A note from the new job(0)
Sounds like Kris is off and running on his new job at Stanford:
Read the rest of this entry »
Tag archive for ‘Layoffs’
EXTRA! EXTRA! KRIS LANDS A JOB!!!!!!(2)
Two-hundred and ninety-seven long days after he lost his aviation-tech job at San Jose’s airport, Kris Rowberry is finally finding salvation.
When he starts his new job on Monday moving and tracking supplies throughout Stanford University’s medical school, hospitals and clinics, the 25-year-old San Jose resident will be
the first of the three Pink Slip 2.0 participants followed by the Mercury News the past year to have escaped the jaws of joblessness.
And all it took, besides those never-ending days, was two reams of resume paper, lots of cold-calling, numerous dead-ends, and way too many sleepless nights.
“”I don’t think it’s hit me yet,” Rowberry said Tuesday. “”After nine-and-a-half months of looking, I’m a little dazed. It’s like, is this really happening?” Read the rest of this entry »
Word from our front line…(1)
No jobs yet for our three pink-slippers, but here are a couple of updates, first one from Roopa: Read the rest of this entry »
Twittering about(1)
I’m reporting a piece on job-hunting in the great and growing wildness of the twittersphere. I’m finding hype, hope, good and bad, lots of noise. It’s a wonder you tweeting job-hunter don’t have your heads explode after a few hours in that place. The piece should run later this week sometime. Let me know what you think.
More good news(2)
Kris finally got his long-expected letter of recommendation. Check it out:
Read the rest of this entry »
Drawing the line(0)
Kris has decided to impose a limit for himself as a way to jump-start his stalled job search: Read the rest of this entry »
Laid off and still looking? We should talk(5)
For a Pink Slip 2.0 story on long-term unemployment, I’m looking for folks to interview who have been laid off and looking for work now for at least 26 weeks. If you care to share your stories, call me beginning Monday, August. 24, at 408 920 5689 or email me at pmay@mercurynews.com and I’ll get back to you. Thanks! Pat
Subscribe via RSS all feeds