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angelicd77
LIF Adolescent
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Possible Career Change- Need advice
I don't want to go into much detail, but the long and short of it is that DH and I work for the same small company and I think its time that changes. There have been some things that have happened recently and I know people are saying some not so favorable things about him that aren't true. Its causing me a ton of stress because I cant talk to DH about it and I don't know who I can really trust at work anymore.
With that being said, I don't make a ton of money ($50k/yr), but can't afford a pay cut. I am 5 classes away from my BA in Business Administration but not in a position to go back to school at the moment to finish. I already applied for SCWA at the recommendation of a friend. Does anyone have any ideas as to companies that I can apply for? I have strong Microsoft Office skills, Customer Service, Data Entry, Contract Processing, and Inventory Management skills. And that's just the tip of the iceberg as to what I do here. Any suggestions are helpful.
Thank you!
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Posted 6/11/18 5:57 PM  |
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Possible Career Change- Need advice
There’s hundreds out there. Have you thought of maybe doing a hospital or even civil service tests? Try indeed, or even a headhunter. Sorry you are going through this!
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| Posted 6/11/18 7:58 PM |
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Leb
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
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| Posted 6/11/18 8:46 PM |
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
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| Posted 6/11/18 9:05 PM |
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LuckyStar
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Member since 7/14 7272 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Message edited 6/11/2018 9:23:18 PM.
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| Posted 6/11/18 9:21 PM |
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CookiePuss
Cake from Outer Space!
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Question about thank yous....If you send a traditional thank you letter, via snail mail, you would not be in receipt of it within 24 hours. Is and email sufficient as a thank you?
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| Posted 6/12/18 10:08 AM |
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chilltocam
LIF Adult
Member since 11/11 9141 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by CookiePuss
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Question about thank yous....If you send a traditional thank you letter, via snail mail, you would not be in receipt of it within 24 hours. Is and email sufficient as a thank you?
That was what I was planning on doing (handwritten thank yous) when I interviewed for my current job, 4 yrs ago, but someone I know who already worked here told me that they would be expecting email thank yous that day, so that's what I did
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LuckyStar
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Possible Career Change- Need advice
We didn’t expect written thank yous. I know some say to email and then follow up with a written note but we never looked for that, nor have I ever done it for jobs I’ve applied for but I’m sure it doesn’t hurt. Just an email is usually fine.
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| Posted 6/12/18 10:17 AM |
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NervousNell
Just another chapter in life..
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Just an email thank you is fine.
But yes, always within 24 hours of the interview.
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| Posted 6/12/18 10:20 AM |
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blu6385
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
To continue the thanks yous. Is this new I havent interviewed for a job in 14 years   and granted I didn't have many but I never even heard about thank yous.
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| Posted 6/12/18 10:53 AM |
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LuckyStar
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by blu6385
To continue the thanks yous. Is this new I havent interviewed for a job in 14 years and granted I didn't have many but I never even heard about thank yous.
I entered the workforce in 2009 and thank you’s were absolutely expected back then.
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| Posted 6/12/18 11:15 AM |
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mrsrainbow
LIF Adult
Member since 1/17 1465 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by CookiePuss
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Question about thank yous....If you send a traditional thank you letter, via snail mail, you would not be in receipt of it within 24 hours. Is and email sufficient as a thank you?
Totally not snarky but I have never heard of sending snail mail thank you letters. In all my years of working and assisting in hiring for my boss I have never once recieved a handwritten thank you. Email is expected and I think my boss would laugh if someone sent a snail mail letter.
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| Posted 6/12/18 11:18 AM |
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NervousNell
Just another chapter in life..
Member since 11/09 54917 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by mrsrainbow
Posted by CookiePuss
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Question about thank yous....If you send a traditional thank you letter, via snail mail, you would not be in receipt of it within 24 hours. Is and email sufficient as a thank you?
Totally not snarky but I have never heard of sending snail mail thank you letters. In all my years of working and assisting in hiring for my boss I have never once recieved a handwritten thank you. Email is expected and I think my boss would laugh if someone sent a snail mail letter.
Kind of not the same, but this reminds me of something. We had one of our Business Development Executives go with a sales rep to a customer and pitch our services.
It was this sales rep's account and he brought her in to talk about our specific line of business.
He encouraged her after the meeting to send a hand written note thanking the customer for their time, etc.
She rolled her eyes about it (she's in her 20's and the customer is probaby in his 50s) but she did it anyway at the advice of the sales rep.
Well the customer was so impressed by the hand written note that he was talking about it for weeks. He felt it was so much more personal than an email, etc.
To this day we joke about it with her.
So sometimes, it depends on your audience.
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| Posted 6/12/18 11:54 AM |
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LuckyStar
LIF Adult
Member since 7/14 7272 total posts
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Possible Career Change- Need advice
We would occasionally get a handwritten note. I don’t recall ever getting just a handwritten note and no email. We never laughed at it and thought it was nice but we had usually already made a decision at that point. It never swayed us to change our minds. But we were in our 20’s/30’s ourselves and generally interviewing new grads and others in their 20’s.
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| Posted 6/12/18 12:04 PM |
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Just FYI we've never received a thank you and don't expect it at my job
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| Posted 6/12/18 12:07 PM |
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blu6385
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by Straightarrow
Just FYI we've never received a thank you and don't expect it at my job
good to know cause I don't think its expected at my job either but I am going to find out
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| Posted 6/12/18 12:59 PM |
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jamnmore
LIF Adult
Member since 6/16 989 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by mrsrainbow
Posted by CookiePuss
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Question about thank yous....If you send a traditional thank you letter, via snail mail, you would not be in receipt of it within 24 hours. Is and email sufficient as a thank you?
Totally not snarky but I have never heard of sending snail mail thank you letters. In all my years of working and assisting in hiring for my boss I have never once recieved a handwritten thank you. Email is expected and I think my boss would laugh if someone sent a snail mail letter.
I find this very off putting because there are still a lot of people who do not use email. Granted they may be older than 30, but right now I can think of at least 15 people I personally know who do not know how to email.
I do hiring and hate contact after an interview. If I want you, I will call you. Leave me alone.
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| Posted 6/12/18 1:01 PM |
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CookiePuss
Cake from Outer Space!
Member since 5/05 14007 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by mrsrainbow
Posted by CookiePuss
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Question about thank yous....If you send a traditional thank you letter, via snail mail, you would not be in receipt of it within 24 hours. Is and email sufficient as a thank you?
Totally not snarky but I have never heard of sending snail mail thank you letters. In all my years of working and assisting in hiring for my boss I have never once recieved a handwritten thank you. Email is expected and I think my boss would laugh if someone sent a snail mail letter.
Not a hand written thank you letter but a type written thank you letter much the same as a type written resume or a cover letter.
I am surprised you have never received a thank you letter via the mail. Nor do I think it's laughable that a candidate would take the time to send a tangible thank you letter. Old fashioned...maybe but not something to laugh at.
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| Posted 6/12/18 1:28 PM |
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CookiePuss
Cake from Outer Space!
Member since 5/05 14007 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by mrsrainbow
Posted by CookiePuss
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Question about thank yous....If you send a traditional thank you letter, via snail mail, you would not be in receipt of it within 24 hours. Is and email sufficient as a thank you?
Totally not snarky but I have never heard of sending snail mail thank you letters. In all my years of working and assisting in hiring for my boss I have never once recieved a handwritten thank you. Email is expected and I think my boss would laugh if someone sent a snail mail letter.
Kind of not the same, but this reminds me of something. We had one of our Business Development Executives go with a sales rep to a customer and pitch our services.
It was this sales rep's account and he brought her in to talk about our specific line of business.
He encouraged her after the meeting to send a hand written note thanking the customer for their time, etc.
She rolled her eyes about it (she's in her 20's and the customer is probaby in his 50s) but she did it anyway at the advice of the sales rep.
Well the customer was so impressed by the hand written note that he was talking about it for weeks. He felt it was so much more personal than an email, etc.
To this day we joke about it with her.
So sometimes, it depends on your audience.
I get hand written thank you cards from reps fairly often. It's not something that the new professionals usually do though.
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| Posted 6/12/18 1:30 PM |
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angelicd77
LIF Adolescent
Member since 12/13 794 total posts
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Kim
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Possible Career Change- Need advice
Thank you everyone!
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| Posted 6/12/18 1:38 PM |
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KateBennetReel
LIF Adolescent
Member since 10/15 555 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Thank you's (email) are great if you really want the job.
It's a great way to stand out (slightly more than the other thank you's) by the words you choose, the impression you left...
Reiterates it all, and you can add emphasis on something you feel needed it after the interview process.
Not all jobs look at it this way, but it certainly helps you stand out.
Also, Indeed & LinkedIn are great resources for finding jobs.
Best of luck!
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| Posted 6/12/18 1:46 PM |
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FirstMate
My lil cowboy
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Check the LIRR website. There are always tons of career opportunities listed there. Check regularly because they are always posting jobs. They have awesome benefits and lots of room to grow. It's a great company to work for.
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| Posted 6/12/18 1:54 PM |
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LuckyStar
LIF Adult
Member since 7/14 7272 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by jamnmore
Posted by mrsrainbow
Posted by CookiePuss
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Question about thank yous....If you send a traditional thank you letter, via snail mail, you would not be in receipt of it within 24 hours. Is and email sufficient as a thank you?
Totally not snarky but I have never heard of sending snail mail thank you letters. In all my years of working and assisting in hiring for my boss I have never once recieved a handwritten thank you. Email is expected and I think my boss would laugh if someone sent a snail mail letter.
I find this very off putting because there are still a lot of people who do not use email. Granted they may be older than 30, but right now I can think of at least 15 people I personally know who do not know how to email.
I do hiring and hate contact after an interview. If I want you, I will call you. Leave me alone.
I guess it depends on the industry but it is 2018 and the vast majority of jobs would expect someone to be capable of sending an email.
Maybe I’m showing my millennial-ism but I don’t even know how someone would apply for a job without the internet. Where would you find a job posting?
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mrsrainbow
LIF Adult
Member since 1/17 1465 total posts
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Posted by jamnmore
Posted by mrsrainbow
Posted by CookiePuss
Posted by LuckyStar
Posted by TwinMommyToBoys
Posted by Leb
Just have your resume reflect anticipation BA graduation date of Jan 2019 or whatever.
Try LinkedIn and Indeed. Brush up on interview skills! If you interview send a thank you email within 24hrs. If someone doesn’t email thank me I won’t hire them.
Is there a specific reason why? I’m just curious, I just interviewed (hopefully my final one!) for a job. I sent a thank you within 24 hours, I know it’s important, but how come you require it?
I used to handle the hiring for my dept and anyone who didn't send a thank you was an automatic rejection. It re-iterates interest, shows the candidate was paying attention, and its just the polite thing to do. No thank you, no job.
Every interviewer has their "thing," but the thank you email is pretty universal.
ETA: OP, I agree about hospitals/doctor's offices.
Question about thank yous....If you send a traditional thank you letter, via snail mail, you would not be in receipt of it within 24 hours. Is and email sufficient as a thank you?
Totally not snarky but I have never heard of sending snail mail thank you letters. In all my years of working and assisting in hiring for my boss I have never once recieved a handwritten thank you. Email is expected and I think my boss would laugh if someone sent a snail mail letter.
I find this very off putting because there are still a lot of people who do not use email. Granted they may be older than 30, but right now I can think of at least 15 people I personally know who do not know how to email.
I do hiring and hate contact after an interview. If I want you, I will call you. Leave me alone.
If people are job hunting and not using email thats a bigger problem.
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| Posted 6/12/18 3:21 PM |
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MST9106
My life:)
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Re: Possible Career Change- Need advice
Go for an executive admin position in a large corporation near your house. They make good $$. Then go back to school and finish up your degree.
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