Jucius Maximus's Journal: w00t! Got A Job!

I just got the call this afternoon.

After about 2 weeks of unemployment (which I am sure is very small compared to what many other slashdotters are experiencing) I will be starting work on monday for a IT tech / sysadmin type job. This should tide me over until I go back to class in Spetember. (I am a university student.)

[Btw, does anyone reading this know of any place where I could rent in the downtown Toronto area for not that much money? (I'm looking in the ~$450-500 range. I guess it doesn't hurt to ask ;-) ]

Anyway, the pay at this job is pretty low but I'm not complaining. The work seems quite interesting and, with hindsight, I performed pretty badly at some other interviews for high-paying jobs with great technology companies when I originally thought I had performed quite well. I guess I deserved it. Oh well, I am still learning.

Congrats!

[Lumpish Scholar]

After about 2 weeks of unemployment (which I am sure is very small compared to what many other slashdotters are experiencing...)

Ya think? (Two months severance plus two months unemployment ... and I preemptively started looking seven months before that!)

Seriously, though, congratulations.

Great job!

[stefanlasiewski]

Congratulations on getting this job.

Curious, what did you do to get this job so fast? Did you know the employeer? Did you do any (career) networking?

I just read a report the other day that said that the average unemployment here in the Bay Area is 9 months, so 2 weeks is absolutely astounding!

Re:Great job!

[Jucius Maximus]

" Curious, what did you do to get this job so fast? Did you know the employeer? Did you do any (career) networking?"

Well firstly, I have to say that my time at my previous job was a pre-determined length contract, so I have been applying to jobs since January, knowing that my job would end in early May. The interview for that job was probably my 6th since January. (Six different interviews for six different jobs at six different companies.)

For the job that I just landed, I simply filled in a web form

Sweet!

[Rudy Rodarte]

Congrats. Now you'll have some high speed /.ing!!