Job Search

I'm pretty new to KR, but you guys have been friendly and supportive when I thought I might lose my job, when my brakes went out, etc. Well, things took another downturn and I was fired last week, so I'm scrabbling desperately for work. I'm not from this coast (Portland, OR is my hometown) and I have to pay rent. If anyone happens to know any work available in the northern Jersey area, or possibly in NYC, any lead helps.

I really want to be able to stay out here, if I have to go back to OR because of money problems it's gonna be with my tail between my legs, which is never a good feeling. I want to continue to join you all in Travance and make new friends out here.

/depressing, begging post

Well... lets start with what do you do for a living?

I'm a linguistics student at Montclair. Most of my background is in IT/tech support or retail. I -want- to work on reconstructing ancient languages and researching dying languages, or perhaps speech therapy. I could also be pretty content teach ESL, so long as I get to finish my degree up.

That a good start?

Do you have any experience from prior jobs?

If you need a job, Dice.com and Monster.com are the way to go for IT stuff.  A lot of it is either going to be contract / limited (3-6 months), or entry level, but if you're still in school, that is perfect.  Having just done the job hunt thing myself, I can tell you it's rough out there right now.

My suggestion would be to grab something in IT, and A) Get paid, Get experience.  From there, you can continue your studies while working, and possibly angle for a job closer to what you want to do down the line.  If you can, go for IT in archival / research or university settings, where you can then apply yourself to more academic pursuits.

If you can send me your resume, I can submit it to my company for a job at the Allentown PA office. Its not a job guarentee but they'll at least look at it. My work email is kelly.osborne@thehartford.com . Its insurance but sometimes they look for IT support.