Originally Posted by dohdough Too bad you're not in my hood. No one really gives a shit about certs up here. A BS and experience is all I see in the listings for what you're looking for.

There is the experience too. a lot of what I see for even entry level stuff will say 2-3 years of experience and maybe a cert or two. Once people start demanding that for entry level stuff, you're pretty much screwed already.

I can't believe people still ask "where do you see yourself in 5 years"?

Originally Posted by usickenme I can't believe people still ask "where do you see yourself in 5 years"?

Yeah. Just weird questions all around. Don't like them. Feel like if I say working here blah blah blah then they will think I'm too forward but if I say some generic shit then they wont like that either.

Originally Posted by usickenme I can't believe people still ask "where do you see yourself in 5 years"?

I find humor that the interview script my current employer has for internal applicants still has that question in there.

I'd love to know who comes up with those dumbass questions. At this point my answer would be something like "Right where I am unless the economy picks up soon."

I usually answer with a specific skill I would like to develop but if I wanted to throw the interview I would simply say "off the meth"

Originally Posted by Malik112099 It is a professional social network. You can find coworkers/recruiters/companies/etc on there to follow. There are status updates and posts (all business/industry related). When you follow a company you can see their updates and posted jobs and the same with following recruiters. The main thing to do is make sure you have a very complete profile. It is basically an online resume.

Is there any way for you to have your resume on there but only viewable to actual companies and not people? A colleague of mine had his bullet points on his resume swiped by another colleague from a previous job. Literally copied his stuff word for word. He only found out because apparently LinkedIn shows who viewed your profile and when he clicked on that person, he basically saw his resume on that guy's profile.

Originally Posted by Prepster I am literally in the exact same boat as you are even including having an interview on thursday.

and you're from chicago?...this is getting creepy. are you me?

Originally Posted by Ag_SurfR and you're from chicago?...this is getting creepy. are you me?

Maybe alternate universes are colliding one of you will get the job, the other...

Originally Posted by Kendro Is there any way for you to have your resume on there but only viewable to actual companies and not people? A colleague of mine had his bullet points on his resume swiped by another colleague from a previous job. Literally copied his stuff word for word. He only found out because apparently LinkedIn shows who viewed your profile and when he clicked on that person, he basically saw his resume on that guy's profile.

Not that I know of. The whole point is to make professional contacts. You can have the profile be private I think but not letting someone see your profile that you are connected with makes no sense. I doubt that happens a lot and if it does then break that connection. Why don't you get on it already and just check it out?

I've never had any luck personally with LinkedIn. I've applied for some stuff through it, but never any reply.

It also seems hard finding someone for a position. We've had an evening and night shift Medical Technologist position open at work for about a month now. We've had maybe two interviews for both positions.
We've also had several people cancel their scheduled interviews (for whatever reason) as well.

I'm debating on whether or not to upgrade to a Job Seeker Basic account on LinkedIn for a month. I figure it can't hurt and it's $20 I'd spend on junk otherwise. Doing some research into it right now.


EDIT: aaaand no. read a few articles. No reason to pay for a job seeker account.

Since I'm looking every day for hours a day I am running into a lot of jobs I've already seen. Any tips or tricks when it seems like you are looking at all the same jobs over again? Hidden gems you use to find more?

Originally Posted by Malik112099 Since I'm looking every day for hours a day I am running into a lot of jobs I've already seen. Any tips or tricks when it seems like you are looking at all the same jobs over again? Hidden gems you use to find more?

Unless you're looking to relocate, there are only so many jobs you can apply for locally. You can try walking/driving around looking for names of companies to check their sites for listings, but even then, eventually you'll run dry and relatively quickly. Sometimes, you just have to wait and sit on your ass until new listings pop up.

Originally Posted by MrNinjaSquirrel Maybe alternate universes are colliding one of you will get the job, the other...

please be me. please be me. please be me.

I got an email to set up a phone interview for a job I submitted to recently. Any little bite feels good at this point.

EDIT: Scheduled for tomorrow at 10:30am.

Malik. I have been following your posts for quite some time and wanted to write and wish you good luck.

Originally Posted by Dar_k Malik. I have been following your posts for quite some time and wanted to write and wish you good luck.

Thanks. I really appreciate it.

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Originally Posted by Ag_SurfR please be me. please be me. please be me.

You want the job or you want to be the robot?