RE: a possible position

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

--- Elaine <http://www.hotmail.com/~et> wrote:
> Thanks, I will.  I'm still at the same low-pay temp job in San Leandro, but 
> it will be ending soon.  How did you hear about the CSU job?   I'll fish 
> around CSU's web site to see if it's there.

It probably won't be.  The guy saw my resume on craigslist and contacted me. 
It's a non-union job; that's why it's part-time and only $20/hour, but it may
go to a full-time union job later.

> By the way,  AC Transit is 
> threatening to stop ALL weekend service come July 1 since the gov is cutting 
> $20 million to AC.  The gov is also taking $$$ from cities and counties, so 
> their services will drop as well.  The well is deepening in Ca.

Yeah.  I found out on Bike to Work Day where I volunteered.

> I decided I do want to sell off on eBay some of the stuff in the storage 
> bin.  I remember you saying that you know how to go about that.   Neither of 
> us has the money any longer to keep the storage bins going so it's time to 
> sell and dump.  I dropped Blue Cross as of the end of May.  Just couldn't 
> borrow any more to pay the $800/mo premium plus another $400 to Nsouli.  He 
> finally admitted that he has many other patients who have lost their 
> insurance so he will accept the fees minus the write-off that Blue Cross 
> normally takes off.  Now I "only" have to pay the $400 to Nsouli.  But I 
> have no coverage if I get sick for anything else.  I've now joined the other 
> 40% uninsured in the US.
> 
> How are you doing on the job search?   Are you running into any other 
> obstacles?

I've been getting a surprising number of interviews, but they haven't been
going anywhere.  It may be because I send my resume in so early and/or my
resume looks just good enough.  But, there's still a lot of competition and,
due to sheer probabilities, I lose out.  (I read an article that said that
unemployment for engineers stands at 6.2%.)

Most of the opportunities which I have been getting interviews for are
non-benefits contract work.

> I have been sending off resumes to selective jobs that you've 
> been passing on.  Don't know for sure, but the length of time I've been away 
> from my computer job may be causing my resume to be dropped.

It's possible.  Certainly, I have never had a response from my Monster resume
(where you only get chronological format for the resume).  I've changed to a
functional format for my resume and I still do get responses to my resume,
mostly from the ones posted on craigslist.