The Job Hunt Thread

[daisylu]

Good luck, ners!

[raeoflyte]

Good luck ners! You've got this!

[giramomma]

Good Luck Ners! I'll be thinking about you.

[flamingo]

Good luck, ners! You've got this!

[NastyWoman]

Reading up now - my road trip just ended so I'm a little late - but I hope all went great for you ners

[ners]

Thanks for all the well wishes.  I think the interview went well. Need to meet with the HR person next week.  HR was out of the office today.

[debthaven]

That sounds promising ners ! Fingers crossed!

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Fingers crossed for a former coworker of mine.  My old lab at UNMC is hiring again and she reached out to me asking if I was interested in coming back.  I said at the moment no I am fine where I am at.  If she'd asked me three months ago different story.

My coworker has been looking into getting his PhD with them since current employer won't sponsor his Visa.  It's either he apply for a school one again or he go back home for 3-6 months before coming back which he said is a pain.

This would be the best of both world because he can switch jobs AND if he is employed at UNMC he gets their tuition benefits.  He can go part time for his PhD for free.

So I emailed her back saying I have someone who is interested and I would recommend.  She sent back her office number and told me to have him call her after he applied.

Fingers crossed for him.  After all the crap he takes at previous employer he deserves it.

[Ava]

ners
Wishing you hear from HR soon, with good news


NomoreDramaQ1015
Your ex coworker sounds like a very deserving candidate. Fingers crossed he's given the opportunity. As an immigrant, I understand all the hoops to jump through and how difficult it is to get yourself established in the U.S.

[Ava]

I found an opportunity I'm very interested in.
It's an internal job at the new company that purchased my employer.

I haven't applied or interviewed in a while. So I'm rusty.
My employer wasn't good at giving internal candidates opportunities. I don't know how this new company operates.
I'm also not sure if the worker shortage continues and if that may play in my favor.

The application for internal candidates at the new company takes the information from your profile (current job, education, licenses, etc.) and then asks you to attach a resume. I have a resume which is updated, but I haven't filled out my profile at the new company, oops.

My plan is to get the profile done and the application sent this weekend. 
Tomorrow I'm going to the office because they are giving us all laptops to bring home. There will be IT staff on site to answer questions. I will ask them to make sure my Teams is working properly.
I haven't been able to use it for video calls on my personal computers. I'm sure HR will want a video interview if I get to that stage.
I'm writing this here to hold myself accountable to do this on this weekend.
I'm getting cold feet all the time and Im wary of change in my old age. 

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I think the university would be better for him in that regard too.  In general if this works it would be the best of both worlds for him.  

Side bonus is I stick it to my old company by helping Peacock's new whipping post get out.  And he'd be going to my previous lab based on my recommendation.  

Now if I could just figure out how to get R a job here my master plan would be complete. 

[skeeter]

What day is/was your interview with HR at the new place ners?

p.s.

Hope you know lots and lots of fingers and toes are crossed for you

[raeoflyte]

My sales team has officially resigned. I don't have an offer letter from the new company yet but that's supposed to be coming and their hr is researching insurance coverage questions for me. We literally just got ds approved for the latest top of line insulin pump that reads his blood sugar and adjusts dosing automatically. Kinda want to keep that.

My manager at current company would like to keep me too, but the market is really tough right now and realistically she may not have a place for me.

I'm in as good a place as possible considering everything. Looks like staying employed will happen so now just hoping to be able to stay employed with good health insurance.

[ners]

Jul 7, 2022 16:45:33 GMT -5 skeeter said:

What day is/was your interview with HR at the new place ners ?

p.s.

Hope you know lots and lots of fingers and toes are crossed for you

Supposed to meet with HR tomorrow.

[skeeter]

Jul 7, 2022 21:33:43 GMT -5 ners said:

Jul 7, 2022 16:45:33 GMT -5 skeeter said:

What day is/was your interview with HR at the new place ners ?

p.s.

Hope you know lots and lots of fingers and toes are crossed for you

Supposed to meet with HR tomorrow.

GOOD LUCK

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

My coworker is going to meet with my former PI tomorrow and one of my former lab mates.

Hopefully I got him situated with directions. I told him grab someone with a badge if I didn't everyone knows how hard the campus can be to navigate.

I said you might want to look up a few papers written by people in the lab. It wouldn't hurt to be able to share specific interests.

I looked up the head of the department and knew about his big grant. Then I read about.humanized mice so.I had some knowledge about the model.

I told him I'm letting him ride my good name he better not disappoint

[raeoflyte]

I hate insurance stuff. We got a list back giving prices but the insulin pump (and not the newest one) says prior authorization is required. I'm not sure if there is a way to know how likely we are to get approval. We haven't had many issues on current plan and when we have our Dr office was able to push it through, but it's so scary to change.

Eta - also pulling all my personal pictures off my work laptop may take a month. I haven't uploaded to it for years, but I used to use it almost exclusively for making my albums.

[skeeter]

How did the meeting with HR go ners?  Will you be starting a new job soon?

[ners]

Jul 10, 2022 19:26:37 GMT -5 skeeter said:

How did the meeting with HR go ners ?  Will you be starting a new job soon?

Went okay.  No offer yet. HR asked for references. 

[giramomma]

Jul 10, 2022 19:41:19 GMT -5 ners said:

Jul 10, 2022 19:26:37 GMT -5 skeeter said:

How did the meeting with HR go ners ?  Will you be starting a new job soon?

Went okay.  No offer yet. HR asked for references. 

That is a great sign!

[Sharon]

moon/Laura any updates?

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

My coworker got offered not one but THREE jobs at UNMC!  I am so excited for him.  I didn't know the one lab he was a postdoc when I was there.  I gave him my honest opinion of the other two.  I said it really depends on if you want to pursue your PhD, if you want to do that think of what you want your area of study to be and focus on the lab with that bent.

I said he has to promise he tells Peacock exactly how he got the job that's what I want in exchange.

[swamp]

Jul 11, 2022 12:40:25 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

My coworker got offered not one but THREE jobs at UNMC!  I am so excited for him.  I didn't know the one lab he was a postdoc when I was there.  I gave him my honest opinion of the other two.  I said it really depends on if you want to pursue your PhD, if you want to do that think of what you want your area of study to be and focus on the lab with that bent.

I said he has to promise he tells Peacock exactly how he got the job that's what I want in exchange.

[TheOtherMe]

Jul 11, 2022 12:40:25 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

I said he has to promise he tells Peacock exactly how he got the job that's what I want in exchange.

This is perfect!  

[geenamercile]

He needs to report back her reaction too

[moon/Laura]

Jul 10, 2022 22:21:13 GMT -5 Sharon said:

moon/Laura any updates?

D'oh! Forgot to come update last week after I talked to my friend. Unfortunately, they went with someone the director knew, who had the skills and was losing her job for whatever reason. Disappointing, but I can't blame them. I really wasn't thrilled about nights anyway.

On the plus side, my friend did also mention that there should be a couple of other positions coming up sometime this year, though she didn't know when. The company is developing their own platform in order to get away from another company's. They'll need operators that know some basic (non admin) Linux skills- which I do. She said the new platform isn't projected to go live until 2025 but they're going to be hiring and building the team ahead of that. That would be a day shift position, if I could get one.

Also, wishing good luck to ners and raeoflyte!

[NastyWoman]

Keeping my fingers crossed for you Moon. Both that the next opportunity will be yours and that it will be a "day job"

[giramomma]

Has anyone applied for a job through LinkedIn?

Is it really legit?

This is also a weird case. It is an organization affiliated with the university. It's also a non-profit, but I am unclear as to if they really pay into the pension system. The linked in account says they offer a 401K. Which, bothers me because non-profits I know either do 403b or 457s or a combination of both.

They do pay well, though.

[raeoflyte]

Jul 13, 2022 22:41:24 GMT -5 giramomma said:

Has anyone applied for a job through LinkedIn?

Is it really legit?

This is also a weird case. It is an organization affiliated with the university. It's also a non-profit, but I am unclear as to if they really pay into the pension system. The linked in account says they offer a 401K. Which, bothers me because non-profits I know either do 403b or 457s or a combination of both.

They do pay well, though.

I would try to look the job up on the company's site and apply that way mostly for control. Just to make sure it's current info, likely give you more control to attach the right resume/cover letter.

[steph08]

Jul 13, 2022 23:21:51 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Jul 13, 2022 22:41:24 GMT -5 giramomma said:

Has anyone applied for a job through LinkedIn?

Is it really legit?

This is also a weird case. It is an organization affiliated with the university. It's also a non-profit, but I am unclear as to if they really pay into the pension system. The linked in account says they offer a 401K. Which, bothers me because non-profits I know either do 403b or 457s or a combination of both.

They do pay well, though.

I would try to look the job up on the company's site and apply that way mostly for control. Just to make sure it's current info, likely give you more control to attach the right resume/cover letter.

I would also double check the company's website, but I have applied to a lot of jobs through LinkedIn. I did it for my current job!