Update on my Jobs Bib

Later I looked through my emails looking for a job search.  I also reviewed my job resources, which I felt were useful but difficult to manage.  I decided that I would expand my master bibliography and then reworked the annotated one.  Reading through these new things began to emerge.  For instance Craigslist, Monster and Career Builder are more important since they constituted the basis from which I look for anything.  For Craigslist, I built some feeds with Yahoo Pipes.  However, I don’t really like Pipes because they don’t allow me to have a list of postings that exceeds 25.  I also noted that while these were the most recognizable there were others that were similar, such as Beyond and Indeed.

There are several other types: recruiters, companies, government agencies and entities.  There are also staffing agencies.  I then considered government exams noting that an application for a GIS job with the government required an exam that isn’t offered very often.  I also have a giant number of email job lists.  Some of these are related to list serves and others are associated with job listing sites that I have neither signed up for or have even visited.

Interview at FES

I went to an interview with a company I used to work for FES.  I had been concerned about the BART strike so I got up at 4 and left a little later to sleep in the parking lot at Peet’s Walnut Creek.  I got there at eight.  I met Brian House in the conference room.  He introduced himself and we talked about my MAOP experience.  He said that my SQL experience was strong and wanted to know about my cartographic experience.  He was also interested in my communication skills.

Nearly twenty minutes into the interview I realized that I was being interviewed for a that had a position in San Ramon and not the Mission District of SF—the one for which I had applied.  I thought that it was sad that they didn’t even consider interviewing me for that position.  Midway through the interview Dave came in.  We talked for a bit but Brian had all of the questions.  When he was finished he gave the action over to Dave, who declined to ask any questions.

After that Dave walked me around the facility and eventually I saw all the old faces.  I said bye after confirming with Dave that they had made no decision.  Justin, Bihn and Brian House are the unit for which they had considered me for in San Ramon.  I left at 930 and immediately Kathryn wanted to know how it had gone.  I told her I didn't know yet but that I wasn't broken hearted.