How are people finding jobs in these uncertain times? Which job search strategies really work? Why is networking important? Find answers to these and other questions by reading stories about how people are finding jobs.
This job landed in my lap!Bob, Connie, Rosie, Pro-Matchers and Fellow Post Pro-Matchers, This is written by a "Most Diverse Project Coordinator, with experience supporting research at Sun Labs and Stanford, also looking for work in events." This is also written by someone who, apart from a short, crummy temp job, has been unemployed for 37 months.
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Regained ConfidenceFor the first time in my life (I'm 51) I was experiencing unemployment. My confidence was shattered and I really didn't know what to do next.
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How incredible the people are at Promatch!I was out of work for 8 years by choice to raise my family. Even though I was not a salaried employee, I was a part of a family business my husband and I built for 8 years and that gave me experience I could not get anywhere else.
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Success Through NetworkingI was out of work for 14 months. It was much longer than I ever imagined I would be out of work, but during that time, I met lots of wonderful, talented people as I attended a number of job search groups and free seminars.
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Networking, patience, and persistenceI spent the last 11 months focused on networking and was recommended by someone I met through an event I attended for the job I now have.
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Not WHAT you know, but WHO...After 10 years in product management and marketing at the same large tech company, my employer was the target of an acquisition, and the project I had nurtured for over four years was abruptly canceled.
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Networking at WorkI basically got my job through networking and Promatch(1). I was sitting in the back at the Promatch meeting in May listening to another Promatcher who had gotten a job at Volterra.
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Spice Modeling Engineer (Contract)I am Minnie Sudarsanam, Device modeling and characterization engineer in the semiconductor industry. On June 1, I started a 3 1/2 month contract with National Semiconductor as a Spice modeling engineer providing modeling support.
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