conflicts with my normal day's work. It's a shop that sells women's and children's clothing. Qualifications recommended are experience using and configuring POS software. POS = Point of Sale...not the other acronym. Working knowledge of FreeBSD is a definite plus, but linux experience is more than acceptable for their needs. The software packages they're using on a 10 node network (yes...10...very small shop) include samba, netatalk, dovecot, fetchmail, sendmail, and they have a yahoo store for their online transactions and use quickbooks to track things. Above all, however, you must be FAST. if you have no technical qualifications, but can pick them up in MINUTES...yes, read minutes....not hours or a day or two...and can implement them on live systems in MINUTES...you are perfect as far the IT portion of the work is done. Lots of footwork involved. Photoshop is a plus. Web systems is a plus. Pay is negotiable. You can ask me what I make, but I'd prefer not to post it.

PM me for details or with a link to your resume.
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It would be great to see a job landing via this thread and board.
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It may help if you have an E-mail address availabe as many may no longer be able to PM like me since the subscription servers went offline.

Anyone in New York City area including HKsturbokid up for this job opportunity???

 

dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: yoda291
Originally posted by: HKSturboKID
Well, I guess its my turn to add to this. I've been out of a job for almost 9 months and this coming week will be the end of my unemployment. This is so sad. Been working for a company for 10 years and one day, they just say we are laying of the entire department for outsourcing. I have car payments, rent, insurance and stuff and also have a 4 year old son. Thank God my wife still working, but the word is that her company will be doing a lay off end of year as well. This is crazy. I am in NYC and finding a job is ridiculously hard. The people that goy lay off with me are in the same boat as I am. Lately the market has been doing good, I hope the economy picks up soon!!!

I don't think anyone reads this thread anymore. The position I'm leaving is in NYC and I've only gotten like 1 PM from here.

Yoda, Beatmix01 PM'd me interested in your job posying but I can't reply back since I was bumped off the subcription servers.

 

eliteorange

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hi, i grad from college in june still having a hard time lookin for a job. I have a b.s. degree in computer networking Have CCNA, ccnp certifications, great w/ web design / graphics... need a job badly... i'm willing to relocate, ive lived mostly in NC, but now im in the north central FL area.

thx
 

yoda291

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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: yoda291
Originally posted by: HKSturboKID
Well, I guess its my turn to add to this. I've been out of a job for almost 9 months and this coming week will be the end of my unemployment. This is so sad. Been working for a company for 10 years and one day, they just say we are laying of the entire department for outsourcing. I have car payments, rent, insurance and stuff and also have a 4 year old son. Thank God my wife still working, but the word is that her company will be doing a lay off end of year as well. This is crazy. I am in NYC and finding a job is ridiculously hard. The people that goy lay off with me are in the same boat as I am. Lately the market has been doing good, I hope the economy picks up soon!!!

I don't think anyone reads this thread anymore. The position I'm leaving is in NYC and I've only gotten like 1 PM from here.

Yoda, Beatmix01 PM'd me interested in your job posying but I can't reply back since I was bumped off the subcription servers.

atot at kooroo.net
 

zephyrprime

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I don't think anyone reads this thread anymore. The position I'm leaving is in NYC and I've only gotten like 1 PM from here.
The thing is, I think AT is smaller than you might think. I saw your post and I'm looking for a job but I'm not at all qualified nor do I live in New York. Of the 122614 members of anandtech, only ~8200 live in new york (assuming a random dist of at members across the US). But Anandtech forum members that are actually active are probably a lot less than 122614. And most of them are probably employed. After all, the unemployment rate for tech employees is only 5.8%. So 0.058*8200 = 476. And how many of those aren't active members? Maybe 80%? That leaves 96 people. And how many of them are qualified? How many of them read this thread?
 

EagleKeeper

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Originally posted by: zephyrprime
I don't think anyone reads this thread anymore. The position I'm leaving is in NYC and I've only gotten like 1 PM from here.
The thing is, I think AT is smaller than you might think. I saw your post and I'm looking for a job but I'm not at all qualified nor do I live in New York. Of the 122614 members of anandtech, only ~8200 live in new york (assuming a random dist of at members across the US). But Anandtech forum members that are actually active are probably a lot less than 122614. And most of them are probably employed. After all, the unemployment rate for tech employees is only 5.8%. So 0.058*8200 = 476. And how many of those aren't active members? Maybe 80%? That leaves 96 people. And how many of them are qualified? How many of them read this thread?

currently I am temporarily employed, however, I have been un-employed for the middle of this year. I just have a subscription link set up for this thread which will Pm me everytime others post. Some useful information can be gleaned and every once in a while a golden nugget will be provided. Active responses do not neccessarily equate to passive participation. Using your numerical example is valid up to the last couple of items. those are active members vs. participation and also those that read the thread. I am sure that more than 96 people have posted in this thread, let alone read it.

 

FoBoT

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same job , but in Charlotte NC is taking applications, pm me, my email get 250 spams a day, i might miss it

Originally posted by: FoBoT
Novi, MI - Technology Manager

Assist in the diagnosis and resolution of technical hardware and software problems.
Assist in hardware and software compatibility testing.
Assist in the maintenance of technical documentation.

Three years experience in hardware/software support and troubleshooting in a stand-alone and/or networked environment.

Supervisory/management skills and the ability to oversee delegated tasks. Proven ability to effectively provide training and explain processes and procedures.

PM me for more complete description

 

notfred

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Feb 12, 2001
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Here's a job listing. I also started another thread for this, as I think a lot of people don't want to read (or even notice) this thread with over 600 posts.

Anyway:

This is opening up in my organization, but in a different office. It's really a pretty good job, laid back atmosphere, friendly people. it pays $24.72/hour.

Link to the job description.

The site is lised on uses frames, so I linked to the page with the job description above. If you want to see the whole thing with the menus and everything, go here, then click "Benefited Positions" and then click "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST".

There's a PDF application near the bottom of the job description.
 

Maverick

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my company seems to be hiring pretty frequently. I don't know of any specific positions that I can refer you guys to at this time, but those that wouldn't mind relocating to Kansas City, MO should check out Cerner
 

milehigh

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I am looking to fill 2 positions in the Chicagoland area. I am an agent with a multi-line insurance and financial services company (Auto, Home, Life, Commercial, Financial Services, Health, LTC......)

The first is an in-the-office position with the primary duties of servicing existing home and auto insurance clients along with marketing new ones. This will pay hourly + commission and can be part time or full time or flexible. I think the sweet spot for hours worked vs. income will be about 20 hours a week but there is really no cap on hours or income. I will pay state licensing costs. My office is located in Bloomingdale, Illinois. Benefits are not available (yet).

The second is an internet marketing position. I've been playing around with the idea and I think I'd like to give it a shot. I would like it to be based on opt-in email and/or fax. Beyond the initial planning and training this work can be done from home. It will be completely commission and bonus based. I will front any of the marketing costs as long as it is a solid idea (for example, a website hosting provider along with domain registration). I don't want this to be a bulk fax or email spam scheme so it will take a little creativity on building the target marketing lists. I am looking to serve a local market (within 50 miles of 60108). While I realize that I can't build (or don't want to) an entire client base from the internet and email I do feel that I'm missing this part in my overall marketing plan and that there are alot of people who prefer to communicate or do business electronically.

Please contact me by PM if interested for more information.
 

rh71

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Anyone want to work for Yahoo! ? :)

just got wind of a full-time position yahoo is trying to fill. details
below. the job is in sunnyvale, california. send your info to:

noelle tardieu: noellet@yahoo-inc.com

job description:
"The Yahoo! Front Page Events engineering team is looking for a highly
motivated, detail oriented self-starter to assist a cross-functional team in
the technical implementation of high profile advertising campaigns, as well
as the development of infrastructure applications for the production
process. You must be as comfortable writing code as you are on client calls.
You should have great project management skills and be able to manage
expectations of multiple stakeholders across diverse groups within the
company. You should be adept at developing technical documents, functional
specifications and requirements. Expert knowledge of JavaScript,
cross-browser DHTML, and rich media technologies (specifically Macromedia
Flash actionscript) required. Experience with UNIX, Apache, PHP, MySQL is
also crucial. Excellent teamwork, communication, and problem solving skills
a must. This position does require on-call availability for event launches.
3-5 years of related work experience, and a BA/BS or equivalent required,
computer science degree preferred."
 

Evadman

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I read the thread all the time even though I am employed.
 

Spydermag68

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Thanks for the article ParrotHeadToo. I have not work in my chosen field for two years. My job, TPF programming, was getting shipped to India for 1.5 years before 9/11. My company downsized 1/3 to 1/2 of the employees and kept the contract with India. Right now I know that they have imported several of the Indian contractors to the States while I sit on the sidelines.
 

FoBoT

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Kansas City MO

Telecommunications Engineer

Manage the installation, coordination, monitoring, maintenance, capacity planning and management of Nortel SL-1 PBX switches, Meridian Mail systems and peripherals. Manage all voice communications equipment, including all channel banks, and dedicated circuits. Responsible for the security and integrity of all voice communication systems, including business continuation (disaster recovery). Maintain and assist with the development of policies and procedures applicable to the telecommunications systems. Help develop system contingency plans and redundancies. Perform system maintenance including backups, user accounts, access privileges and security.

PM me for more info
 

conjur

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Jun 7, 2001
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I received a call the other day from a consulting firm in Nashville re:some .NET jobs available. I have had a job now and couldn't move to Nashville if I wanted to anyway...but...here's the contact information:

Nashville
3 Lakeview Place
22 Century Blvd.
Suite 140
Nashville, TN 37214
615-886-1100 tel
800-609-5537 toll-free
615-886-1171 fax
nashville@teksystems.com

The woman's name is Shannon Halters.
 

dmcowen674

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Oct 13, 1999
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12-2-2003 All I Want for Christmas Is a Job

Being unemployed is hard anytime but never more so than during the holiday season. While the rest of the world is feeling flush with good cheer from Thanksgiving through New Year's, the unemployed tend toward depression. It is, after all, hard to feel joyful and generous when you're without income and a predictable professional future. Add to that all the social gatherings, which require you to publicly admit your continuing unemployment to friends, loved ones, and complete strangers, and it's easy to succumb to something approaching despair.

Rather than decry your diminished capacity, I strongly suggest that you join the celebration. Most people, even the unemployed, have something to feel fortunate about. Taking time to recognize this will actually endear you to friends, family, and others who you rely upon to sustain you in this time of transition. Moreover, a bit of genuine relaxation and celebration will help you to stay mentally fit in the months to come -- making you a more attractive candidate and potentially shortening your search.

So while I won't claim that being in the midst of the holiday season will suddenly make your job search better, it does present you with some unique opportunities that are worth seizing. Go ahead -- and you'll be prepared to make the most of whatever January has to offer.

 
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speaking of unemployment, if you live on long island, or close to it, hit me up, i know someone looking for a sales/techie...gotta know hardware and a lil software...gotta be able to do sales too...


hit me up if anyone is interested...entropy325@yahoo.com