Comments on: My tips on looking for a new job

By: Kelarr

Kelarr — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:26:24 +0000

Woo, glad to hear that you were able to find something in the Twin Cities, I’m wanting to find something new myself there as well. Also find it very cool to know of other bears here!

By: Tikky

Tikky — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:22:58 +0000

BBB has gained the achievement New Job! w00tz!

Well done mate! Congratulations!

I really don’t know how you manage to find the time between raiding, running a guild, job hunting, making videos (great btw), family, this blog, sleeping, eating, etc… You’re super-human =)

Anyway, what a relief. Grats!

By: Ina-Kemangi

Ina-Kemangi — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:58:37 +0000

Congratulations on the new job! and loved the videos too =D

By: Bluetiger

Bluetiger — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:20:37 +0000

Congrats Bear!! We got the news earlier this week that my company is laying off 8only) 80 people – luckily I won’t be affected this time around, but the crisis is creeping closer every day.

By: Sweet

Sweet — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:07:00 +0000

Grats Bear! And 40 days is pretty impressive with everything thats going on right now.

I had an extremely similiar experience where my being laid off led me to getting a job that is probably the best thing that ever happened to me. All of my previous jobs were in Casino Gaming and it’s what I’ve been doing all my life. But after Vegas was hit really hard almost all of the gaming companies put hiring freezes on and started laying people off.

I had a bunch of friends at numerous companies but the HR departments just wouldn’t budge on the hiring. So that led me to where I am today and I’m much happier. I don’t have to stick to one type of work anymore and I feel like I don’t have to relocate to a place that has a casino to have work.

But enough about me – WAY TO GO! Get that WoW in before you start the new job. I expect full Naxx epix before March. =P

By: Cybelae

Cybelae — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:28:25 +0000

Grats Bear and thanks for the tips. I will pass them on to a few family members.

By: Xathras

Xathras — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:30:05 +0000

Grats man!

By: Hurric

Hurric — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:32:22 +0000

Grats on the new job

By: ARA

ARA — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:00:08 +0000

Congratulations bear! Thats great news about the job.

By: Dric

Dric — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:55:59 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more. In my last job I ended up doing a lot of the hiring and going through tons of resumes. We were located near a college town, and used to have a lot of part-time student hires. I used to have a stack of “don’ts” in my filing cabinet. Some of them, even from people with master’s degrees or more, were pretty funny. Some of the responses to the interview questions were even better.

People tend to forget a couple of major things. I want to know what you’ve done, and what you can do for me. I want to see that you’ve put at least a little effort into seeing what we do here before writing your cover letter (and it better not be a form letter). I’d like to see your resume tailored for the job your applying for. If you’re a computer programmer, I don’t need to know that you worked @ mcDonalds 3 years ago. If you have a goal statement, your goal should at least be compatible with the job you’re applying for — I don’t want to think that you’re doing this job while waiting for one you really want to come along (even if you really are). And I really don’t care about what your hobbies are, unless they directly pertain to the job you’d like to do. The final one, which is hugely subjective is ‘are you someone that we can work with’? Let’s face it. If you don’t fit in with the rest of the people at the company it doesn’t matter what skills you bring, things are going to end up being unpleasant (I used to ask a Monty Python question about 3/4 way through the boring HR questions to see if the applicant had a sense of humor, and to lighten the mood).

Glad you’re back working. It’s never a fun experience to not be.