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cblj_backupWELCOME TO THE SAM'S CAFE JOB FAIR, where our motto is "Being unemployed is some bullshit. Give me a job."
We are disorganized, but that's excellent preparation for life!
Basically, the idea is to bring all three thousand of us together in an orgy of job-seeking. We ask for advice and give advice and network without all the really gross slimy bits of networking.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB...leave a comment! Tell us what you're looking for and where, and what your qualifications are, to the degree that you're comfortable.
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We are disorganized, but that's excellent preparation for life!
Basically, the idea is to bring all three thousand of us together in an orgy of job-seeking. We ask for advice and give advice and network without all the really gross slimy bits of networking.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB...leave a comment! Tell us what you're looking for and where, and what your qualifications are, to the degree that you're comfortable.
IF YOUR PLACE OF WORK IS HIRING...leave a comment! Tell us what the job is and where, and what kind of person you're looking for, again, to the degree that you're comfortable.
Feel free to post anonymously if you wish, especially if you're linking to a resume or LinkedIn and don't want your screen name associated with your facetime identity.
Make sure you also read the comments, in case a match is out there waiting for you, or a colleague in your field has also commented and could be a good connection. If you have questions about applying for jobs or interviewing or anything career-related, ask! If you have some awesome advice to give, now's the time to share it!
If you're curious about how this has worked before, you can check out the previous two, and you may want to have a look at the Job Advice Sub-Thread
snaxcident started last time. Have at it, and keep checking back!
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Re: Looking for Work in Canada
Date: 2011-09-07 07:47 pm (UTC)Re: Looking in the PNW
Date: 2011-09-07 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-07 10:35 pm (UTC)I actually did go to the website this time since I had some time and I see it's in Illinois. A little far from me, lol, but I could try applying and see what happens? I do have some relatives in the state, at least...and I'm open to relocating wherever since I'm completely unattached to anything (s.o., house, etc.) right now. Not a lot of libraries in this area have open spaces that they advertise to the public (internal jobs only) and some have even gone on hiring freezes. :/
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Date: 2011-09-07 10:38 pm (UTC)Re: Looking in the PNW
Date: 2011-09-08 12:20 am (UTC)Childcare/Tutoring/PCAing in Western MA
Date: 2011-09-08 05:23 pm (UTC)I've got 5-10 years working in childcare for kids 6 weeks to 12 years as well as caring for a 15-20 year-old young man with significant developmental delays and autism, and would love to pursue similar opportunities in the Pioneer Valley area. I'm a patient, enthusiastic teacher/tutor with a genuine affinity for kids/individuals under my care.
I suppose I could also mention I've got a BA in British Lit, 2 years of Japanese and 1 year of university level chemistry, as well as a spread of history, philosophy, and anthro/sociology. So, like most folks on here, I've got excellent skills related to writing/editing, including academic papers in the humanities and hard/soft sciences. I've also worked in my college's main library's circulation department for two years, so I've developed really good patron skills and can handle moderate administrative work.
Basically, I work hard, learn quickly, and am fun *and* useful to have around. Any suggestions/recommendations are very much appreciated! (Also, Sam, way to use your powers for good.) :)
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Date: 2011-09-11 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-11 07:24 pm (UTC)Re: Looking to grow my skills in tech writing
Date: 2011-09-11 07:29 pm (UTC)Re: Looking for Work in Alb, NM
Date: 2011-09-11 07:31 pm (UTC)Re: NANNY or PRESCHOOL TEACHING position, FT
Date: 2011-09-11 07:38 pm (UTC)Re: Looking for Work in Alb, NM
Date: 2011-09-11 09:20 pm (UTC)Re: Looking for Work in Alb, NM
Date: 2011-09-11 09:25 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for the all the resources, these all look really helpful. And you are definitely right about making better use of the university's career services office.
Re: looking for work in memphis
Date: 2011-09-16 09:42 pm (UTC)Re: Artist seeks Pretty Much Any Work in or arround Kansas City
Date: 2011-09-16 09:46 pm (UTC)Re: any Medical Technologists / Clinical Laboratory Scientists out there who could give me some advi
Date: 2011-10-05 02:39 am (UTC)With your Bachelor's degree in Biology, it should be fairly easy for you to get an MT certification. I know there are several online programs for MLT to MT; I'm fairly certain there's some for your situation as well, though I'm not familiar with them off the top of my head. In some areas, you may even be able to go ahead and get a job in the field, since you have some experience already. I know my hospital hires unregistered techs.
I'm sure that all hospitals do things differently, but my lab is set up with 3 main areas: Core Lab (which has 2 sides in my hospital, chemistry and hematology), Blood Bank, and Microbiology. I work in Core Lab, and I am rotated through the different areas approximately weekly.
In chemistry, there's four positions: one person to run the bench, one to do maintenance and QC on our instruments, one to release results, and one to work in Special Chemistry. The bench person prepares all the specimens for loading on our instruments (centrifugation, separation for send-out testing if required, etc.), runs any manual tests that come down, and takes care of any problem specimens. The maintenance/QC person does just that...performs any needed routine maintenance on our instruments and runs our quality control material. The person releasing results gets the printouts from the instruments, reviews them for any problems, calls critical results to a nurse or physician, and releases the results into the hospital computer system. The person in Special Chemistry has his/her own instrument to run. This includes all of the above tasks, but with a much lighter workload.
Our hematology section is split into four areas: hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, and differentials. Each of the first 3 areas has an instrument that the person maintains and runs QC on, as well as running the patient samples and reporting the results. These areas have a much lighter workload than chemistry, which is why only one person does everything. The person reading differentials is in charge of getting blood smears from hematology and performing a white blood cell differential count/ red cell morphology on each. Our lab has certain criteria that tells us when a manual differential is required. This person basically sits at the microscope all day.
Our lab is busiest on Mondays and toward the first of the month, but we're generally pretty busy all the time. That's one of the things I like about it, because I really hate to be bored at work. I also just like the medical field in general, but I'm very much a behind-the-scenes person, so the lab is perfect for me. One thing I don't like is that we sometimes get so busy that it's overwhelming. Those days are rare now, though, because we're actually fully staffed on day shift now. However, if you've got a problem with an instrument such that service has to come out to fix it, it's guaranteed to be a rough day.
I think that's all...feel free to ask if you have any more questions!
Re: any Medical Technologists / Clinical Laboratory Scientists out there who could give me some advi
Date: 2011-10-08 02:48 am (UTC)I definitely agree with you on the behind-the-scenes, not-being-bored thing, what initially appealed to me about med teching was that there seemed to be a lot of potential variety in the daily work. Sounds like fun!
Re: any Medical Technologists / Clinical Laboratory Scientists out there who could give me some advi
Date: 2011-10-08 10:06 am (UTC)Good luck!
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