[NTLUG:Discuss] Job Searching

[brian@pongonova.net]

I dunno if this is of interest to anybody (espcially the laid-off anybodies), but
there seems to be lots of opportunity in the teaching fields, both at the secondary
level and college level, in the Dallas area.  Sure, the pay's not right up there
with what you were making the month before, but it sure as hell beats the $274 max
you can get from TWC.  Between my new life as a math teacher and teaching comm.
college at night, I'm making a little less than before the Big F*, but it's a
paycheck (two actually), which beats being unemployed hands-down.

  --Brian


On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:30:28PM -0600, Tom Zabel wrote:
> 2 jobs for each techie looking?  Where?
> 
> I'm an embedded real time software engineer with UNIX and some Linux
> experience.  I was laid off from a small telecom equipment company in
> August.  So far, no interviews ANYWHERE.  What little interest has been
> shown in my background has been from outside the DFW area.
> 
> So, while things were clearly much better 18 months ago, I didn't
> believe then (and don't now) that there were 10 jobs for any of us
> looking then.  Now it's more likely that there are more techies looking
> than there are jobs - though that condition probably won't last more
> than another few months.
> 
> Tom Zabel
> Dallas, TX
> 
> 
> Greg Edwards wrote:
> > 
> > ndr wrote:
> > >
> > > I was wondering if someone could let me know what the current environment
> > > for tech jobs in the Dallas and surrounding area is like. I am currently
> > > living in Kansas City and will be laid off in about a month. My girlfriend
> > > lives in Dallas and I wanted to find a job in the area. The 7 hour drive
> > > from KC gets a little tedious at times :)
> > >
> > > I have 4-5 years of diverse and solid Unix Sys Admin experience. I can
> > > provide a copy of my resume if anyone is interested :)
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > 
> > I can't say what's available today but while things definitely have
> > slowed down the market is still active.  Many areas of the job market
> > are really hurting in the DFW area but the high tech industry seems to
> > still be holding its own.  Where 18 months ago there were 10 jobs for
> > every techie looking I say that today there are at least 2 jobs for
> > every techie looking.  But then again Alcatel just rolled out a big
> > layoff this week.
> > 
> > Good luck.
> > 
> > --
> > Greg Edwards
> > New Age Software, Inc.
> > http://www.nas-inet.com
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