4 ms·

Yeah, I'm about to start a job search pretty soon. Not so nice that the market is being flooded with ex-MS people at the moment.

• chiph 12y ago
  Be willing to move. The hard part about this is convincing the HR department that you can self-relocate and don't want relo money.
  • akg_67 12y ago
    The most common objection I have heard in past six months during my job search. Another two objections that I have heard are "too much experience" and "your past salary was too much, we don't want to offer less but can't afford to pay you what you deserve."
    • pc86 12y ago
      You're don't necessarily deserve $n if the market can no longer bare it. There's nothing wrong with taking $(0.8n) if that's what the market has determined your skills are worth.
      • akg_67 12y ago
        I am open but companies are not :-(
      • nilkn 12y ago
        The problem is that the company is afraid that you'll bolt the second you get an offer at the n level again. They'd rather not hire you at all than hire you, invest in you, and then lose you just as quickly afterward.
        • humanrebar 12y ago
          Offer a longer term contract then. The guy in the video was at his last job for 15 years. I'm sure he'd be OK with that assuming the benefits were good enough.
  • kken 12y ago
    I doubt that relo money plays any role in a decision for or against any candidate.