Re: Google Phoenix Update

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Author: Technomage
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Subject: Re: Google Phoenix Update
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 11:30, Mike Schwartz wrote:
> > I put in the resume and filled out all the other paperwork a long time
>
> ago...
>
> I also sent in my resume
> (text/html) just the way they said, and put the
> exact stuff (city: Phoenix;  and job: Software Engineer)
> in the "Subj: " header, just the way they said,
> and never heard back,  - - (except for the automatic
> robot reply, saying that they did get it.)
>    I even opened up a gmail mailbox [see "From:" header]
> to avoid having to suffer the embarrassment of
> sending them a message from a "Yahoo" mailbox.
>    In my case, I was able to find a job, as a Software Engineer,
> somewhere else in town (although first, I did have an
> out-of-town episode in Cedar Rapids, Iowa doing a
> sub-contract gig).  My present employer (Astronautics
> Corp. of America) is doing "some" stuff with Linux,
> so the fact that I took a class at GCC on Linux,
> (and got the highest mark in the class on the final exam)
> while I was "between jobs", was considered a 'plus'.
>    Maybe you should consider doing what I am
> doing - (namely, find something else, but still keep
> an ear to the ground, for openings at Google).
> I tell ["almost"] all recruiters, that I am not [actively]
> looking at this time - since I found something [else]
> here in town.  However, if a recruiter has a position
> at Google, that might be a different story.
>    Just my 0.02, from


already doing that. just took an $8.00/hour job as a greeter over at fry's
food & drug. training on the 10th and on the schedule by the 12th.
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