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Originally Posted by spike021
I am tanking the job search and starting to get depressed. Even when I do "well" on interviews, I don't make it to the next round. Kinda lame.
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Well, spike021, I'll tell my job history story. I have worked for eight companies over 50 years. Twenty years with one company with six positions.
My first full time job, other than the US Army, after getting out of the Army and moving from Ohio to California, I was told by a fellow at a motel where I was staying that there was a company in Mountain View on Fremont Ave that had something to do with agriculture.
So, the next day I walked in the front door of that company and told the receptionist that I wanted to apply for a job. She arranged for me to meet the department manager of field research and development and we chatted for a while. I told him that I had a BS degree in agronomy, from The Ohio State University with a minor in soil chemistry. As far as experience, I was an officer in the US Army.
He took me over to meet the Director of Research. He asked me a couple of non technical questions, like was I married. He then called for the department manager to come and get me. I heard him say to the department manager on our way out, to hire me.
He made me an offer and I accepted. I was then sent down to HR to find out what my salary would be and when I was to start.
All my other positions, in that company and the other companies I worked for, came about because other managers called me.
So, I have found that doing a good job at your past positions and getting exposure in your industry can be quite helpful in staying employed.
Maybe things have changed in the job world ...... and maybe not -
Good on ya, there, spike021.