Job transitioning....

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I've been at the same place for 10 years so I'm not really sure how the job market/interview/etc process is.

Anyways, things have gotten slow and I'm in fear of getting my hours cut.

I've sent a few inquiries through contacts late last week and finally got a bite for another office that wants me to come in and talk with them. Any tips of negotiating, etc? I really wasn't ready to come in and talk about specifics to be honest or to properly prepare myself, I haven't updated my resume since 2004 so I haven't really kept track of shit. :MARIS61:

 

[ehizzy3]

slacker

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

i know. i've texted a few people, wondering if putting something on linkedin is useful at all.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

What field are you in?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

plastic surgery. do a lot of reputation management/marketing and dealing with problem patients as well as the media.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

So are you a plastic surgeon or a pr/risk management person?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

pr/web/etc guy. get media articles printed or stopped, shit like that.

anyway, got a text from one of the people i asked to send soft inquries, said a doc wants to meet. but i don't even have a resume, trying to throw one together, it takes a while. debating if i should try to squeeze something in this week but i'm leaving for europe on monday.

I'm trying to get my availability to work out discretely, so i can have a few options before my overlords hear about it through the grapevine.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Yeah, md's and dmd's with large multiple practices or small clinics are a possibility. But I think the job market is tough for that line of work. Maybe send resumes to hospitals communications/marketing departments. Also, ever thought of using a head hunter? Do you have a college degree?

 

[ehizzy3]

i know. i've texted a few people, wondering if putting something on linkedin is useful at all.

lol i was jk bro, but still waiting to smoke that bleezy with you when you're in ptown

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Yeah, md's and dmd's with large multiple practices or small clinics are a possibility. But I think the job market is tough for that line of work. Maybe send resumes to hospitals communications/marketing departments. Also, ever thought of using a head hunter? Do you have a college degree?

Not going corporate. Just don't want to go there. Working for a hospital is horseshit.

Not using a head hunter, doing it via my current connections. I think I can get at least 6-10 interviews/strong leads through people I have worked with (I got one now after less than a week and nothing more than text messaging a friend of mine). I work in Beverly Hills, competition is fierce as is the money. we'll see. i'm toying around with being a consultant (hi PapaG) but then I don't want to have to deal with the day to day bullshit of running a biz.

The thing is, a lot of people in the area know me since I run a plastic surgery society as a side job.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

lol i was jk bro, but still waiting to smoke that bleezy with you when you're in ptown

:MARIS61:

 

[jlprk]

Your job sounds similar to Blazer Prophet's. Before you inquire into its availability, while you're on the French Riviera and the Colosseum you can try gigolo freelancing with the tourists.

You're the town boob surgery ombudsman? 25 years ago my ex-wife missed 6 days of work while I waited on her hand and foot. For her piss I found a flat paint container and one of the times I slid it out from under her it spilled on her. Ah, the bitch deserved it. Anyway, I found that a woman's sex drive increases while recovering from boob enlargement.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Are you allowed to take an ipad to an interview?

{Poasted via palm pilot}

 

[jlprk]

Nowadays you look up the answer for each interview question. It's expected. Just read it with emotion like an actor. Keep it short. They don't like it if you drone on while reading it to them.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Nowadays you look up the answer for each interview question. It's expected. Just read it with emotion like an actor. Keep it short. They don't like it if you drone on while reading it to them.

Can I use their wifi? I keep all my notes on evernote, would be useful

{Poasted via palm pilot}

 

[jlprk]

I always ask to use their mainframe. They didn't hire me because they didn't like how I spelled "poasted." Still haven't figured that out.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

changing jobs scurrs me. better than getting laid off without warning i guess.

 

[MickZagger]

Too bad you're not a in a union.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

i know. i kind of loathe corporate structure though. so formal. the only thing i agree with are the expense accounts.

:MARIS61:

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Too bad you're not a in a union.

What would the union be called?

T&A Ombudsman Local 392?

Probably be affiliated with the longshoreman union.

 

[bluefrog]

I know some people that have landed jobs through linkedin. I've had few recruiters contact me through the site as well. I'm in IT so it may just be the industry.

 

[PapaG]

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[PapaG]

I know some people that have landed jobs through linkedin. I've had few recruiters contact me through the site as well. I'm in IT so it may just be the industry.

I still get contacted via LinkedIn. Just got one yesterday from a large corporation I worked for early last decade.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Not going corporate. Just don't want to go there. Working for a hospital is horseshit.

Not using a head hunter, doing it via my current connections. I think I can get at least 6-10 interviews/strong leads through people I have worked with (I got one now after less than a week and nothing more than text messaging a friend of mine). I work in Beverly Hills, competition is fierce as is the money. we'll see. i'm toying around with being a consultant (hi PapaG) but then I don't want to have to deal with the day to day bullshit of running a biz.

The thing is, a lot of people in the area know me since I run a plastic surgery society as a side job.[/QUOTE]

Not surprised - I knew everything you are and believe in is completely fake! :MARIS61:

The society would be a good thing to add to your resume, FYI, if you hadn't already added it. Running a group like that, I would assume most potential employers would appreciate that as much as your current job.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

changing jobs scurrs me. better than getting laid off without warning i guess.

Dude, I know how that is - left a job I was at for nearly a decade. Was next in line to eventually make partner, but had no interest in that. Used my connections to get where I wanted to be. Personally, I've found that the best way to get the job you desire is through connections. I've had several offers over the years through random methods (like linkedin and what not), but the best way is through your already-established connections. From my own experience, these connections help you find a position that is just right for you and at the right time. The jobs that have come to me randomly..... they never seemed quite right.

I'd brush up your resume, and pass it through your current connections, and see where that takes you. Sticking with your known connections also can help you with keeping everything more discrete, which is something you probably need at this point, until you're totally sure about jumping.