SPUG: Giving up on computer jobs

[Marion Scott Warner]

Well Chris,
    I have been looking for over 2-1/2 years for a Unix/Linux
software development position.
Have not managed to get a single interview this year, after thousands of
resumes sent,
and hundreds of phone calls made.
http://sense-warner-2.oz.net/resume.html
My advice is change careers before you starve.
I've tried the networking thing, only problem with those user groups and SIGs

is that half the people there are unemployed ( meet your competition ).
Check out the banter on http://seattle.craigslist.org (job sections pretty
sad).
At this point I have given up, and I'm trying to sell Real Estate.

Chris Turan wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've been searching for jobs for several months now.  I've given up on the
> computer market and began looking for retail and restaurant jobs.  I've
> found that many of those have been taken as well and the employers can
> cherry pick who to hire.  Those jobs that aren't taken don't seem to want
> to hire me because I've over-qualified and am afriad I'll just leave when
> a good job turns up.
>
> Has anyone had similar problems?  Any recommendations?  I'm keeping my
> shoulder to the grindstone and am looking.  I was hoping someone might
> have something to suggest.  I live in Bellevue and am looking mostly on
> the Eastside.  I've been looking mostly in Bellevue so that if they
> economic situation doesn't change, I can sell my car and still be able to
> walk to work.
>
> Perhaps someone has some ideas I haven't considered yet.
>
> Thanks,
> -Chris
>
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