[Poll] How long did it take for you to find your Current JoB?

[hoihtah]

I was just wondering how long it took for everyone here to find their job.

and how did you search for it?

it would help me a lot, as i'm looking for a new job.
Thanx

 

[mpitts]

I was very lucky. I didn't have to look.

I was working in Michigan for a helpdesk when my uncle called to tell me about an opportunity he had for me in Atlanta. I took a week off, flew down to the ATL, interviewed and got the job. I went back to my employer at the time and gave them a week's notice. That was January of 1999. I have been here ever since.

 

[AU Tiger]

It took me four weeks out of college before I got my first job. Worked seven years for same company and was layed off last November. It took two weeks to find current job.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: mpitts
I was very lucky. I didn't have to look.

I was working in Michigan for a helpdesk when my uncle called to tell me about an opportunity he had for me in Atlanta. I took a week off, flew down to the ATL, interviewed and got the job. I went back to my employer at the time and gave them a week's notice. That was January of 1999. I have been here ever since.

Similar story. My friend knew the owner of the company, so he put in a good word for me. They needed some help around the office, so they called me up to schedule an interview. The interview lasted all of 5 minutes, and I was hired.

 

[notfred]

Took me about two weeks to find this job. I got it in March. I found it lsited on my college's website somewhere.

 

[PhoKing]

It took me 5 months to stoop down to become a waiter (no offense to you waiters). No one seems to be hiring and the temp agencies aren't helping at all. Austin sucks right now, economy-wise.

 

[43st]

When I leave a job I usually take 2 months off, then start looking. I spend the time with my folks and travelling. It's certainly beats jumping right back on the wagon. I'd say once I start looking it takes a week or two. I usually snag one in my first round of resume sending.

 

[hoihtah]

Originally posted by: Thera
When I leave a job I usually take 2 months off, then start looking. I spend the time with my folks and travelling. It's certainly beats jumping right back on the wagon. I'd say once I start looking it takes a week or two. I usually snag one in my first round of resume sending.

damm... i can't imagine myself taking 2months off to just chill.
sigh.

that sounds like heaven to me right now.

 

[Viper GTS]

I kind of stumbled on it, a friend where I worked said a friend of hers got hired and that she knew far less than I did... Her starting wage was what lured me in, it was $3 an hour more than I was making. From the time I applied to the time I had a job offer was under a week, ended up with about a $4 pay raise.

Now I hate this damn place though.



Viper GTS

 

[43st]

I'm 27. I've had 3 jobs since college. So it's not like I do it that often. I wish it was more often.

 

[hoihtah]

Originally posted by: Thera
I'm 27. I've had 3 jobs since college. So it's not like I do it that often. I wish it was more often.

geez.... you're a rare breed... to wish that you could be changing jobs more often.

either that or... you must be very good at what you do.

 

[microAmp]

Wasn't really looking for my current one, heard Motorola was hiring and had a connection within. But before that one i would say a couple of weeks.

 

[43st]

I'm just young, not settled yet.

 

[denali]

I had been travelling for about 11 months when I got an email out of the blue for a job. Told them I'd be home in a few months and they said fine.

 

[nord1899]

I voted 4 weeks but I honestly don't remember the exact length.

I started sometime in the fall 2000 semester, my last semester in college. Found a job by November that was good enough. Took it, still at that job.

Glad I did, a lot of people got offers that semester that were rescinded.

 

[Radiohead]

Took me almost 2 months upon graduating to find the job I'm at right now.
I was one of the luckier ones who was able to land a respectable job in my field of studies. 99% of the rest of my fellow graduates are either still looking for jobs at the moment or are working in fields totally unrelated

 

[vi edit]

About 2.5 months. But this was in the spring of 2000, even before the IT bubble burst. And, it was pretty much luck as well.

I applied for the position in Late march. Never heard much back from it until the middle of May. Supposably they hired a guy for the position, and he ended up bailing the day before he started. I was available to work immediately and I was their second candidate anyway, so they basically called me up and said "want the job?"

 

[James2k]

An hour after I got the license to. My instructor returned the rented bus (not cost effective for a driving school to own one), the owner of the bus company asked if he knew someone could who could come in and work immediately. I got home, there was a message saying to come in if I wanted a job. So I did, and still have it. Nice part time way to pay for college

 

[Spamela]

about 6 months, but i was kind of picky & wasn't in a situation where i had to get one right now.

i used a recruiter to get a few interviews, but i obtained my current job by myself.