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I've been actively working with 5 recruiters - sm

Posted: Feb 14, 2013

For awhile now and have applied for tons of jobs outside the MT industry. I haven't had a lot of luck until all of a sudden it's like an explosion of jobs just this week.

I started tutoring elementary school kids in reading at 25.00 to 30.00 an hour. I got my first student in 9 days for 3 days a week, and now I'm start several more - so working 10 hours per week and making 250-300.

Sunday and Monday, I did a 2-day temp job at 11.50 an hour.

Then, I got a call yesterday from a recruiter I've been working with who has submitted me for 5 jobs with large companies. The lowest paying job is a secretary type job that starts at 20.00 an hour, and the other 4 jobs are higher paying than that. I'm told I've made the short list already for 3 of those.

Today, I got a call from a different recruiter I've been working with, and he has 2 jobs. One of them pays 20.00 an hour, and the other pays 30.00 an hour, and I have an interview tomorrow for the 30.00 an hour one and am told I'm their best candidate so far.

I've been looking for 7 months and have submitted hundreds of resumes with pretty much nothing, and now all this.

Persistence pays off. Right now, I'm doing M*Modal at night and tutoring an hour here and there, and things are getting better. The absolute worst case scenario at this point is that I'll be tutoring for 25.00-30.00 an hour a few hours a week and getting a few jobs from M*Modal.

A year from now is going to pass anyway, but if you send out 1 resume per day that's 365 chances for a new job that pays a living wage. If you really want to make more money you can.

you must have a lot of other skills then - sm

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I usually don't even get an interview and when I do I never get the job. Where do you find these recruiters?

Recruiters - Alice

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I'm wondering, are any of these jobs through the kind of employment agency where the recruiter gets a commission if you are hired? Do any of these recruiters work for the unemployment office in your area? How did you find them? How did you find that tutoring job? Is it online or in-person?

Do you have a college degree? If you do, then I - SM

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can see where this helps you, especially with tutoring kids. The only schooling I have besides high school is a medical transcription course.

me too - cant find anything

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stuck in quicksand and sinking fast

a secretary job that pays 20$/hr is high end, - degree.thats great.where

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nm

Wow...that is - great!!!!

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I only started my job search Jan 1 and have been sending resumes like crazy. It sometimes stinks because for me most of the jobs would require a 30 mile commute so if they do not pay enough it just is not worth it to take the job. I have had 2 interviews and had to decline 1 job for the pay and the other I am crossing my fingers. The pay is okay, but holidays off, Mon-Fri and PTO is pretty good too so I am really hoping for that one. It is hard when applying for jobs because very rarely do they put the hourly rate.

I would love to know about that recruiter thing too. I guess maybe I should utilize my unemployment office to ramp up my resume. I have a ton of skills besides MT as I have only been doing this for 5 years, but no college degree.

Good luck to all you job seekers!!!!

Further education - Alice

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Gather as much education as you can.

I'm also wondering if classes count when there is no degree involved? There are many classes we can take, even online, some free, some cheap, through such places as edu.org and vu.org. However, most of these don't lead to a degree, and degrees do help.

Also, for those who are considering switching to nursing, IMHO, don't stop with an Associate Degree. I did and I regret it. Were I not so old, I'd go for a bachelor's, but in some other field other than nursing.

I wrote the original post - sm

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I started college at 50 and graduated at 54. I have 32 years as an MT. I went for the interview today that pays $30 an hour today, and it went great. If I don't get hired I'll be shocked.

Oddly enough, this job doesn't require a degree at all, and the fact that I have one I had to convince him that I was not overqualified. Once he was convinced, he went from it being a 3-month assignment to a permanent position.

I posted my resume on Careerbuilder and Monster, and the 5 recruiters contacted me. I probably applied for over 1000 jobs on there. It just takes persistence. I've had a number of interviews, and I didn't get any of the others because they felt I was overqualified.

My point is...obviously they are wanting people without a degree. You just have to be persistent and use every resource.

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