I need a new job

[Izadriel]

Ok.. this sucks.. back to searching for a new job. I'm leaving my job after 5 years of administrative work.. I'm sure some of you can relate to the life of corporate bullshit.

Been browsing the paper and the net, temp agencies, and headhunters.. curious, anyone in CT that know of any good job openings? Any info would be most appreciated.

[Edaarin]

I don't know anything about CT, but a little more information provided here might help people help you.

What kind of skills do you have?

How much experience?

Are you willing to commute?

Exactly what kind of administrative work are you looking for?

[Czeska]

Nail biting doesn't count hun.

[Soulpieced]

Plus the ever important do you have a college degree.

[CrystalTears]

Our temp just left and we need one ASAP. Interested in customer support in Groton? :D

[SnatchWrangler]

Originally posted by CrystalTears
Our temp just left and we need one ASAP. Interested in customer support in Groton? :D

I was up in Groton/Longpoint last weekend. I also desparately need a new job. Although the proximity to the casinos probably would not be a good thing for me....or maybe it would! :shrug:

[Artha]

Although the proximity to the casinos probably would not be a good thing for me....

...wanna bet?

[Latrinsorm]

There's an opening at a Texaco near me. Though that's probably not what you're looking for.

edit: me = trumbull

[Edited on 7-15-2004 by Latrinsorm]

[Tsa`ah]

The new wave of white collar employment is via temp agencies.

Sad, very sad.

[Izadriel]

5 years administrative asst/documentation coordinator experience with a Photonics company located in Stratford CT. We manufacturer lasers, light sources, power supplies, monochromators, spectrographs.. basically anything that can manipulate light.

No college degree, High School Equivalency.. yeh, I was an idiot as a kid. Spare me the lectures please.

Def a team player, multi tasking and all that office jargon.. quick learner. Worked heavily with MS Word with some technical writing for product manuals.. proficient in a good number of programs, certified in a few. Not quite sure how to sum it up really without posting my resume.

More than willing to commute if neccessary for the right job.

And I do not bring my nailbiting habits to work.. Damn you Czeska.. damn you I say. :)

[Izadriel]

Thanks Latrinsorm, but def not interested in working at a gas station.. hell, I hate pumping my own gas.

[Jazuela]

Originally posted by Tsa`ah
The new wave of white collar employment is via temp agencies.

Sad, very sad.

Hahahaha Temp Agencies ain't hiring white collar around here dood. If I want a job, for all my degree, certifications, and prior experience in the corporate world, I have to be strong enough to work in a factory or on a loading dock. Sadly - I'm not strong enough for that, so I'm SOL

That's New Haven County by the way, so you can pretty much count that out. If you HAVE a job in Connecticut, you'd be a total moron to give it up - no matter how loathsome it is. Keep it and be grateful, or get in line - BEHIND me, for whatever comes up next.

[Betheny]

I know one in northern virginia.

My accounting department is dying for people. It's not really accounting th ough, it's more customer service-slash-administration than anything.

[Soulpieced]

Hahahaha Temp Agencies ain't hiring white collar around here dood. If I want a job, for all my degree, certifications, and prior experience in the corporate world, I have to be strong enough to work in a factory or on a loading dock. Sadly - I'm not strong enough for that, so I'm SOL.

.

That's ridiculous. With any sort of experience, degree, or certification, you can get a job anywhere that does not require heavy lifting. Just looking on hotjobs, I got 450 hits for entry level in New Haven, Connecticut. That is 3 times, yes THREE TIMES as many opportunities than in all of Northern Virginia with same search criteria. If you can't find a job in that market, I highly doubt it's something wrong with companies "not looking for anyone", but more a problem with something... or someone else.

* As a side note, most "entry-level jobs" require a college degree, and a large amount of them do require previous experience. So it is by no means 12 dollar an hour jobs, but mostly 25-50k opportunities.

[Edited on 7-15-2004 by Soulpieced]

[CrystalTears]

Not sure which temp agencies you've been going to, but the ones around here have always been really good at finding lots of great companies to work for. We use temp agencies now for the customer support rep we need.

Although personally, temp agencies in general try to keep you for themselves when you're good. If you're looking to just branch out and find something new to do, then it's the way to go.

[Stunseed]

Office Depot is expending into the New England territory, after buying 128 stores from Toys R' Us. With your experience, I'm certain there is something you can get into as Admin, problem is I don't remember when the full expansion is going to occur. I'll check my corp. e-mail system and get back to you in the morning.

[Izadriel]

Thank you for the responses everyone.

Soulpieced/CT.. which agencies would y'all suggest (had best luck with)? I've been to KForce, Agentry, Admiral and a few others.. this was only recently tho, still employed for a few more days.

Stunseed.. Thanks, look into that.. Office Depot might not be too bad if I can find something admin wise.. would like to pursue this line of work career wise.

[Jazuela]

Hot Jobs, the yahoo search engine? I just tried it - never tried before. The "quick job search" doesn't offer an option to pick "Entry Level" so I just let it run, excluded recruitment firms (since they always advertise jobs that don't exist), and allowed it to search "surrounding cities."

Got over 1000 hits, and most of them were in cities at least an hour's drive, or in another state, or specifically for clinical/nurse/medical stuff - that's a specialty that I'm not qualified for.

I went to advanced search, found the ability to ask for entry level, excluded recruitment firms, went to do New Haven, but it said I had to pick a province. Problem is - New Haven isn't in Canada, and there was no option for "United States."

So I couldn't do the advanced search.

I've checked monster.com - tons of stuff for people with advanced computer coding experience and certifications, nothing for a bench tech anywhere in New Haven County. A bunch of "Work At Home And Get Rich!" stuff - I ignored those because a legitimate work at home job starts you IN the office - and lets you telecommute after you've proven that you can be trusted (usually after a year's employment).

You wanna link me to the exact URL where you found this 450 jobs - IN New Haven County, in the USA, specifically entry level? Oh and again - recruitment firms don't count. I'm already registered with 5 of them. I call each once a week, and not a single one of them has any work other than factory or loading dock positions.

[CrystalTears]

Manpower and Accutemp are two that I've used and have given me pretty good jobs.

[Izadriel]

CT.. I've actually tried Manpower before and they aren't that bad.. had a few temps with them before another place landed me a perma job here. I'll def check back in with them, and give Accutemp a shot.

Just did a search a little while ago and monster.com actually has quite a few admin positions that I'd be up to giving a go at.. but again, looking for a new job is a tireless search usually wrought with more obstacles than humanely thought possible.

I've noticed there are far more medical positions open than anything else.. hmm, maybe we as americans are a bit too accident prone eh?

[Artha]

Or not 'going to medical school' prone enough ;)

[Izadriel]

Originally posted by Artha
Or not 'going to medical school' prone enough ;)

Hmm.. maybe so, but it's not exactly my cup of tea.

[AnticorRifling]

It's all about who you know.

I landed my job because a high school friend's brother in-law needed people so he dropped my name and a good word. Instant hire. I recommended a friend after I was established and trusted and boom he's hired.

[CrystalTears]

That is true, Anticor.

I got this job because while I was going to school, one of my teachers used to work here as an engineer. He found out that I had applied so he called the customer support manager and gave him a good recommendation. I was hired two days later.