I figured I’d reach out to all the resources at my disposal, with this forum being one. And I’m asking for some help in a bit of a different area.
After working for Aetna Healthcare for 21 years, I was recently laid off as part of a reduction in force.
So I am asking if anyone here is aware of an specific opportunities, or know people in the industry that might be able to help.
I have done extensive work in the Workers Compensation area, mostly in Client Network tracking. I have worked with Oracle and PL/SQL for the most part, have some background in VB.NET. And while not used in my current job situation, I have many years experience with XOJO.
I also have the ability to learn just about any programming language required to fill a requirement, and as an example am teaching my self SWIFT in addition to the other tasks and projects I have going.
If anyone has a need or a contact, and would like more information up to and including a resume’, please contact me via private message.
Thanks Karen… and as to relocation that is not an option. I have lived in San Diego my entire life, friends, family and the other items that make up my life are all too much embedded here to even consider packing up an moving somewhere else.
Well, I would suggest looking if you want to get into consulting business or if you want to develop your own projects to sell an app or service.
If you like you could send me an email which I forward to my plugin users in the San Diego area and maybe one of them needs help fro Xojo related work?
As I did 18 years ago. But realize: self-employment suits you or not.
As an independent worker you need to do a lot more you than just developing software, and probably have to work long hours to have a sufficient income.
Dave, I know you could do it since you are an excellent programmer.
I am so sorry to hear about your recent misfortune. I have twice been out of work for long periods of time and it is both frightening and frustrating, particularly if you are getting on in life.
However, keep the attitude that when one door shuts another opens - even if it might be a little time for that to occur. I recently started a new (great) job after being out of work for 6 months (and I am 62 years old).
Being based in the UK I cannot help you but I wish you luck and say that you should keep smiling and be optimistic!
Resume’ is being re-written for me by a profession job agency (hired by my current employer as part of the severance pkg)
I am quite leary of LinkedIn, as I have been told it is 90% malware, and I have been spammed hundreds of times from accounts belonging to people I had no knowledge of.
I am attempting to reach out to a many people I know (including this forum)… .my biggest hurdle is that I have not had to look for a job in 40 years, and the rules have changed so much
that is good. make sure what they come up with you are comfortable with.
[quote=231599:@Dave S]I am quite leary of LinkedIn, as I have been told it is 90% malware, and I have been spammed hundreds of times from accounts belonging to people I had no knowledge of.[/quote
Linkedin is not that bad. Only “link” or “connect” (or whatever the term is) to people you know. As for SPAM, just ignore it. I get maybe 1 spam a week and most of that is some random person is just trying to connect to me (and everyone else on linkedin).
Sorry to hear about the job loss–it’s totally frustrating! I’d highly suggest to try to keep a positive attitude and to keep looking, I highly suggest reaching out to recruiters on LinkedIn, and going to Meet Ups in your area to network with tech and entrepreneurs/startups==people and companies–as some of the best consulting jobs aren’t posted.
A particularly good book for resume building and job searching I found was Guerrilla Resumes by Jay Conrad Levinson and David E, Perry–it might even be at your local library
I did find success with the Guerrilla method. I was also contacted by recruiters after I participated in an IoT Hackathon on DevPost–despite finishing in 4th place.
In short–being out of work sucks–whatever you do–don’t stand still–keep your skills sharp–take the time to write some apps that you’d like to see-maybe try selling them on the App store–it might do very well or it might not make too much money–and either way it’ll be a resume builder
I have had nothing but good experiences with Linkedin itself. I am often surprised at how it picks people I have known in my rather long carrier. It is truly a very efficient business network.
I agree that spammers at one point have used it as trojan, but as usual, never trust an unsolicited email. Just log into LinkedIn itself and do all your business on their platform, and you will be safe. Don’t deprive yourself of any opportunity.
What annoys me about how people use LinkedIn is getting recommendation etc for things there’s no possible way a person could know about me
While I appreciate these its not accurate
I’ve had people recommend me for “project management” but I’ve never worked with them - EVER
That makes the entire system suspect IMHO
thanks to you all