Hello, I've been visiting the Assembler forum for some time now. I don't post a whole lot, but I do visit just about every day. So, on a hunch, I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on finding a job, good sites to go to (besides the obvious Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com, Hotjobs, etc.) or any other techniques to find a job. I'm feeling a little frustrated, but I still have about 3 - 4 more months before I really NEED to have a job. I graduate with my MBA in Business from Purdue University Calumet this December. So, I'm looking to have something lined up so when I graduate I can start working right away. One reason I need to find a job so quickly, is that I will be getting married in June, so we both need to be making enough money to survive. As great as it is living at home, I still need to move out and live on my own. I live in northwest Indiana, about an hour from Chicago. I would like to find a job in this area, but so be it, if I work in Chicago, or even Indianapolis, which is about 2 and a half hours away, then that will have to suffice. The area I live in is kind of barren when it comes to the job market. So, if anyone has any suggestions or advice, please don't hesitate to send them my way. Thanks. dazzo
What exactly would you like to be doing? Think of who you would like to work for. What comany interests you? Find out if they have officies near where you are. What kind of industry do you want to work in? I say this becasue it's been my experience that it's a lot easier to get a job when you know exactly what you want, rather than putting out feelers and just taking whatever you can find. So find a company you're interested in and go to thier homepage and see if they have any openings. Plus you tend to like the job a whole lot more when it's something you wanted (i.e. You choose it, it's not just some crap job you're stuck in becasue you need the money, etc.) Good luck
Fire off a few prospective CVs. If anyone is very impressed, I wouldn't be surprised if they hired you straight away (obviously dependent on the job market in your location)
I have friends living in that area that went to Purdue as well. If I see them online, I could ask them if they know anything in the job market over there. I'm not sure whether I'll find them soon, but I will certainly ask them if that can help you.
I guess that is something I should start doing on a more regular basis. Maybe that's part of the problem. I've been mostly focusing on online job posting sites (monster, careerbuilder, etc.). So, I'll start searching those classifieds more often. Thanks for the tip. dazzo
Well, I would really (at least I think I would, because sometimes you don't really know until you actually try, and then you find out that's something you didn't want), enjoy working in business side of things or marketing. That's part of the reason I pursued my MBA at Purdue Cal. I like using the creative side of my brain and I think marketing is a good way to do that. Also, since I've had a lot of business-minded courses, I've found the way companies do business and their long-term and short-term strategies to be very interesting. I would love to be a part of something like that. And, I think you hit the nail on the head with your next few questions and then the assessment that follows. Reason being, I'm not sure what company I would like to work for in this area. I know I would love to work for Sega, but they don't have any offices nearby, and I don't want to move that far away from family and friends. Aside from that, I know of a few possible larger companies in the area (which I've applied to via email), but I haven't received a response. In addition, I think I might like to work for a bank. I think the banking environment is something I might enjoy. As far as what field in banking, I'm not entirely sure. Well, Hawanja, thanks for your advice, too. Having people like you and the others who have responded to my thread, says a lot about the quality of people we have here in this community. This is why I wasn't afraid to post my situation. Because, I knew that I would receive a positive response as I just did. Thanks again. dazzo
Thanks for your response, too, steadster. After a brief search, and unless I'm wrong, I discovered that a CV is pretty much the same thing as a resume. Right? So, also, maybe it would be better to actually mail the resumes/cv's rather than use email. Maybe then, I would get a response. An email can be very easily ignored. I'll have to try that, too... Thanks again. dazzo
Thanks XerdoPwerko. I would really appreciate that. So you have a few friends that went to Purdue Calumet, or the main campus down in West Lafeyette? Just curious. I think the main campus is only an hour and a half away from here. dazzo
You see. Thru classifieds, employers tend to be looking for someone quick to fill that open position. Faxing them and mailing them your resume has a higher chance of getting looked at quicker than if sent in thru email. It all depends on the employer. MBA is a very broad degree. its a business degree so that can be applied in any industry. That gives you an advantage.
