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When I owned and operated a computer store about 30 years ago I ran into a lady that had an interest in computers. She was a bartender at a local dive. Knew not
by roamerz 4y ago
When I owned and operated a computer store about 30 years ago I ran into a lady that had an interest in computers. She was a bartender at a local dive. Knew nothing of technology. I taught her what I knew and gave her some experience out in the field for a couple of years. She’s now the Emergency Manager for a pretty populous county. At first it’s all about connections then it’s up to you.
- pksebben 4y agoWhat sort of startled me about my experience was that the connections were important, but not in the way I had always assumed they would be. I had this model of cronyism in my head, where you make the right friend and you get a job because they're rather work with someone they have a personal relationship with. Maybe that's a real thing in some places, but my connections were all about making this huge difficult thing easier to manage (that is, learning how to do it and believing it could be done). Most of the study was my own, and all of the job seeking was with no connection whatsoever to my network.
- roamerz 4y agoSo I will be voluntary unemployed in about 5 months. Nothing bad just been walking through the same door for 20+ years and decided a change would be good for my inner me. Anyhow after a few of interviews where the difference being that there was a connection on some and not others, I find I am much more comfortable at the former as I know that they have already talked to someone who is familiar with me and I am there interviewing because they already had an interest. Makes me more comfortable for sure.