ProMatch, the Silicon Valley chapter of Experience Unlimited, is an interactive career resource center for professionals who are seeking work in Silicon Valley and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. ProMatch is sponsored by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) and the NOVA Workforce Investment Board.
Read the stories below to learn how ProMatch members found employment.
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.
|
|||
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.
|
|||
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.
|
|||
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.
|
|||
Re-DiscoveryI was laid off in November 2009, after a spell at an outplacement firm, I joined the ProMatch(1) waiting list. In the meantime I polished up my resume, networked, and joined the roller-coaster ride of job searching.
|
|||
Perseverance Pays OffAs of last Monday, June 21st, I started my new contract assignment at Ericcsons through the consulting agency Taos Mountain. My title at Ericcsons is Unix System Administrator and I provide support to many labs and many servers.
|
|||
Keeping Yourself Busy Between Regular PayChecks - Keep Running and LearnFinally, 2 years and 1 month after receiving my last regular paycheck, I have a fulltime job to go to again this coming Monday.
|
|||
Be always positiveI joined ProMatch(1) where I learned lots of skills towards finding a job. I made so many friends and started to open up myself during networking with them.
|