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Unemployment Rears its Ugly Head
5/31/2012 2:27:32 PM
Got laid off from a job I have held for 20 years in Tucson. Requirements analyst and software designer for an ERP/Shop Floor Control/Maintenance software suite. Some SQL coding, but mostly interviewing users to determine requirements, and mapping those to existing functionality or writing designs to cover otherwise-uncovered needs, and writing documentation, test plans and training material. Since my role had shifted so much towards the functional side my tech skills are lagging on all this new-fangled .NET and C# Innertubes whatsis. But I am always willing to learn again.
This was not a major surprise as work has been scarce the past few months, but still quite a let-down. Fortunately they gave me a nice 3-month severance, so no short-term panic, but I plan on hitting the job search thing hot and heavy Monday morning (since its not like I have to go to the office or anything!).
If anyone has any leads, I would be most happy and appreciative to hear about them. Tucson area mostly, but to be honest SV and maybe Phoenix are possibilities (though I hate the thought of relocating).
This was not a major surprise as work has been scarce the past few months, but still quite a let-down. Fortunately they gave me a nice 3-month severance, so no short-term panic, but I plan on hitting the job search thing hot and heavy Monday morning (since its not like I have to go to the office or anything!).
If anyone has any leads, I would be most happy and appreciative to hear about them. Tucson area mostly, but to be honest SV and maybe Phoenix are possibilities (though I hate the thought of relocating).
6/1/2012 1:55:31 AM
I'll keep my ears open.
6/1/2012 2:27:50 AM
Keep checking this... I know its PHX but there are facilities all over the state as well.
https://www.srp.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.searchJobs
https://www.srp.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.searchJobs
6/1/2012 10:34:42 AM
Nothing wrong with learning somthing new, I think we should always be learning but you might consider a managment job over the actual hands on. The last 20 years has trained you as an overseer which is an undervalued position nowadays. You might want to look into something where you can remote in from home to avoid the relocation issues.
Here's where I would start. Find 2 unemployed IT guys - Go find the work and drop them off - you'll learn the new lingo off of them - sooner than later you'll get a contract job that will turn into a full time position for all 3 of you.
20 years is my timestamp to start a new career path, it keeps life entertaining & one of them is bound to make me rich.
Here's where I would start. Find 2 unemployed IT guys - Go find the work and drop them off - you'll learn the new lingo off of them - sooner than later you'll get a contract job that will turn into a full time position for all 3 of you.
20 years is my timestamp to start a new career path, it keeps life entertaining & one of them is bound to make me rich.
6/1/2012 4:05:42 PM
Originally Posted By freeride21a:
Keep checking this... I know its PHX but there are facilities all over the state as well.
https://www.srp.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.searchJobs
Keep checking this... I know its PHX but there are facilities all over the state as well.
https://www.srp.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.searchJobs
A friend from college worked for SRP for about 10 years. He enjoyed the job, but I remember he was initially disappointed it didnt invovle Salt River tubing in any meaningful way.
6/1/2012 4:08:47 PM
Originally Posted By HeckThomas:
Nothing wrong with learning somthing new, I think we should always be learning but you might consider a managment job over the actual hands on. The last 20 years has trained you as an overseer which is an undervalued position nowadays. You might want to look into something where you can remote in from home to avoid the relocation issues.
Here's where I would start. Find 2 unemployed IT guys - Go find the work and drop them off - you'll learn the new lingo off of them - sooner than later you'll get a contract job that will turn into a full time position for all 3 of you.
20 years is my timestamp to start a new career path, it keeps life entertaining & one of them is bound to make me rich.
Nothing wrong with learning somthing new, I think we should always be learning but you might consider a managment job over the actual hands on. The last 20 years has trained you as an overseer which is an undervalued position nowadays. You might want to look into something where you can remote in from home to avoid the relocation issues.
Here's where I would start. Find 2 unemployed IT guys - Go find the work and drop them off - you'll learn the new lingo off of them - sooner than later you'll get a contract job that will turn into a full time position for all 3 of you.
20 years is my timestamp to start a new career path, it keeps life entertaining & one of them is bound to make me rich.
I have done small team management before - team dynamics make all the difference for a successful vs failed project. I was lucky and had two good teams out of the three I ran.
And yes, I am certainly looking beyond the things I was doing most recently. In some ways the layoff was a blessing as I was getting bored and complacent, and that never makes for a good work situation after a while. Working from home is also attractive, though the cats will want to sit on the keyboard all damn day and reduce my productivity!
6/1/2012 6:11:22 PM
Originally Posted By AzSteven:
I have done small team management before - team dynamics make all the difference for a successful vs failed project. I was lucky and had two good teams out of the three I ran.
And yes, I am certainly looking beyond the things I was doing most recently. In some ways the layoff was a blessing as I was getting bored and complacent, and that never makes for a good work situation after a while. Working from home is also attractive, though the cats will want to sit on the keyboard all damn day and reduce my productivity!
Originally Posted By HeckThomas:
Nothing wrong with learning somthing new, I think we should always be learning but you might consider a managment job over the actual hands on. The last 20 years has trained you as an overseer which is an undervalued position nowadays. You might want to look into something where you can remote in from home to avoid the relocation issues.
Here's where I would start. Find 2 unemployed IT guys - Go find the work and drop them off - you'll learn the new lingo off of them - sooner than later you'll get a contract job that will turn into a full time position for all 3 of you.
20 years is my timestamp to start a new career path, it keeps life entertaining & one of them is bound to make me rich.
Nothing wrong with learning somthing new, I think we should always be learning but you might consider a managment job over the actual hands on. The last 20 years has trained you as an overseer which is an undervalued position nowadays. You might want to look into something where you can remote in from home to avoid the relocation issues.
Here's where I would start. Find 2 unemployed IT guys - Go find the work and drop them off - you'll learn the new lingo off of them - sooner than later you'll get a contract job that will turn into a full time position for all 3 of you.
20 years is my timestamp to start a new career path, it keeps life entertaining & one of them is bound to make me rich.
I have done small team management before - team dynamics make all the difference for a successful vs failed project. I was lucky and had two good teams out of the three I ran.
And yes, I am certainly looking beyond the things I was doing most recently. In some ways the layoff was a blessing as I was getting bored and complacent, and that never makes for a good work situation after a while. Working from home is also attractive, though the cats will want to sit on the keyboard all damn day and reduce my productivity!
See you already have 2 IT employees and they probably know more than half the people out there claiming to know what they are doing
6/3/2012 11:45:52 PM
So because I have been out of the interviewing business for 20 years, some cool new stuff has cropped up that frankly impressed the heck out of me.
I was doing some online job apps on a utility company site, and it had an option to upload my resume. OK, no big deal, that seems simple enough. However, their system was smart enough to parse out my resume and fill in their online application system. If my resume document was on a newer version of Word I could see how that would work, since those are basically XML documents now, but this was an older Word version, and the actual resume material was in a table in the document. Their system was able to parse out my address, phone number, job title, employer, description and dates without any problem.
Silly as it seems, I want to go work for the company that wrote that software - it worked incredibly fast, and was error free. I like it.
I was doing some online job apps on a utility company site, and it had an option to upload my resume. OK, no big deal, that seems simple enough. However, their system was smart enough to parse out my resume and fill in their online application system. If my resume document was on a newer version of Word I could see how that would work, since those are basically XML documents now, but this was an older Word version, and the actual resume material was in a table in the document. Their system was able to parse out my address, phone number, job title, employer, description and dates without any problem.
Silly as it seems, I want to go work for the company that wrote that software - it worked incredibly fast, and was error free. I like it.
