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06-26-2008, 06:11 PM
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Let me preface this by saying, I hate change. I like where I work, and it would take a pretty sweet deal to make me jump ship.
That said, somebody is courting me, and it looks like it could be the job that would let me tell Bob to quit his job. But, I've only been working here a year and a half. Wouldn't it look badly on my resume to change jobs so often?
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06-26-2008, 06:18 PM
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06-26-2008, 06:32 PM
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Realizing that I'm not in the corporate world anymore... it's my understanding that nobody expects employees to stay long, long years like they used to. 1 1/2 years might be shaving it a little close, I think, but not too badly. If it's a great offer, I'd say take it - especially if it's going to be closer to home, I know that commute has been hurting you with the gas prices.
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06-26-2008, 06:50 PM
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I think the significant fact is that you didn't go looking. They came to find you. I really believe that has more bearing than how long you stay. I don't think I'd want to have changed jobs 4 times in 5 years, but 2 times in 2 years isn't so bad.
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06-26-2008, 07:05 PM
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It won't be bad now - the general accepted time at employers has shortened considerably, PLUS you have the very understandable commute reason that no one can deny is reasonable beyond all doubt.
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06-26-2008, 07:22 PM
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forget how it looks on your resume, and forget Bob's job - do you want this? |
06-26-2008, 09:56 PM
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Quote: theworm said
 forget how it looks on your resume, and forget Bob's job - do you want this? | My thoughts exactly!
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06-26-2008, 09:57 PM
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Don't you dare let Bob quit his job.
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06-26-2008, 10:50 PM
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What Wormie and Angie said. 
And no, I don't think that a promotion, being courted, and being in a better commuting situation outweigh the shorter length of employment at your current place on paper and IRL.
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06-26-2008, 11:24 PM
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Don't let Bob quit, but do take the leap and sock away the extra cash for a rainy day. |
06-27-2008, 09:17 AM
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Bob quitting would allow me to move closer to work and not have two hours of my day sucked away by the commute - Even if I telecommute part time, I would still rather live closer to work.
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06-27-2008, 09:34 AM
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Well, when you put it that way......closer to here????? That would be nice.....
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06-27-2008, 11:44 AM
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you didn't answer my question though.
And is this new job far away too? |
06-27-2008, 01:14 PM
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Yes, it is. And, I don't know if I really want this. I'll know more after I talk to these people some more.
The thing is, they are looking to hire somebody full time with vbulletin experience. There aren't very many of us in this area. And, I can probably say there are none with my level of experience in this area. The idea of it intrigues me.
Another factor is that one thing that makes the company I work for so great is my office mate. And he's had another great offer. He's agreed to stay here for 6 months (his brother is our boss) His being gone could significantly change this job for me. I enjoy working here because it's nice to work with somebody at my level. I'm sick of everybody learning from me, and nobody being available that I can learn from.
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06-27-2008, 01:28 PM
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Well, if it is any consolation, a certain intern likes it there too. Must be something to say for the working environment.
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06-27-2008, 01:38 PM
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I don't think the resume factor is a bit to be worried about. I see it all the time. The only thing that sticks out is less than one year, and then only if it's in a few spots.
Totally different world now, and I think especially in the tech field. More is good because it's more varied experiences.
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06-27-2008, 03:03 PM
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The way around the short job syndrome is to stop listing the jobs chronologically and just list skills instead.
My 27 year old got his latest job (full time permanent looking like he got in on the ground floor of something really big) with that sort of resume -- after months of "why were your (temp positions mostly) jobs so short" -- and months of not even any phone callls. Within about 3 weeks of reworking his resume, he was hired. Might have happened anyway, because his skill set is a very impressive match for what a local entrepreneur is trying to do. The man owns a couple of other businesses already and this one looks like it's going to be taking off very soon.
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06-28-2008, 03:32 AM
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Quote: jgibson2 said
The way around the short job syndrome is to stop listing the jobs chronologically and just list skills instead.
My 27 year old got his latest job (full time permanent looking like he got in on the ground floor of something really big) with that sort of resume -- after months of "why were your (temp positions mostly) jobs so short" -- and months of not even any phone callls. Within about 3 weeks of reworking his resume, he was hired. Might have happened anyway, because his skill set is a very impressive match for what a local entrepreneur is trying to do. The man owns a couple of other businesses already and this one looks like it's going to be taking off very soon. | Yay for him!
I think the skill set resume is an effective way to write it all up and get the reader what she is skimming for. When I hire personally, it's for technical type positions -- artists, computer folks, where the most important thing to me on initial skim is practical experience in skill sets.
Example - everybody lists every single program known to man in the spot on the resume for software proficiency. If they have opened Excel, or Photoshop or Flash, it's there. All the lists are the same. I block them out after awhile because I'm usually going through resumes in stacks of 100 at a time. I'm looking for the spots on the resumes that tell me what the person has actually worked with, practical experience.
Back in the day, we used to care about "stability" in work history. We haven't found a great correlation between previous "stability" and sticking with us. Doesn't seem to be a predictor. Sometimes a good person is just looking for the right place to land. At this point, I'd rather pick up employees with varied practical experience and see how they fit.
(I hired one artist nearly on the spot when it came up, casually, in the interview that he ran a web server out of his house as a hobby. This was nowhere on his resume. He couldn't know that I was desperate to increase the "geek factor" on staff. A skill set resume, which I see very rarely, would have had that on it.)
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07-01-2008, 01:31 PM
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Amy, if this company is stable and offers you opportunities to improve your life, it sounds good. You are such an expert in all things vBulletin related. 
So . . . when you mention moving, how far? And in which direction? 
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07-01-2008, 03:06 PM
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About an hour south-east. We're still in discussions.
There's just a lot to think about here.
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