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Be honest in your cover letter. Interviews are a two-way street so let me ask you this question: Would you want to work for an employer that views you taking care of your dad as a downside? Feel free to send your resume to me at the email in the op as well as what you're looking for. I'll take a look at it
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pre-op bebop posted:Quick backstory: I have a very specific niche MA and I have been out of the work force for some time due to family and health issues. Right now I'm taking care of my dad who has dementia but I'll likely be getting some in-home help with that soonish, which means I can return to the workforce. I had a 16 month gap taking care of my Mother in Law and I listed it as a job at the top. Caregiver - Date - and listed responsibilities. I only got asked once about it, and since it is family and medical in nature, no one wants to ask the wrong questions and get accused of breaking labor law. The one person who asked about it, was asking questions about what options were out there for one of their family members. Edit: I did get a job with the resume with this listed. I Miss Snausages has issued a correction as of 06:52 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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This isnt a specific link but a buddy of mine signed up to do vax shots for like a couple of hundred dollars a day for a week. If you're in the NYC area it might be worth a google search.
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pre-op bebop posted:Quick backstory: I have a very specific niche MA and I have been out of the work force for some time due to family and health issues. Right now I'm taking care of my dad who has dementia but I'll likely be getting some in-home help with that soonish, which means I can return to the workforce. I review hundreds of resumes every month and would be happy to help
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Korean Boomhauer posted:cover letters suxx0r to write. is there any good tips for them actually write one rather than just sending the same template over and over again also use something to check your grammar and poo poo, but the person reading will sniff out a template every time e: also recognize the cover letter probably only gets read if they're interested already.
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Rime posted:Do YOU have a willingness to travel North America for 100% of the year, a driver's license with a clean record, and are able to read words, climb 350' ladders without throwing up, and work with electricity without killing yourself? This is a really sad post, but I work for a Green energy company that is hiring Wind Techs to work at ONE SITE for more money, more PTO, and minimal travel. That being said My company has posted openings - on the past three days - for a wind tech based in OK, a mechanical supervisor in TX And remote roles for a software engineer and a real estate specialist.
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I might have laid it on a bit too thick, long day. The money is fantastic and it's the fastest growing industry nobody considers working in, but the sacrifices are definitely real.
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Rime posted:I might have laid it on a bit too thick, long day. The money is fantastic and it's the fastest growing industry nobody considers working in, but the sacrifices are definitely real. I sent you a PM
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Rime posted:Do YOU have a willingness to travel North America for 100% of the year, a driver's license with a clean record, and are able to read words, climb 350' ladders without throwing up, and work with electricity without killing yourself? 
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If I had seen that job posting in the ~ 3 weeks from when I got out of the military to getting my cats I would be so into that. Alas, my hunger for money is weakened by cats.
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Does anyone know entities that help place physically but not mentally disabled workers? The office of rehabilitation in CA paired me with their three partner companies, but none of them were a good fit. Especially seeking organizational/project management roles.
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Golden Bee posted:Does anyone know entities that help place physically but not mentally disabled workers? The office of rehabilitation in CA paired me with their three partner companies, but none of them were a good fit. You know about https://www.aapd.com and https://askjan.org , right? I assume you do. The AAPD may have local group chapters that can help you. I am in Wisconsin, and I know that there is one close to me in Green Bay. I know some people have strong opinions about the charity of United Way, but they may have some resources to help you too. Good Luck! I know it can be hard for people to get over the idea of hiring someone who is physically disabled.
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Toupee Groupie posted:You know about https://www.aapd.com and https://askjan.org , right? I assume you do. The AAPD may have local group chapters that can help you. I am in Wisconsin, and I know that there is one close to me in Green Bay. Never heard of these! I will check them out.
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I have a friend in mississippi who would like a work from home job (or just a better job). Does anybody have anything in mississippi?
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Sure am tired after a long week of giving out JOBS... but ive still got more JOBS to give! A goon just got an offer today. Join me and watch the world burn from your computer chair 
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Business Gorillas posted:Sure am tired after a long week of giving out JOBS... but ive still got more JOBS to give! I'm giving my (non-goon) sister-in-law your contact right now. Illinois-based adult ESL educator who will be marched back into the covid pits later this month, and she's not exactly excited about it. I'll have her mention my user name for the sake of knowing. Huge thanks for this thread regardless of how her particular outreach goes.
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maybe someone on these cursed boards will have an idea for me— I was in a contract position for 4 years at the Texas DOT looking at rocks, but because of covid they made me half time instead of full last August. I got an on-call/intermittent job for FEMA as an environmental compliance specialist in February, onboarded in March, and told my contract manager about the FEMA thing “hey the government could call and pay me better than you and offer me full time work at random” in April. Some poo poo happened, and I was told I was being laid off while the contract company told the state unemployment agency I really quit, and I’ve been living off of savings and a drip feed of FEMA training money. I met a guy who’s part of the environmental office at FEMA that has been in the same intermittent on-call position as me since 2018 - he said from 2018 through the start of 2020 work was really consistent, but covid threw a wrench in that and he’d mostly been on unemployment in New York. This is interesting to me, since I think I can do the same thing in Texas - after working for FEMA for a few months at a time, file unemployment, and wait for another hurricane. That sounds great! My problem is this: FEMA hasn’t called yet. I got an email saying they expect to send me somewhere in relation to Ida damages soon, but that could still be weeks to months away. What job can I get when there’s the potential for me to disappear for months at a time with usually only a few days notice? I’ve had interviews for all kinds of random positions this year but when I explain the FEMA thing the interviewer loses interest and I never hear back. e: and of course fool that I am I’ve spent the pandemic wasting away instead of pumping iron otherwise I’d try and get day labor work or something. I can sell plasma I guess wolfs has issued a correction as of 19:16 on Sep 14, 2021 |
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e: on second thought, you don't want to work for Bloomerang. Trust me.
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wolfs posted:tldr theres a post a few posts up about being a wind turbine tech if you have a biology or biology-adjacent degree, you can be a fisheries observer. HOWEVER, in the best of times, the boats were called plague ships. and now, wellllllllllllll…. durrneez has issued a correction as of 17:29 on Sep 14, 2021 |
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43/M/U.K, hold a full clean drivers licence, venue/location is no issue so long as its with some comrades  5 years prior experience at the DSF, oh and my T-cells are currently at an all time low too, so... hmu if interested.e: nm. Dongicus has issued a correction as of 21:30 on Sep 14, 2021 |
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Just wanted to express deep gratitude to Business Gorillas for providing some very helpful feedback on my resume. He was able to help me target it more specifically for a remote help desk job, and after months of receiving rejections with my old resume, I got a job a offer within a week of using my new one. Now I don't have to work in the plague pits.  If anyone lives in Texas or Oklahoma and is interested in a contract to hire position for a fully remote tier 1 IT help desk position, DM me for more information. They're still hiring.
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I work for a major hospital system in the Los Angeles area as Desktop IT. They are  hiring Mostly for on site roles. Full time or contract available. 30-32 an hour depending on which role etc. We will soon be changing over to be eligible for union representation. Full disclosure: I have almost no pull and I am not a recruiter. I however can talk to the people who do the interviewing. PM if you're interested.
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Pulvis Sumus posted:Just wanted to express deep gratitude to Business Gorillas for providing some very helpful feedback on my resume. He was able to help me target it more specifically for a remote help desk job, and after months of receiving rejections with my old resume, I got a job a offer within a week of using my new one. Now I don't have to work in the plague pits. this thread owns
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I had quit my job in NYC during covid and spent the whole year working in a farm upstate with friends. Realized i hated the industry i was in and loved working outdoors in the dirt. So i have been looking into working with the NYC parks department, unfortunately all the available positions show a requirement for a drivers license. I was actually in the process of getting one (got a learners permit and started learning to drive), but covid and the DMV shutdown put that plan on hold. Should i still apply to those jobs with that caveat or wait until i get a license. Anyone got advice on how NYC parks department works/hires?
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end of week 3 of my new wfh job, nobody got paid because payroll has a problem and they don't know when we will get paid! very cool! maybe I need a new job!
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empty whippet box posted:end of week 3 of my new wfh job, nobody got paid because payroll has a problem and they don't know when we will get paid! very cool! maybe I need a new job! I’ve processed like a 1000 payrolls in my life I’ve never had that happen to me
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Pillowpants posted:That means payroll either abruptly quit, took a vacation on a pay week and are about to get fired because of it, or died of Covid. it's apparently a "global issue" affecting an absolute shitload of people and they "hope" it's fixed and everyone gets paid by the end of the day but they couldn't tell us what happened and said they might just have to mail everyone paper checks which would happen "early next week"
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empty whippet box posted:it's apparently a "global issue" affecting an absolute shitload of people and they "hope" it's fixed and everyone gets paid by the end of the day but they couldn't tell us what happened and said they might just have to mail everyone paper checks which would happen "early next week" I’m in the American Payroll Association and tons of LinkedIn groups about payroll. I haven’t seen a peep about any issues in any groups or forums and google hasn’t shown any issues either. system glitch is code for “an employee hosed up” in payroll world.
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Business Gorillas posted:Sure am tired after a long week of giving out JOBS... but ive still got more JOBS to give! Hey man! Can I send you my resume to review before I jump into the employee work pool again? I would be preferably looking for a work from home computer touching job and was referred to your thread for help with my resume. I'm trying to get into the workpool again after a long hiatus nailing down some medical issues and could greatly use some assistance when you ever have some spare time!
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General resume strategy question: shorter or longer? I had an old boss tell me it was absolutely essential to keep your resume to one page, but I'm also hearing it's super important to brag about yourself. As I've racked up almost a decade in my industry, it gets more difficult to be precise about my experience without being verbose. Basically I can't all the cool poo poo I've done on one page, plus I've gotten some very quick rejection emails lately and I'm starting to think the issue is the format of my resume.
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Caseman posted:General resume strategy question: shorter or longer? I had an old boss tell me it was absolutely essential to keep your resume to one page, but I'm also hearing it's super important to brag about yourself. As I've racked up almost a decade in my industry, it gets more difficult to be precise about my experience without being verbose. I like to think the rule of thumb is anything that requires you to jam your foot in the door should be a page, anything that's hiring you specifically on merit should include everything
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Caseman posted:General resume strategy question: shorter or longer? I had an old boss tell me it was absolutely essential to keep your resume to one page, but I'm also hearing it's super important to brag about yourself. As I've racked up almost a decade in my industry, it gets more difficult to be precise about my experience without being verbose. generally speaking if you're applying for jobs that want a bunch of experience you should demonstrate that experience. if that means your resume is longer than a single page, it doesn't particularly matter. the "1 page resume no matter what" stuff is for parsers and recruiters in my experience.
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it is monday and nobody has been paid still so i think i am gonna sit on the training zoom call and apply to other jobs while getting more hours that I guess they will pay me for eventually, one day.
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been doing some reading about Utah labor laws. https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title34/Chapter28/34-28-S3.html?v=C34-28-S3_2014040320140513 quote:
https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title34/Chapter28/34-28-S9.html quote:
The pay period ended on the 10th. this seems to say that they now owe me 5% of the late wages extra, with 2.5% going to the state. Guess how tomorrow's training zoom is going to start. I feel like this is worth posting here because people should know about these sorts of laws.
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I hope they get you your loving money. That's insane and if they don't you and everyone else should walk out. Then do whatever you have to do to report them to the state.
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empty whippet box posted:been doing some reading about Utah labor laws. They STILL haven’t paid you? do you know what system they use? send me a PM.
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