I haven't gotten any responses to my recent posts for jobs in ME, TX, & WV.
I guess that's a good sign. ?
> I haven't gotten any responses to my recent posts for jobs in ME, TX, & WV.
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> I guess that's a good sign. ?
I hope that field surveying is not becoming one of those jobs that we hear about that Americans just won't do anymore. I remember about a year ago at the company I used to work for and we were trying to staff up for a project that we got. We tried getting back some of the employees that we had laid off when the slowdown came. When we couldn't promise a job after this one was finished they often would decline to seek work in more stable fields.:'(
The Bow Tie Surveyor
What did they want?
The ungrateful wretches.
"Please come back, we need you now, you expendable resource."
Don
What did they want?
> The ungrateful wretches.
> "Please come back, we need you now, you expendable resource."
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> Don
I didn't blame them for it. Heck, I left for a more stable work environment (relatively speaking anyway... I think).
They May Actually Be Considering Your Benefit
All of those companies may be considering it as a short time positionThey may consider it unfair to have you move for the short term and then have to move on.
Some companies do not care. Many years ago I was doing stakeout and estimating for a company, when I got to train my replacement. He had moved to NJ from TX for this job. I felt so bad for him that in a few months he would be out of work in an unfamiliar area.
Reasonable people do not promise the moon to entice you solely for their own benefit.
Another likely scenario is that they had so many applicants that you are lost in a very big pile.
If you want it bad enough that short term is OK, find and contact a principal at each firm.
Paul in PA
I've found many capable individuals thru the years.
Most only wanted to work with me constantly guiding them and not to take any incentive to stand alone and be responsible for something.
Many simply don't want to be a part of a team, they know everything.
All the others have a job.
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They May Actually Be Considering Your Benefit
> All of those companies may be considering it as a short time positionThey may consider it unfair to have you move for the short term and then have to move on.
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> Some companies do not care. Many years ago I was doing stakeout and estimating for a company, when I got to train my replacement. He had moved to NJ from TX for this job. I felt so bad for him that in a few months he would be out of work in an unfamiliar area.
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> Reasonable people do not promise the moon to entice you solely for their own benefit.
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> Another likely scenario is that they had so many applicants that you are lost in a very big pile.
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> If you want it bad enough that short term is OK, find and contact a principal at each firm.
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> Paul in PA
You have it backwards here, Paul.
My company has jobs, and I've posted here recently about openings - but have gotten almost no replies.
Also, while these positions may be project specific and not permanent, they are all for at least a year, and provide per diem for living expenses. So, they don't really require permanent relocation.
They May Actually Be Considering Your Benefit
There may well be other considerations going on here as well. For instance, I have basically settled into where I live, own a house, have friends here. I am unwilling to leave my house vacant for a year or more. I had (more or less) stable jobs here in MD until the "great recession".
As I have aged, I personally am looking for a stable position which would carry me to retirement. I respect and very much enjoy the folks on this forum who have the ability to travel the world (and provide us with fantastic pictures along the way) but do not wish to do so myself. I have grown weary of bouncing around.
They May Actually Be Considering Your Benefit
> He had moved to NJ from TX for this job. I felt so bad for him
Truer words were never spoken :star:
They May Actually Be Considering Your Benefit
At my last company, we had a lot of guys that worked that way. They lived off of the pay and the per diem and moved from assignment to assignment. They made very good money. I wish something like that would have been available when I was in my early 20's and single. I could have done it for 10 years and pretty much retired. Unfortunately, 20 years, 3 kids, and 2 wives later, it is just not in the cards for me at this point in my life. My 14 to 16 hour days (in the field) are behind me. Not that I don't do that in the office. Maybe I should reconsider ...
> I haven't gotten any responses to my recent posts for jobs in ME, TX, & WV.
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> I guess that's a good sign. ?
I would send the job listings to the Local state professional societies, and local colleges that are grooming survey personnel.
Thanks for posting here as well.
Good luck with your search.