Re: Anybody works with job agency to find job before?

From: stan (ssg97_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: 3 Aug 2004 10:59:21 -0700

Hi Gentlemen,
Thanks for the kind responses. I took notes of you advices.
In so-cal, right now actually looks pretty good, since I saw many job
openings in monster. But, really, for one job opening, they probably
receive 100+ resumes. So, the chances are very tight. I had a couple
phone interviews and never passed them. I couldn't believe they asked
so many ridiculous questions like "what is ANSI C" , "what's a class"
etc etc etc

Defense sector looks pretty good here, but of course you need security
clearance and such.

valemike@yahoo.com (Mike V.) wrote in message news:<8188616d.0408030637.7acf1479@posting.google.com>...
> Sorry to hear about your job. I know several people in the Midwest
> still getting laid off, usually not from engineering jobs (since such
> people have been laid off a while back). It's too bad that they don't
> want to offer extensions beyond the standard 6-months unemployment pay
> nowadays. The people still need it, but i guess granting extensions
> would paint a dim jobs outlook during election year. Oh well.
>
> Many openings on Dice (and Hotjobs, etc.) have recruiters working for
> job agencies. So if you apply, you most likely will not get that
> specific job, but you will get that recruiter's attention who usually
> has other jobs in mind that you'll probably fit in. As an incentive,
> the recruiter gets a one-time bonus if you stay aboard for more than x
> months (x may be 3 months, 6 months, who knows). During the bubble,
> such jobs came a dime a dozen and were easy to get (especially in the
> Valley), but not anymore.
>
> There are also engineering consulting firms who hire EEs and Software
> Es. They search for contracts and then hire individual(s) for that
> contract. They charge X amount of dollars per hour, and you will get
> roughly a 50% cut. Aside from the startup I am a partner in that i
> report to in the evening and on weekends, my 9-to-5 MTWRF job is with
> at a client site through the engineering consulting firm. In my
> opinion, they work closer with you to get a job than the Hotjobs
> recruiters working to make a quick buck.
>
> -Mike
>
> p.s. What is the job climate now there in the West Coast? Is southern
> California's tech/telecom sector recovering? How is the Bay area doing
> up north? I still see more bleeding when I read f*company.com. I moved
> back to the Midwest almost 2 years ago after a few brief stints with
> valley startups that serially went bankrupt. Here in the Midwest, i do
> more embedded industrial control jobs since there is a dormant telecom
> job sector here. Nevertheless, people are still getting laid off here
> too.
>
> ssg97@hotmail.com (stan) wrote in message news:<c4237bbc.0408021436.23144f22@posting.google.com>...
> > Hi everyone.
> > I am a recent layoff due to downsizing (yes, it's still happening).
> > I was wondering if anyone here used job agency before. I want to try
> > one, since people recommend me to use one to find job faster, but I
> > have not found any. Can anyone recommend any to me? I am in Los
> > Angeles area and a software engineer in embedded and applications.
> >
> > Thanks!