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WELCOME 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.

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!

Comments

RAHT

[petranef.livejournal.com]

I am a Canadian Registered Animal Health Technician. I am looking for work in the specific areas of zoo, wildlife, exotics, or rehabilitation. The job market up here is as dry as a bone. BTW, our training also qualifies us to work in the US, if one can get a work visa there, but maybe you have some other Canadian members with some ideas. Not really looking to move down there.

Thanks.

Re: RAHT

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I'm a volunteer at the Bronx Zoo, so of only minimal help to you, but do you keep tabs on the job board at the AZA site? (Here, I found the link for you: http://www.aza.org/JobListings/) I think Canadian jobs occasionally show up there, along with fieldwork opportunities, though it's mainly US stuff. Sorry about that last bit, but still...it might help.

Re: RAHT

[petranef.livejournal.com]

Oooh! I forgot all about that site! Thank you so much for reminding me about it, Imma check it out now. :)

Re: RAHT

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Always happy to help a fellow hydrothermal worm fan. *g*

Re: RAHT

[petranef.livejournal.com]

LOL! Isn't he (or she, or it) just the cutest little critter! I think he (etc) should be the star of the next Dune film. :)

Re: RAHT

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! As soon as I saw the picture (at wtf_nature, or at least I think that's where it must have been), I wondered if Frank Herbert knew something no one else did.

Re: RAHT

[petranef.livejournal.com]

I also wonder exactly what this lil' dude eats that he needs such impressive teeth........ :)

Re: RAHT

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I dunno, but I'm not putting my finger close enough to his mouth to find out.

Re: RAHT

[petranef.livejournal.com]

Hee! But the bite-marks would be so cute! ;)

Re: RAHT

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I bet they're poisonous hydrothermal worms and I'd die a horrible death. Oh noes! (This is what happens when it's free-for-all night at ontdcreepy. My brain goes to the dark place. *g*)

Re: RAHT --Granby?

[frith]

Have you left a CV at the Granby Zoo in Quebec? All new hires in animal care are RAHT's and we just hired three temps last week. There are people on or going to be on: sick leave, maternity leave, sabbatical, study leave... You just need to be good at written and spoken French.

Re: RAHT --Granby?

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

You should repost this as a reply to the original comment, because I don't know if s/he'll see it here. Makes me wish I were qualified. And Canadian. And spoke French.

Oops

[frith]

D'oh! Thanks for the head's up. 8^)

Re: RAHT

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

Are you by any chance on Linked In? :D

I have one year of wildlife experience (rehab), and am looking for, ideally, wildlife work; I just started LinkedIn but am finding that nobody I know is on it, so it would be super awesome to know somebody from the Cafe there who also volunteers at a zoo!

Re: RAHT

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I am, though I confess I never use it other than to accept invitations from people I know (none of them zoo people), so their feelings won't be hurt. I'm pretty sure I've never even completed my profile, (Which raises the question of why I signed up, but unfortunately the answer is lost in the dim mists of time.) I do talk about the zoo (and periodically post photos) in my lj, so you can friend me there if you want to.

Where are you located? The BZ/WCS does have job openings periodically. (No idea if there are any currently, but you can check the AZA site I listed above, or bronxzoo.com or wcs.org.)

Re: RAHT -- Granby?

[frith]

Have you left a CV at the Granby Zoo in Quebec? All new hires in animal care are RAHT's and we just hired three temps last week. There are people on or going to be on: sick leave, maternity leave, sabbatical, study leave... You just need to be good at written and spoken French.

Re: RAHT -- Granby?

[petranef.livejournal.com]

Crap! I only have high-school French, and most of that I have repressed. I could learn in a hurry, though. :)