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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 18:54:26 GMT -5
I think we can get much more on paper. What about that sausage gif? It moves.
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Post by Warfish on Sept 19, 2016 20:30:49 GMT -5
I'm really glad you survived Fishy.
I'm sorry your friend did not.
Bit of advice....get the resume ready and move before they make the decision for you.
Lead and control the change, don't let change happen to you.
These kinds of cuts rarely end at one round.
You're surely a smart, capable guy. There are still places out here who'd value and well treat that.
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Post by Big L on Sept 19, 2016 20:34:02 GMT -5
Congrats on your survival.
Now it's time to get DRUNK!
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Post by Big L on Sept 19, 2016 20:45:26 GMT -5
Seamus O'Toole, Bobby O'Shea. I'm ready to get drunk!
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Sept 19, 2016 21:05:46 GMT -5
I'm really glad you survived Fishy. I'm sorry your friend did not. Bit of advice....get the resume ready and move before they make the decision for you. Lead and control the change, don't let change happen to you. These kinds of cuts rarely end at one round. You're surely a smart, capable guy. There are still places out here who'd value and well treat that. Yep.
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Post by leftturn3 on Sept 19, 2016 21:39:54 GMT -5
Bitter sweet day. there is nothing harder at work then a day of cuts. congrats for making through.
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Post by Trades on Sept 19, 2016 22:06:33 GMT -5
I'm really glad you survived Fishy. I'm sorry your friend did not. Bit of advice....get the resume ready and move before they make the decision for you. Lead and control the change, don't let change happen to you. These kinds of cuts rarely end at one round. You're surely a smart, capable guy. There are still places out here who'd value and well treat that. By far the best advice I have ever seen on the boards.
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Post by porgyman on Sept 19, 2016 22:06:35 GMT -5
Congrats on surviving. You have received solid advise here. Use it. A thought: feel free to post your resume here. We can critique it. Obviously, no personal info or company names. However you will pick up some interesting insights.
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Sept 19, 2016 22:29:03 GMT -5
I'm an IT consultant and my company just went through a Hugh reorganize and there is rumors that more are coming. They outsourced the help desk a couple of years ago, brought in Accenture (India) for a lot of areas a year ago and then as a part of the reorganize moved most Level 3 positions to Accenture. I have been at this company for 5 years but I am not happy with the direction they are heading in. However I work for great people who treat me well and see my value. They let me come and go as I please and I am well paid. I have a very diverse skill set that would be hard to replace easily. You never know when upper management might decide to make a change. Here is the good news. I keep my resume up to date all thee to. E and opened mine up on Dice because I was annoyed at work and I wanted to test the market. I have been flooded with requests to interview. 3 or 4 per day. One caught my attention so I asked what the rate is and it would be a $25 bump even if I didn't negotiate. Very tempting. I got that email on Friday and I am struggling with the decision. There are tons of jobs out there right now. Hope all goes well. Good luck! wow what the hell is auto correct doing What is Dice and how do you make sure your current company doesn't see your resume up there?
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Post by Hotman on Sept 20, 2016 1:17:49 GMT -5
I'm really glad you survived Fishy. I'm sorry your friend did not. Bit of advice....get the resume ready and move before they make the decision for you. Lead and control the change, don't let change happen to you. These kinds of cuts rarely end at one round. You're surely a smart, capable guy. There are still places out here who'd value and well treat that. This.
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Post by Fishooked on Sept 20, 2016 3:21:20 GMT -5
wow what the hell is auto correct doing What is Dice and how do you make sure your current company doesn't see your resume up there? www.dice.com, it's basically for tech jobs only - thanks for the heads up on that Trades, I'd totally forgotten about that one.
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Post by Fishooked on Sept 20, 2016 3:38:51 GMT -5
Congratulations on getting through the cut even though it sucks for your friends. Now you have to get on with the resume writing. Having been in the same place for so long makes it really difficult, knowing where to start. I would recommend not starting with using templates and trying to fit into them at least at first. Just start writing things down and once you get past the blank paper it gets easier. Once you have all sorts of information about yourself written down, you can start organizing and winnowing it. It's much easier to start condensing and removing once you decide what you want to highlight. And of course there are tons of helpful manual and courses etc out there. If you can spare an evening and get into the city the Science, Industyr and Business LIbrary branch of the NY library has a good series, with really good speakers on writing resumes. They go beyond the typical trite platitudes and offer actual helpful advice. One of the better ones is John Crantand another is Win Sheffield. He gives a useful framework of how to figure out what the heck you've been doing for the last 30 years and how to get it on paper. They are career coaches and they give these short talks to drum up further business but the free ones are enough. Good luck. Solid advice from both of you, absolutely. I plan on updating it this week, most definitely. I tried to work on it Sunday with football on in the background, and even though I could give a rats ass about the games going on, it was very difficult, pretty much the worst case of writer's block ever. Even thought our group is done taking the hit for the short term, I really want to know what their plan is moving forward. If they are going to move a subset of our jobs down south, who's to say they won't be looking to do that down the road? Can't trust the new CIO at all. They always bring in these guys from outside companies, they implement their vision, fuck things up all kinds of sideways, and then move on 5 years later. Then the next guy has a different vision and tries to fix it. Rinse, repeat, I've seen it many times here. My company really, really wants to be a cool company like Google, except they don't realize they are far too conservative and can never do it. They will implement things they see other companies doing, often too little too late. By the time they realize that maybe it wasnt the best move, other companies have already moved on to different things. I said this to crossfire last night, after my boss finally came out of his office, looking like death warmed over, he said by far today was the worst day he's ever had here, and he's been with the company 37 years, that says something. I'm kind of all over the place here, but the coffee is flowing. Want to thank everyone for all of the words and advice here, it's helped a lot.
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Post by Big L on Sept 20, 2016 5:22:46 GMT -5
Beware. Along with the layoffs, they secretly switched the coffee to Folgers Crystals.
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Post by Jets Things on Sept 20, 2016 6:28:56 GMT -5
Beware. Along with the layoffs, they secretly switched the coffee to Folgers Crystals.
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Post by 32Green on Sept 20, 2016 6:40:02 GMT -5
Congratulations on getting through the cut even though it sucks for your friends. Now you have to get on with the resume writing. Having been in the same place for so long makes it really difficult, knowing where to start. I would recommend not starting with using templates and trying to fit into them at least at first. Just start writing things down and once you get past the blank paper it gets easier. Once you have all sorts of information about yourself written down, you can start organizing and winnowing it. It's much easier to start condensing and removing once you decide what you want to highlight. And of course there are tons of helpful manual and courses etc out there. If you can spare an evening and get into the city the Science, Industyr and Business LIbrary branch of the NY library has a good series, with really good speakers on writing resumes. They go beyond the typical trite platitudes and offer actual helpful advice. One of the better ones is John Crantand another is Win Sheffield. He gives a useful framework of how to figure out what the heck you've been doing for the last 30 years and how to get it on paper. They are career coaches and they give these short talks to drum up further business but the free ones are enough. Good luck. Solid advice from both of you, absolutely. I plan on updating it this week, most definitely. I tried to work on it Sunday with football on in the background, and even though I could give a rats ass about the games going on, it was very difficult, pretty much the worst case of writer's block ever. Even thought our group is done taking the hit for the short term, I really want to know what their plan is moving forward. If they are going to move a subset of our jobs down south, who's to say they won't be looking to do that down the road? Can't trust the new CIO at all. They always bring in these guys from outside companies, they implement their vision, fuck things up all kinds of sideways, and then move on 5 years later. Then the next guy has a different vision and tries to fix it. Rinse, repeat, I've seen it many times here. My company really, really wants to be a cool company like Google, except they don't realize they are far too conservative and can never do it. They will implement things they see other companies doing, often too little too late. By the time they realize that maybe it wasnt the best move, other companies have already moved on to different things. I said this to crossfire last night, after my boss finally came out of his office, looking like death warmed over, he said by far today was the worst day he's ever had here, and he's been with the company 37 years, that says something. I'm kind of all over the place here, but the coffee is flowing. Want to thank everyone for all of the words and advice here, it's helped a lot. Sincerely happy for you, and glad you are preparing for the future. My wife has survived about 5 purges at her job and it takes its toll even if you are lucky enough to avoid the ax. On the bright side, many of her friends who lost their jobs did find other opportunities in prostitution and petty theft.
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