Archive for the ‘Job’ Category
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Ten Things I Hate About Monster.com’s Job Search
I decided to bite the bullet and begin the job search again. The first step in this process was to update my Monster.com resume. I had forgotten about all the negative things that come with that simple action. I know there are many job sites out there. It may be time for me to start [...]
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How to Ask for a Raise (Part 4 – Final)
Back in May, I wrote three posts on how to ask for a raise. I don’t really feel I got what I should have and my old company went as far to say that I should be getting about 15% more, but it just wasn’t in the budget. I wouldn’t bring it up except that [...]
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Starting Work…
I’m starting my new job this week. This means that I’ll reduce the quantity of my postings. Additionally, the time I’ll be able to make posts will be fairly unconvenient for the east coasters out there. A fortunate side effect is that I’ll be able to raise the quality of the posts.
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How Much Is My 401(k) Plan Worth?
It turns out that my new company doesn’t offer a 401(k) plan. This was a little alarming. I can’t really think of a reason why a company wouldn’t offer one. My last company of 20 employees did. It didn’t match any of my contributions, but at least I could defer my taxes. So it got [...]
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Finally a Job Offer
Thank goodness, I finally have an offer for gainful employment. It’s not as gainful as I would have hoped though. Once again, it looks like I’m going to have to a discount to what the general market is for my skills. While it’s more money than I made at my previous job, with the increased [...]
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Getting Close to the Move and Still no Job
You’d think it would be easy to find a job in Silicon Valley for an engineer with 7-8 years of experience. Every recruiter (and there have been 40-50) says that it shouldn’t be a problem. Yet, I haven’t gotten any offers and they don’t seem to be coming back to me as much as they [...]
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Future is So Bright…
… that I gotta wear shades. I’ve been busting with happiness the last couple of days. One of the Internet social networking companies has offered to fly me in for an in-person interview. The company seems to be really going places. They are small enough that I can make a difference there, and big enough [...]
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Raise Not There
I’ve had a bit of a running commentary about asking for a raise, here, here and here. At the end of the process, I didn’t get what I was looking for. At least I thought I got something. Well, I must have misunderstood, because it didn’t show up in my paycheck when I expected. After [...]
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Raise Update (part 3)
This is the last of the series. I heard back from the boss man about what could be done. Apparently the best they could was to put me in the 25% percentile of a person with 2 year less experience than me (according to Salary.com). For my current experience, I’d say it’s probably around the [...]
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Raise Update (part 1)
I chickened out in asking for a raise on Friday. I did have a talk with the boss man and dropped a subtle hint. As importantly, I wanted to find out if there was any truth in a rumor about the company and a new venture it was taking. Turns out there was no truth [...]
