Thanks so much for all the responses (i will never again spam u)compassionate, cursing and informative mails. Really appreciate it. Surprised to see lot of folks wanted to know what i got as responses, that's the reason for this summary. ********************************************** * Some of our fellow admins got jobs through monster, dice and hotjobs sites. So do not loose hope on that. * One admin after waiting so long , moved to independent consulting and got a break, part time, more income, flexible hours!! * another good site and usergroup meetings is http://www.usenix.org/sage/jobs/sage-jobs.html * Praying, Check the job boards(hotjobs, dice, monster, computerjobs etc)Check the newspapers, the newspaper web-sites Check the headhunter/staffing web sites. Contact the headhunter/staffing places and get on their list. * Check with the local Sun place, (Sun sales people--both commercial, educational, and government), Contact Solaris shops and ask for a job (Mail a letter to the IT/IS/MIS person (Call the IT/IS/MIS person to setup an appointment--not an interview, Find out about their needs and ask for a job or a referal and ask for referals, contact family, friends, business-freinds & acquaintances and don't stop. * The average chronically unemployed person submits 2 resumes/applications a week. The average person submits 170 resumes per interview. * If you are familar with Solaris, look into hardware jobs on Sun equipment. That's where I ended up and, while it is not my preferred job, I have learned a lot of stuff and have improved as a sysadmin because I have a better grasp on hardware problems and their symptoms. * Of course, make sure your resume looks good and present your experience, skill set, and education well. I had a technical writer work on my resume--he knew things in presenting my assests that I never would have thought of. * Informational interviews (i.e., practice interviews) can be setup with some businesses. (Businesses have a vested interest in helping you--you by their products. * Wal-Mart is a UNIX shop. Look at the non-obvious places. Schools (technical colleges, colleges, universities)over resources for finding jobs in the area. The Chamber of Commerce has information on businesses as well as the better business bureay.Hospital use a lot of UNIX stuff. The Radiology department consumes lots of disk space and many use UNIX as the basis. Remember HP/UX is SVR4 as is Solaris. * In the interim, study Solaris, setup boxes, study networking, prepare for certification, etc. This can be a very productive time for you--believe it or not. (VERY HELPFUL) * Some suggested using search engine like google for jobs..another way. * searchsolaris.com another site * 1 or 2 contact names were mentioned, but couldn't disclose to all to protect their privacy. Please keep trying until u get success. I personally know of people who r unemployed in the range of 0 days( pretty much remained where they are, if on the market..doubt if they can get any faster), 2 days....15 months in this tight job market. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rams" <drdrdrdr@dr.com> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:21:17 -0500 To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org Subject: Forgive me, BUT, please lead to SOLARIS JOB resources > Hi All: > > First of all, i apologize for this of topic, But, please lead me to SOLARIS JOB resources, where real jobs are for Solaris Admins, networking opportunities and possibly geographical Solaris user meetings (NJ). > > Job boards, usenet,newsgroups all are so cluttered with so much info, not much useful getting a new job. In 2+ months, only 1 interview happened, no job offers, despite strong background. > > Again sorry for this on this group, > John -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Travelocity.com is giving away two million travel miles. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3969773;6991039;g?http://svc.travelocity.com/promos/millionmiles_main/0,,TRAVELOCITY,00.html _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Fri Mar 15 08:55:13 2002
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