I received a call from an ole acquaintance today that informed me that he lost his job. He had been in the employ of a larger firm that made its' head quarters in the Peoples Republic of Boulder. A once thriving firm, that had over 110 folks employed. As of Today there are 2 PLS's, 1 SIT, 1 Party Chief, 2 CAD techs and 4 miscellaneous support members looking for work.
He asked me if I know of anyone hiring.
I don't - Do you?
When people start talking about the recovery, I start getting real sarcastic!
That is 10 more out of work.
The only thing I have heard of is the Oil/Gas work.
They have been adding a few people.
Some of the employers have even added temporary crews just for a project.
Look at the LinkedIn.com site and see if that ad is still posted.
And that is why I am a salesman now.
I decided my surveying career is over.
Just looked at Craigslist and there was an ad for a survyor last Tuesday. There are quite a few ads for CAD Tech, so there are some opportunities around.
> When people start talking about the recovery, I start getting real sarcastic!
>
> That is 10 more out of work.
> The only thing I have heard of is the Oil/Gas work.
> They have been adding a few people.
> Some of the employers have even added temporary crews just for a project.
> Look at the LinkedIn.com site and see if that ad is still posted.
>
> And that is why I am a salesman now.
>
> I decided my surveying career is over.
The question I always have when people talk about recovery is: "recovery to what?" I'd say that building and development here in DC is at around 1996-1998 levels and that is pretty sustainable. The problem is that most of the the AEC community was staffed for levels of development that were unsustainable. If they're waiting for things to recover to 2006 levels, they're in for a long wait.
If only that SOB Jim Luke hadn't hired me for an entry level surveying job at Greenhorne and O'Mara back in 1988... 😉
Frontier Precision was looking for a rep not too long ago.
God I wish we had qualified help. We even started a surveying program at the local junior college to try to grow our own. Right now it seems the only students are already working for other surveyors. The only bad thing about moving in from out of town is that there aren't many houses or apartments available. I heard a recruiter on the radio the other day say that there are 4000 openings in the area and they don't even bother advertising outside this region because of the lack of housing.
Rush hour traffic is getting worse too. Used to be about 10 minutes of heavy traffic, but now it's 15. We're gonna be as bad as Dallas soon.
> The only bad thing about moving in from out of town is that there aren't many houses or apartments available. I heard a recruiter on the radio the other day say that there are 4000 openings in the area and they don't even bother advertising outside this region because of the lack of housing.
Sounds like a good place to be a land developer/landlord.
Yes, but think about all of the fun you've had in the last 23 years. 🙂
> > The only bad thing about moving in from out of town is that there aren't many houses or apartments available. I heard a recruiter on the radio the other day say that there are 4000 openings in the area and they don't even bother advertising outside this region because of the lack of housing.
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> Sounds like a good place to be a land developer/landlord.
Not when the Oil boom is bust. Then it is nearly a ghost town. Both Midland and Odessa.:-(
The City of Denver recently posted a job opening for a Staff Land Surveyor on the City web site and also on the PLSC web site. It was open for a week and we got fewer than 20 responses. Eighteen months ago we got 160 applications for a job posting.I'm wondering how many of our fellow surveyors have moved on.
>I'm wondering how many of our fellow surveyors have moved on.
It's happening.
Lets start a poll...I got laid off from surveying in 2010, at 60 years old, what is next???? Now I drive a truck all over upstate NY and Northern PA delivering stuff to water well drillers. Drive pretty close to 1000 miles a week, and don't see many surveyors!!! Most of what is going on as far as construction is stuff I surveyed 5-10 years ago, or plain old milling and paving. Northern PA will have lots of problems soon with the gas/oil truck traffic on the rural roads, most are posted for 10 tons, guess what a 18 wheel tanker truck weighs. There are well sites everywhere with a recovery pond, and the stuff has to be hauled to a treatment facility. They are now looking for tanker drivers on the radio at 70-80 K plus...tempting till you drive those back country roads, and it isn't winter yet!!! I do drive to Watertown, NY though so, winter is here!!!
I don't know if it is the time of year or what, but I have had more phone calls and unsolicited resumes sent to me these last two weeks than I have the last 6 months.
Several calls from guys who have had their unemployment run out but most of the calls are from guys moving in from out of state. --- the sign @ 0:50 sums it up --
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