Chief August 15, 2006 Share Chief Member August 15, 2006 So while I'm doing marketing consulting to the extent that I can find clients, I'm also doing a lot of landscaping! When I moved here last year I wanted to buy a truck and plow snow in the winter and cut grass in the summer. Well, lot of financial liabilities when I got here so it didn't happen. But I did talk a buddy into doing it. He got the Chevy 2500HD with the Duramax diesel and performance chip, plow, a DixieChopper 60" that can cut 8 acres/hour and all that stuff. So we go and cut grass, spread mulch, retention walls, landscaping rocks and stuff. I got picked up by an online division of a university out in Colorado (don't get to go out there already completed training and orientation and I'm scheduled to start teaching Business Management in a couple of months) but it is a part time job where I'll do it in the evenings and weekends. I like to work and make money! (I used to wash trucks for FedEx at night while I was a professor at Purdue) But for the past month or two I have been sending out beaucoup resumes! So if you've got room on your list, pray, cross your fingers, or send positive energy my way. I need to get back in the game and build my savings and 401k back up pronto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo August 15, 2006 Share anonymo Member August 15, 2006 Um...good luck? Do you want to wash trucks, cut grass or teach...Im confused...marketing consultation!? ok i give up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruter August 15, 2006 Share Magruter Member August 15, 2006 Maybe if you shaved that growth off your face, they wouldn't think you'd wouldn't kill them in a couple months of employment .. http://www.fragfestohio.com/ff06/preweb/pa...ponsors060.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief August 15, 2006 Author Share Chief Member August 15, 2006 Heh, marketing is what I do! I got the teaching job as my second job...and when I have time I will continue to do landscaping. I like to stay busy and make money...which is somehting I haven't done for over a year since I came home to take care of my mom. I'm applying for marketing/communications specialist jobs for a full-time career. Everything else is just how I spend my free time when I'm not gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tWc|WhiteyFord August 15, 2006 Share tWc|WhiteyFord Member August 15, 2006 good luck buddy, i will keep my fingers crossed for you. uncle sam can always use a few more troops if all else fells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke August 15, 2006 Share MrDuke Member August 15, 2006 Will do, Chief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty August 15, 2006 Share Fatty GC Founder August 15, 2006 My kids' rooms are disaster areas. We also pay $8 / hour to sit 3 kids. Min. 12 hours / week. Backround check and cavity search required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo August 15, 2006 Share anonymo Member August 15, 2006 My kids' rooms are disaster areas. We also pay $8 / hour to sit 3 kids. Min. 12 hours / week. Backround check and cavity search required. I swear those tootsie rolls were for the kids!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman August 15, 2006 Share Batman Member August 15, 2006 I started sending resume's out in June and finally got a job offer yesterday with a Huge company Hillman Fasteners.. I go in on friday to hammer out the details, but they offered me way more money than I thought I could get.. I still have 2 more interviews this week with different companies though.. Just keep sending out resume's man, you'll find something eventually.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief August 17, 2006 Author Share Chief Member August 17, 2006 2 things, first one's sad and funny...second is a promising lead! DOH! My buddy got called for a reference check and they were asking character questions about me and they asked if I had any flaws or character flaws or something and he said I was having problems with women and hadn't had a girl friend for a year! lol I can't believe that... 2nd is that I called my old boss from Chicago on his cell phone and left a message to let him know I'd put him down as a reference and to make sure that was cool...so last night at 2 or 3 am the phone rings and it is a wierd area code and I'm thinking it's my ex calling again cuz she sometimes does and I go back to bed. Wake up this morning and it was my boss obviously. Anyway he's out in Vegas and working on cool stuff like the convention center and those what happens in vegas commercials and stuff like that. He said to let him know if I'm interested in a wild opportunity out in Vegas so I'm going to follow up on that today! Maybe I'll be carpooling with moss next year lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief August 19, 2006 Author Share Chief Member August 19, 2006 Phone interview Monday, then if all goes well they'll fly me out for more in depth stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke August 19, 2006 Share MrDuke Member August 19, 2006 GL Chief! If it pans out, Chief buys first round at FF07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman August 19, 2006 Share Batman Member August 19, 2006 Youve been living on a farm.. You sure you can handle a city like Vegas? LOL j/k.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossad August 19, 2006 Share Mossad Member August 19, 2006 (edited) Maybe I'll be carpooling with moss next year lol stretch.gif GL Buddy! West coast is awesome, anyhow I'm out in vegas at least once a month playing. As far as jobs go, AZ is growing leaps and bounds every year and is growing outward so fast. I'm pretty sure it would be easy to get a job out here, the radio is filled w/ this place and that job convention. There is alot of work to be found out here Edited August 19, 2006 by Mossad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX August 19, 2006 Share NOFX Member August 19, 2006 teaching at purdue for the win. Id look into another teaching position.. but that is just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief August 20, 2006 Author Share Chief Member August 20, 2006 well, i got hired as an adjunct professor of business management for colorado tech, but it is through the online program and we'll just keep our fingers crossed that they need me in about 2 months for the next term. To be at a Research 1 university like Purdue I'd have to have my PhD to ever get paid the big bucks and before I ever do that I want to win some more awards and do more corporate stuff. All my favorite professors weren't just book smart they were hooked into the real world. So I'd like to work and then teach on the side to help fix my credit and finances after this past year and a half. Forward, march! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief August 21, 2006 Author Share Chief Member August 21, 2006 Well, that went very well I think. I had good to great answers for everything and he only asked me a few questions in less than 30 minutes. My old boss from Chicago co-manages with this guy so I think it is a formality. He said they'd get back in a couple of days and are looking to move pretty quick on this. My ears are ringing! Gainful employment will be mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief August 21, 2006 Author Share Chief Member August 21, 2006 Gainful employment will be mine! Boom head shot! Already got a call back and the official offer/negotiating the package starts tomorrow! Thanks for all the support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruter August 22, 2006 Share Magruter Member August 22, 2006 NJ Chief looks like long and I have a place to crash when we come out and visit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubblegum Bandit August 22, 2006 Share Bubblegum Bandit Member August 22, 2006 Wow, grats Chief!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossad August 22, 2006 Share Mossad Member August 22, 2006 Is this the vegas job? If so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! I'm only 4.5 hours away, and I'm out in vegas quite a bit. I see in our future many nights at the mandalay bay watching the ufc fights and getting silly drunk!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief August 22, 2006 Author Share Chief Member August 22, 2006 In my interview with the big boss he was telling me that he has already started having conversations with a bunch of the brass for the UFC and we started talking fighting and I'm hoping that I can be part of the business pitch and work that account. Regardless, we'll definitely be going to some fights for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossad August 23, 2006 Share Mossad Member August 23, 2006 thats friggin sweet, i'm out at the wynn at least once a month playing poker, sometimes I go over to the bellagio, I have alot of friends in vegas in the real estate business so if you need some help is that department give me a call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief August 25, 2006 Author Share Chief Member August 25, 2006 I am flying out Monday morning to go and meet everyone and look for housing. Thanks for everyone's support. It took less than one week to go from 1st call to getting the job, and I'm sure that everyone had a big part to play in making it happen. Spooky fact: It was almost exactly 7 days from my first post to the time that the HR lady called with the offer. 7 days and a few hours until I negotiated the final package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaDan August 25, 2006 Share ScubaDan Member August 25, 2006 Congratz Chief! You could probably have a sideline business renting sleeping space to GCers visiting Vegas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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