SpouseMan

[silk_noir]

I'm retooling my husband's resume and thinking, Why is this man not hired somewhere?

SKILLS PROFILE
EPA Universal certified ICE Certified (5 Exams: Core, Air Dist., A/C, Heat Pump, Gas Heating)
15 years blueprint reading, 15 years hand tools, 15 years soldering
13 years electrical, 13 years mechanical, 15 years design & sketcher
13 years engineer

Comments

[ccjohn]

Ibid.

Sucks.

I'm trying to work connections. We got so much talent out there they all hire their damn girlfriend's sister's husband or rich friend's kid and like that. I want to say it's like having another degree, except it's stronger than that. It may turn out I was stupid to get an MBA.

[welamom]

I hate to be pushy about this, but once again, I recommend Spirit, who is still hiring for specific jobs. You submit your resume for a job you qualify for online, and you wait about a month or so. Website is http://www.spiritaero.com/careers.aspx and you click on "Search jobs" on the left hand side of that page. They're seldom in any kind of order, usually they are posted as departments send in requests, so it's a bit of a slog. The employees have already been told that there will be no layoffs this year due to Boeing increasing production of the 787. Probably won't be any next year, either. Lachlan has been out there almost 5 years now, no layoffs during all that time.

[diermuid]

Hiring groups actually have query software that will strip out people on whatever criteria they can think of to thin the pool. I got zero callbacks on stuff from some of the online companies because while it -used- to be a four year degree OR equivalent experience, many of them simply auto-edit me out because my 4-year degree checkbox is not checked.

You can't really blame them, it's a flooded market, they do what they can to pick up the cream of the crop.

The other thing working against us - if they want someone with 5 years of experience, and we have 15, this equals 'overqualified' which can be re-read as 'expensive' or even 'demanding'.

At least that's what I've seen.

[catlin]

The more qualified you are, the more they have to pay you. Mom heard that when applying for secretarial work.

[haddayr]

I hate to say it, but has he considered knocking 10 years off of his experience and seeing what happens?

[ccjohn]

*sigh* I concur. I have one resume like that.

[haddayr]

It's terrible, but my mother did this (and dyed her hair) back when she was in her mid-40s, and immediately got a job. This was in the 80s when jobs were more plentiful, but I'm guessing ageism is still the same.

[ccjohn]

Halted up short.

The hair dye thing is the biggest fight between my scruples and my fears I've ever had. It gets me so livid I figure I'll starve, but dye-free. Or I'll snap, lunge across the desk and attack the next veep like that li'l sweetheart who "wanted to groom a protege -- the other person besides you is this young woman, 30" -- see it turned out I was just not a good "fit." I was foolish and had this crazy idea that was against the law.