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MALE SHOEGAZE posted:at redhat, background checks were super important because 9 times out of 10, the applicant would send in a screenshot of KDE with some waifu visible behind the layers of compositing. no thanks. one of the jobs i turned down when i first got to tokyo had multiple guys in the office using those anime mousepads that have enormous breasts for wrist rests. it was a factor.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:at the place i work at the standard application form has an appendix that's basically authorizing them to run a background check and includes a place to write in your SSN. i was honestly just applying to fulfill my weekly quota of applications for unemployment, so i just laughed and left that part off when i submitted the application. like hell i'm giving out my SSN to every fuckin' company i sling an application at I had some European agency asking me for my banking details on the first application form, about ten years ago. I was like uh gently caress no also pictures because racism I guess
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FrozenVent posted:also pictures because culture fit I guess ftfy
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DuckConference posted:Like are you including any firmware/software stuff in there or are you strictly looking for signal janitoring positions? Pure HW positions are kinda rare so it may take you a while to find the right one. If you're careful, you could go for a technician position, there are certain teams where moving from technician to engineering positions is very possible (but also teams where that will never, ever happen). yeah. i have some software stuff on there from my job before college and classes at college. i am down to do some software stuff as well as long as my job doesn't become entirely that. real goal is to get somewhere where i can learn some actual analog/mixed signal design skills. eventually/ideally i want to get into RF stuff. senior design project is RF and i do some amateur radio stuff in my spare time, but that seems like a hard field to crack with just a bachelors and not a lot of technician level work behind me. really also not sure about job titles i should be searching for online. it feels pretty luck of the draw when i find things to apply to.
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raminasi posted:sounds like a background check. did you authorize one? i dont think i authorized one? maybe the want to have it ready for me to authorize when i come in to interview?
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some company i worked for had those background checks you have to fill in yourself, going back to stupid poo poo like which middle school you went to and where you lived when you were 12
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FrozenVent posted:I had some European agency asking me for my banking details on the first application form, about ten years ago. headshots + bio details are normal some countries it is very awkward when you as an american page through those resumes 'what the gently caress? why is this guy telling me he's 5'10" and married?'
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VOTE YES ON 69 posted:headshots + bio details are normal some countries apparently on russian resumes you include your parents names and professions
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PapaLazarou posted:yeah. i have some software stuff on there from my job before college and classes at college. i am down to do some software stuff as well as long as my job doesn't become entirely that. real goal is to get somewhere where i can learn some actual analog/mixed signal design skills. Everybody wants RF/analog engineers, where have you been applying / what are you using for search terms. When I made my keywords a lot more specific the number of positions that sounded like a thing I would want to do shot up to the point where I was dropping 10+ resumes a day easy Also apply for jobs even if you don't seem remotely qualified for them
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i always thought the solid EE fallback was doing contract layout work for $80/hr
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Bah! Denied an on-site on a technical interview I thought I did alright on last week. On to the next one, hope I don't run out of companies to interview with 
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JawnV6 posted:i always thought the solid EE fallback was doing contract layout work for $80/hr new grads can't do all those things though unfortunately
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dragon enthusiast posted:Everybody wants RF/analog engineers, where have you been applying / what are you using for search terms. When I made my keywords a lot more specific the number of positions that sounded like a thing I would want to do shot up to the point where I was dropping 10+ resumes a day easy I think the key is applying for jobs that i don't seem remotely qualified for. I've been using linked in to search for jobs and haven't been applying because everything that says RF on it that I've found said minimum masters. Probably just need to send out more applications too. I've probably sent out about 15 total now. Third option is that I'm just a moron who is doing something very wrong.
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PapaLazarou posted:I think the key is applying for jobs that i don't seem remotely qualified for. I've been using linked in to search for jobs and haven't been applying because everything that says RF on it that I've found said minimum masters. You definitely need to work on your keyword game cause here's a whole bunch of entry level poo poo, some of which doesn't require a masters http://www.indeed.com/m/jobs?q=New+Grad+Rf+Engineer Alternatively, go get a masters
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What We Need: An entry level Linux Sysadmin. o A four-year degree specializing in Computer Science, MIS, Mathematics, Physics, or Engineering. gently caress these people!!!
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had a phone interview that went pretty well. the place supports the same software I do now but on a scale so much smaller and more manageable I'm not sure why they'd even need me they want a web conference next to go over infrastructure and tech specifics, so I guess they liked what they heard i just don't want it all to come crashing down when they offer like $80k to live in nyc. it would be a pain to move, sell the house, etc but drat a senior non-contract gig sure does sound swell and I hope it doesn't fall apart in the final compensation talks 
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hifi posted:What We Need: Maybe you should have gotten a STEM degree.
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dont touch computers in nyc for less than six figs
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Sapozhnik posted:dont touch computers for less than six figs
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Contracting for 6.5 figs, still cannot get a full time position. Interviewing is balls.
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Sapozhnik posted:dont touch computers in nyc for less than six figs  everything else so far looks good but sub-10^5.2 is gonna be a deal killer
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Sapozhnik posted:dont touch computers [...] for [...] figs
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PierreTheMime posted:
do you have kids or want to buy property or something
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raminasi posted:do you have kids or want to buy property or something yes
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hifi posted:What We Need: lol, I know what company it is. They're finance, they don't have to make sense.
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Sapozhnik posted:dont touch computers
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Wrath of the Bitch King posted:lol, I know what company it is. They're finance, they don't have to make sense. why is it nonsensical for an entry level position to require a bachelor's in a relevant field
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hifi posted:What We Need:
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:why is it nonsensical for an entry level position to require a bachelor's in a relevant field it's more that they don't have an "or equivalent experience" addendum. that and they're asking for specific degrees (physics?!?) for a cj gig. i mean a degree in leisure studies is just as applicable really. Wrath of the Bitch King fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Apr 13, 2017 |
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:why is it nonsensical for an entry level position to require a bachelor's in a relevant field Wrath of the Bitch King posted:it's more that they don't have an "or equivalent experience" addendum.
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i appreciate it when places specifically want a bachelors because then i know i shouldnt bother applying
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apply anyway. unless it's a government job and weirdly specific about the exact combination of degree and years of experience. those guys probably mean it.
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:why is it nonsensical for an entry level position to require a bachelor's in a relevant field i work for $bigcompany and minimum education is directly tied to compensation ranges. this would happen because everyone on the team happened to have a 4 year degree and their boss went to bat to get them raises, and so the degree became a requirement to slide the range up several notches. unsurprisingly, this also gives the boss a raise.
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Turns out lots of places still like degrees for lots of types of computer touching
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:why is it nonsensical for an entry level position to require a bachelor's in a relevant field do you require BS degrees for draftsmen? basic sysadmin work has nothing to do with those listed degrees.
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degree elitism is cool & good and keeps the low iq, poors, and bad life decision makers away from me in the workplace
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mishaq posted:degree elitism is cool & good and keeps the low iq, poors, and bad life decision makers away from me in the workplace you're no stymie
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Being a sysadmin isn't a joke job and can be serious business; being a SRE or working in big money data center environments is work
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that's called devops now though
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hobbesmaster posted:do you require BS degrees for draftsmen? not really a job anymore - recent grads do all the drafting these days
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