Any jobs available?

[TOLiSGR]

Ok.. just a question.. I think it's a worldwide known fact that Greece sucks.. it's also a fact that kit-cars / home-made vehicles can't get registered here.. sooo.. I started looking for jobs abroad.. I'm currently located in Germany, but not knowing the language is a biiiiiiiig problem..

Soo... is there any job available for a computer geek with lots of hardware experience, programming skills, cad knowledge ? Also lots of mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge and skills? (and currently a student of Industrial Informatics..)

I hope I'm not asking a lot but I'm trying every resource available :) Thanks in advance guys :)

[MightyMouth]

There are always jobs for people who really want them.

[TOLiSGR]

I agree.. any ideas on where/how to search? :) Any offers? :)

[GraemeWebb]

I agree.. any ideas on where/how to search? :) Any offers? :)

I was out of work just over a year ago. Used these guys and seemed reasonaby effective.

www.jobsite.co.uk

www.salestarget.co.uk

Best of luck in finding something

[TOLiSGR]

Thanks mate :) gonna look right now :)

[MightyMouth]

In England Jobserve.com is good for IT related roles.

[TOLiSGR]

:) Thanks!!

[Enoch]

I can't offer a job but I can offer some advice. I used to be tech support manager for a large IT company so I speak with authority - get your CV right, sell yourself from the first word. At the end of the last recession I advertised a job, I got about 130 applicants. There was no way I could even read that number of CV's and still do my day job. Fortunately at least 100 of those CV's were so poorly presented that I could reject them without having to read them. That still left me 30, the next 20 were rejected after reading the first paragraph or two, only 10 people got telephone interviews, I saw 3 in person, one got a 25k job .
Every job you go for will be a contest between you and a number of unknown others. Most will be equally qualified, many will have more experience. Your CV is the first chance for someone to say " why should I spend my time on this guy".
There are numerous books about CV preperation, ignore them at your peril.
You may be the best in the world at what you do - you have about 1 paragraph to convey that to whoever reads your CV. Fail to do that and all your training and knowledge means jack shit.
I don't want to give negative vibes here and hope it does not come across like that, but your CV is the most important document that you will ever write. There are always jobs out there but when times are tough you have to be smart about how you go after them.
I wish you the very best of luck.
Enoch.

[TOLiSGR]

Thanks :) I totally agree with you.. I've had help preparing my CV from a friend of mine in the UK so I believe it's right.. I've been sending CVs in Germany the last month and I'm surprised on how different they are.. from information to presentation ... everything is different to our (greek) standards (or the absence of standards..)

[GraemeWebb]

I can't offer a job but I can offer some advice. I used to be tech support manager for a large IT company so I speak with authority - get your CV right, sell yourself from the first word. At the end of the last recession I advertised a job, I got about 130 applicants. There was no way I could even read that number of CV's and still do my day job. Fortunately at least 100 of those CV's were so poorly presented that I could reject them without having to read them. That still left me 30, the next 20 were rejected after reading the first paragraph or two, only 10 people got telephone interviews, I saw 3 in person, one got a 25k job .
Every job you go for will be a contest between you and a number of unknown others. Most will be equally qualified, many will have more experience. Your CV is the first chance for someone to say " why should I spend my time on this guy".
There are numerous books about CV preperation, ignore them at your peril.
You may be the best in the world at what you do - you have about 1 paragraph to convey that to whoever reads your CV. Fail to do that and all your training and knowledge means jack shit.
I don't want to give negative vibes here and hope it does not come across like that, but your CV is the most important document that you will ever write. There are always jobs out there but when times are tough you have to be smart about how you go after them.
I wish you the very best of luck.
Enoch.

Absolutely right and well put. When looking for a job last year I was complented on my CV. I'm 56 and its not easy getting a decent job at my age. Money not too bad with car and bonus expenses etc. It can be done. follow Enochs advise.