SUMMARY: Forgive me, BUT, please lead to SOLARIS JOB resources
2007-12-24 22:11:00
Surprised to see lot of folks wanted to know what i got as responses, that's the reason for this summary.
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* Some of our fellow admins got jobs through
monster, dice and hotjobs sites. So do not loose hope on that.
* One admin after waiting so long , moved to independent consulting and got a break, part time, more income, flexible hours!!
* another good site and usergroup meetings is
http://www.usenix.org/sage/jobs/sage-jobs.html
* Praying, Check the job boards(hotjobs, dice, monster, computerjobs etc)Check the newspapers, the newspaper web-sites
Check the headhunter/staffing web sites.
Contact the headhunter/staffing places and get on their list.
* Check with the local Sun place, (Sun sales people--both commercial, educational, and government), Contact Solaris shops and ask for a job (Mail a letter to the IT/IS/MIS person
(Call the IT/IS/MIS person to setup an appointment--not an interview, Find out about their needs and ask for a job or a referal
and ask for referals, contact family, friends, business-freinds & acquaintances and don't stop.
* The average chronically unemployed person submits 2 resumes/applications a week.
The average person submits 170 resumes per interview.
* If you are familar with Solaris, look into hardware jobs on Sun equipment. That's where I ended up and, while it is not my preferred
job, I have learned a lot of stuff and have improved as a sysadmin because I have a better grasp on hardware problems and their symptoms.
* Of course, make sure your resume looks good and present your experience, skill set, and education well. I had a technical writer work on my resume--he knew things in presenting my assests that I never would have thought of.
* Informational interviews (i.e., practice interviews) can be setup with some businesses. (Businesses have a vested interest in helping you--you by their products.
* Wal-Mart is a UNIX shop. Look at the non-obvious places. Schools (technical colleges, colleges, universities)over resources for finding jobs in the area. The Chamber of Commerce has information on businesses as well as the better business bureay.Hospital use a lot of UNIX stuff. The Radiology department consumes lots of disk space and many use UNIX as the basis. Remember HP/UX is SVR4 as is Solaris.
* In the interim, study Solaris, setup boxes, study networking, prepare for certification, etc. This can be a very productive time for you--believe it or not. (VERY HELPFUL)
* Some suggested using search engine like google for jobs..another way.
* searchsolaris.com another site
* 1 or 2 contact names were mentioned, but couldn't disclose to all to protect their privacy.
Please keep trying until u get success. I personally know of people who r unemployed in the range of 0 days( pretty much remained where they are, if on the market..doubt if they can get any faster), 2 days....15 months in this tight job market.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rams" <drdrdrdr at dr.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:21:17 -0500
To: codeprof at codeprof.com
Subject: Forgive me, BUT, please lead to SOLARIS JOB resources
> Hi All:
>
> First of all, i apologize for this of topic, But, please lead me to SOLARIS JOB resources, where real jobs are for Solaris Admins, networking opportunities and possibly geographical Solaris user meetings (NJ).
>
> Job boards, usenet,newsgroups all are so cluttered with so much info, not much useful getting a new job. In 2+ months, only 1 interview happened, no job offers, despite strong background.
>
> Again sorry for this on this group,
> John
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