StrikerObi
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Got to know the people and managers who work at the theatre in the campus building I work at. I was in like Flint.
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How'd you guys get your present job?
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mightynine
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Internship first, worked hard for free (and school credit), then worked harder as a part-timer, and was lucky enough to have someone else who was full time leave right as I was graduating college.
tehrik-e-insaaf
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When I finished undergrad -> did the whole on-campus recruiting thing and went through like 4 rounds of interviews to get a Business Analyst position. After I finished two years, got an offer to come back as an Associate when I finished business school.
mightynine
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Poody said:
Let's just say:
1. I didn't work for free for long.
2. I already had a paying job; the internship didn't take up too many hours of the week. I DID have to get up at the crack of dawn for a while though...that wasn't fun.
Getting a teaching job is suprisingly easy, so long as you don't have a recent arrest or some felonies or some shit. My dad was working summer school at my old hs two years ago and mentioned my name and they gave me a call for an interview. About 10 minutes on the phone and I had a job. All my jobs have been gotten through someone or something. I've gotten countless offers from job interviews, but I've only taken one of them, in VT.
If you're unemployed, don't sweat it. Something will come up. Squeeze your relatives and friends. You're sure to find something. PEACE.
If you're unemployed, don't sweat it. Something will come up. Squeeze your relatives and friends. You're sure to find something. PEACE.
Dad was a respected manager level employee at a large manufactoring company. They needed someone to run this little machine. He said my name. BOOM. Job. 1 1/2 years later, they needed data entry help in engineering. Dad mentioned me. BOOM. Job. 1/2 year later, Sheetmetal needs another CNC Programmer. Dad+recommendation. BOOM. Job.
That is literally my entire working career.
It's really not as Snobbish as it sounds! I've never worked in direct relation to anything my dad does (Accounting)
That is literally my entire working career.
It's really not as Snobbish as it sounds! I've never worked in direct relation to anything my dad does (Accounting)
WasabiKing
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bishoptl said:For God's sake, don't arrive too early. I've been interviewing candidates for a position on my team for the past week and I had a couple of guys arrive ONE FULL HOUR before their interview. Told 'em to go for a walk and come back in 45 minutes.
haha, well, I do it just to get a general vibe for the office. Granted, I've always been in the power to be picky. If I don't like the vibe, like bosses yelling at receptionists, it's usually a very bad sign. And I people watch all the time, always something interesting.
SSGMUN10000
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Connections, friends, and a little luck.
Here is a little funny story on how I got hired. My friend got an interview with Time Warner so I ended up taking her there. Even though I was currently employed I decided to fill out an app while waiting for her. Long story short she ended up rejecting the job because she had no vehicle, I got layed off so I asked her for the contact # which happened to be the hiring sups #. 2 and half yrs later still there and now my friend is trying get in again with Time Warner.
Here is a little funny story on how I got hired. My friend got an interview with Time Warner so I ended up taking her there. Even though I was currently employed I decided to fill out an app while waiting for her. Long story short she ended up rejecting the job because she had no vehicle, I got layed off so I asked her for the contact # which happened to be the hiring sups #. 2 and half yrs later still there and now my friend is trying get in again with Time Warner.
I chalk it up to timing, hard work, and a little luck.
After my stint in the navy (2 years), I took the GI Bill money and went straight to tech school for computer programming. I was one of only 2 people to ace the entire curriculum. A company came to the shcool to interview the 2 aces and hired us pretty much immediately. I've been here ever since (9 years).
After my stint in the navy (2 years), I took the GI Bill money and went straight to tech school for computer programming. I was one of only 2 people to ace the entire curriculum. A company came to the shcool to interview the 2 aces and hired us pretty much immediately. I've been here ever since (9 years).
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Vennt
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I was at a local gig for a friends band, during the soundcheck I wasn't happy with the mix and suggested, foolishly, to the engineer that he maybe could turn the guitars up a bit.
He looked at me as if I'd just asked him to rape his own mother, twice... and then spat out:
"If you think you can do it better, then fucking do it."
and much to the sheer horror of the band, proceeded to get his coat and left the mixing desk and went to the bar, refusing to do the sound and just sat drinking & laughing at me..
I had very little sound experience from a few recording sessions, but was well in the shit and out of my depth. and struggled through the set and pretty much wrecked my friends gig due to the worst sound/mix imaginable.
Having learnt my lesson, myself and the engineer bizarrely became friends and he started training me up, 1 year later I was sharing the venue with him as he wanted to cut his workload down. I eventually took his place as the resident engineer when he went off on tour work. (Pretty much part-time as a hobby, with IT work in the day paying my rent.)
After a while I tired of the dayjob so much that I packed it in, and went full time with the sound work.
One day, some poor schmuck is going to come to a gig and suggest I turn up his friends guitar, and god help him if I'm not going to give him the same hell & sweats I got that night. (Actually this "friend of the band" problem is pretty common, and severely looked down upon by most engineers, & rightly so too)
He looked at me as if I'd just asked him to rape his own mother, twice... and then spat out:
"If you think you can do it better, then fucking do it."
and much to the sheer horror of the band, proceeded to get his coat and left the mixing desk and went to the bar, refusing to do the sound and just sat drinking & laughing at me..
I had very little sound experience from a few recording sessions, but was well in the shit and out of my depth. and struggled through the set and pretty much wrecked my friends gig due to the worst sound/mix imaginable.
Having learnt my lesson, myself and the engineer bizarrely became friends and he started training me up, 1 year later I was sharing the venue with him as he wanted to cut his workload down. I eventually took his place as the resident engineer when he went off on tour work. (Pretty much part-time as a hobby, with IT work in the day paying my rent.)
After a while I tired of the dayjob so much that I packed it in, and went full time with the sound work.
One day, some poor schmuck is going to come to a gig and suggest I turn up his friends guitar, and god help him if I'm not going to give him the same hell & sweats I got that night. (Actually this "friend of the band" problem is pretty common, and severely looked down upon by most engineers, & rightly so too
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