Working your contacts for employment... RIGHT

[HornTootinEE]

And on another rant to take off from the P^3 rant...

Has anyone REALLY had any luck finding a job based on working their contacts? I've been working my personal contacts who have positions of authority in companies I'd like to work for, and all I get is "well, we don't have a job posted right now so we'll keep your resume on file in HR for 6 months" What?! Did I expect a job offer on the spot? NO but all those career people say thats the best way to find a position. So far the only luck I've EVER had is applying through an online or job service posting, which those career direction people claim is the last best choice.

End Rant...

 

[willsee]

Guess they don't like you.

 

[HornTootinEE]

Maybe not, never had a problem of likeability before so didn't think about it. Or the notion that companies just "make jobs" for some good candidate that knocks on their door is a bunch of BS

 

[Master slacker]

A good buddy of mine was a contract engineer doing the job I am presently doing. I started to look around for new employment under the radar of my old employer. Buddy mentioned on a whim that they'll need someone to backfill him. He didn't know I was looking around. During my interview, the boss man told me that I have a job if I want one. Long story short, BAM, got a better job through a friend of mine.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Didn't realize I had friends working here until I interviewed. I got the interview on my own, but I got the job because of my contacts.

 

[pbrme]

...Or the notion that companies just "make jobs" for some good candidate that knocks on their door is a bunch of BS

I call shinannigans... they did for me when they found out I was available.

 

[HornTootinEE]

Well, as this is the rant room that was my current rant for the day. My "contact angles" aren't working how I want them to right now, and it's driving me nuts just sitting around "waiting" I hate waiting-it doesn't accomplish anything. Don't confuse "waiting" with Patience... they are different here.

 

[jeb6294]

The place I worked at before I came back to USACE was actually an AE firm that I worked with all the time when I was working at the County., reviewing plans, calcs, etc. I got the interview through a headhunter so I didn't know who the interview was with. Once I showed up, my "interview" was basically, yeah the job is yours, so what have you been up to and how is the family type stuff.

 

[Slugger926]

Well, as this is the rant room that was my current rant for the day. My "contact angles" aren't working how I want them to right now, and it's driving me nuts just sitting around "waiting" I hate waiting-it doesn't accomplish anything. Don't confuse "waiting" with Patience... they are different here.

Where are you located? There is a shortage of EE's if you are interested in moving to Tulsa.

 

[R2KBA]

I was "poached" from my other job by a former co-worker. I suppose my case is slightly different from OP since I was for the most part happily employed at the time. Either way it was a very good move for me and I know I wouldn't have known about the opportunity and wouldn't have received as high of an offer had I tried it on my own. I've also been instrumental 3 times in my 6-yr carrer is helping two of my friends and my younger brother get jobs where I either worked or had previously worked.

Networking certainly works but not always immediately.