How did you GET your job(s)?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

When I was nearing graduation from Bradley University, I was sending out large numbers of resumes and cover letters. I had mailed about 80 and had received only 3 or 4 "no"s and nothing else. I interviewed on campus whenever a rep from a company came around. (TI, GE, etc.) Still no offers or interviews. Finally I signed up for an interview on campus with a multi rep who was looking for a variety of jobs for several companies. When I sat down, he looked at me and said "I don't want to waste your time, I have nothing to offer." By this time I was pretty frustrated and I asked how he could not have anything for me. I had good grades, was willing to relocate, and had extensive work experience including factory production and TV on campus. He said he couldn't touch the starting wages in TV, had I ever tried a TV station. Well I had never thought of it and as I was making minimum wage at the current job I didn't think TV paid that well. I went back to my apartment with a list of station addresses and mailed out 7 resumes. That was Thursday afternoon, and by Monday I receiving calls to come in for interviews. By the following Thursday I had heard from every one of the stations and had many interviews set up for spring break. I went into one and the Chief engineer was so impressed that he told me the next job opening was mine and to keep him informed of my whereabouts. Three days later I received a call from that man and was told that another engineer had given his notice the previous day and the job was mine. I went back to school with a job and I have been there ever since, 33 years next May. I often think of that interviewer and how he helped me so much. I never knew his name or for whom he worked, I hope he has had a great life, I have.