Got approached for a job today...

--chris--

For the first time! I was contacted out of the blue for a job similar to what I have now, but a little further away and with only a 5% bump in pay. I will be declining the offer, but I felt a little validation after the offer was made.

I also had a mini promotion this month, which consisted of a change of title & duties with the same pay as before (was "refresh tech" now I am "Incident tech"). The real benefit to me is that incident is 100% problem solving and troubleshooting where as refresh was pretty much swapping PC's out with very little troubleshooting involved. And to top that off, I was picked over 3 other people that hired in before me.

This is a somewhat meaningless post for a tech site like this, but I think it helps anyone that is struggling to break into IT to see some people doing it successfully. Last September I was in B2B warehousing....fast forward a few months and I have landed in IT with feet firmly planted!

unfbilly11

Nice! That's gotta feel nice. Were you referred by someone for the position or was this from a LinkedIn account or a company that you had previously applied for or what?

iBrokeIT

Congrats! What do you think the reason is that you picked over 3 other people? What sort of professional achievements have you completed since you started your position with that company?

Chitownjedi

Looks like things are going okay.

--chris--

unfbilly11 wrote: »

Nice! That's gotta feel nice. Were you referred by someone for the position or was this from a LinkedIn account or a company that you had previously applied for or what?

I am not certain, it was probably from Monster or the like because they contacted via my cell which is listed on my resume which is posted on a few of those sites. I have applied to a few places in the area, but not this place. Maybe someone passed my resume along? Who knows.


@iBrokeIT: I was told I was picked over the other three for a number of reasons: My new co-workers liked my personality more, so they suggested my name to our boss; two of the three just lacked basic skills (punctuality, courtesy, etc); I also picked up on how things work here quickly (the ticketing software, the layout of the building, etc).

Really it wasn't anything that I did well to get here, at this level there are a few people who I work with that don't really want to be in IT. So when it came time for the move I guess they just picked the guy who was most eager to do his job.

--chris--

A little update to this thread.

I got a call last week about a job I don't remember applying too, but they wanted to interview me today (my day off) so I thought sure I am pretty happy where I am but what the heck its my day off and I could always use some interview experience....there's a nice deli around the corner, a bakery my wife likes to get stuff from so why not?

I go there, the owner/interviewer and I hit it off immediately (we had a mutual friend that we didn't know existed until I got there). We start off by talking about our friend and it morphed into my experiences in my last career and this new one in IT. We went back and forth for 40 minutes talking like it wasn't an interview, but hitting on job duties/functions/etc...

I went home, discussed a few details with my wife. Called him back, gave him my salary requirements which he accepted then he offered me the job!

100% paid medical, company phone, car, iPad. My hourly wage is the same that I get now, but goes up in 15% increments every 3 months for the first year.

I will be working on everything in this new position; desktop, server, VM/VDI and networking.

I put my two weeks in today, my boss was happy for me and my coworkers were excited that I wont be competing for promotions with them.

jvrlopez

Glad to see you moving on up! Isn't it exciting to throw your resume out there and get all these random, surprising bites and call backs? Nothing like a good interview and job offer that wasn't expected the day before

coreyb80

Congrats...wise choice on deciding to go to that interview.

AverageJoe

Sweet! Just goes to show that it's hard to know when the next great opportunity is right around the corner!

Joe

certoi

Great read! and congrats on your new job, I wish you all the best on your endeavors.

Kinet1c

Sounds like a great opportunity, congrats!

Antonio72

That's awesome Chris, Congrats!

snunez889

That's got to be an awesome feeling.Congrats on the new job

--chris--

Thanks everyone for the kind words. A lot of my "luck" so far has been the result of ideas spawned here on TE. Without TE I would be up a creek! So its a sincere thank you to all the members who have helped me out since I have joined!

sasnimrod

Congratulations and all the best for your new job.

Apart from the benefits in pay, company car, etc - I think that the opportunity to work in various technologies sounds awesome. Good luck

Tyb

Congrats on the new job!!!

Chev Chellios

Congrats Chris that is awesome, well done!