Check down in the states, with the Canadian Dollar being high, you should be able to get one cheaper than locally. Only problem is warranty if you are concerned with that.
Also about resume, job search. Sorry if it's been covered before. What's the etiquette while interviewing at different places while being at different stages for each? I am in dire need of a job and am wondering how people go about searching for a new one while still in a job they don't want to give up until the new one is secured? I have a third interview with a company which I am a shoe in for and will probably take just to get a cash flow going, but after a day job shadowing for the second round it is something I'd easily give up if something better came along. I told the hiring manager during my interview that I had other interviews last week, which I did, and he told me to call today if I was still interested. None of the other stuff panned out as of yet. I need the money and the experience so Ill probably take the job if offered. But Im not sure how it works if I were to get other interviews. Do hiring companies usually work around a normal 9-5 work schedule? I'd feel bad and wouldn't expect the company Id be working for, particularly if I wasn't out of the training period yet, to let me take off to interview somewhere else. How do people and companies work around this problem?
A lot of small (10 or less employees) companies will, I had a phone interview on a Saturday and a lunch interview near my old office with my current company, but that's because I was interviewing with the owner. Big firms where HR and other salaried employees are doing the interview process? Let me know if you find one. I lost 6 vacation days at my last place in the job hunt. It sucked, but good luck finding a firm where HR works nights and weekends to accommodate currently employed people. Think about it this way, the other places know you're working a 9-5 right? Have they offered to make an appointment to fit your schedule? This is why substitute teaching is such a great job for recent college grads. The opportunity cost for skipping work at a moment's notice for a job opportunity is just a day of pay, no vacation time, no ill will. Honestly, even if you weren't using company time to interview, it's going to reflect very poorly on you with your current company if you're job hunting while still in the training phase. I'm not saying you shouldn't do it, if you can get a better job elsewhere you should take it, but just know they are going to be pissed at you for leaving that early no matter what.
I just say I have dentist/doctors/random appointment. Then I schedule the interview for as late in the day as possible. You can't pass up any opportunity to try and get a better paying job.
Is anyone in the Albany, NY area that is looking for a Network Engineer/Administrator? I'm really sick of the job I'm at, and can't stand my manager. I've got Microsoft certs up the wazoo (MCSA, MCSE, MCITP on newer things), plus ten years of experience. Help?
I raved about interviewing for two separate positions for the same company and got a call back today. I'll be back in next week for another round of interviews with both management teams and I was told that the big question for me is which I'd prefer. One is inside sales and another is marketing research and frankly I can't make my mind up. Both sound like something I could do. I want to learn more about each (and I'm pretty certain I will), but will it be best to walk in there next week like I have made a decision or keep my options open? For those that have the experience, does one sound better than the other for a company that has been growing very rapidly for the past few years? Thanks in advance.
Another interview question, a situation I should know how to handle, but the circumstances of this one are a bit complicated. I'm really at a loss to handle this. I have an interview coming up with a company I'm very interested in working for. I had a good word put in for me there by a current employee, which would be perfect but for the fact that he also works for the place that fired me. How do I handle explaining why I no longer work there? I'm sure they're going to know I was fired, regardless of whether they should or shouldn't be allowed to. Slamming the previous place by saying they fucked me is obviously not going to be a good idea, but I have to be completely honest here. No one wants to hear a 15-minute story, but would it be helpful to say, for example, "I was terminated from my previous position under unusual circumstances, which I am currently discussing with the Human Resources department."? Or does this make me look like a pain in the ass? I want to be able to get this job, and I don't want to be barred from doing so due to a termination that was based on an attitude that I had over a year ago, and is since long gone.
I have an aluminium boat. When it gets wet it gets slicker than two eels fucking in a bucket of snot. It also gets so hot that I could fry an egg on it. Which means: I can't fish barefoot, I can't lean against the sides, and I spend my time burning the shit out of myself. I have looked into rhino liner, but I would like some other ideas. Is there something I can paint on/spray on, that will help prevent it being slippery, and help with the heat? Thanks!!!
My little brother lined the bottom/seats of his aluminum duck-boat with this: http://www.hydroturf.com/ It's a little expensive, but it works.
I'll put it here too in addition to PM, I recommend Plasti-dip. It's a spray on kind of liner that a lot of my friends use to "paint" the chrome parts of their cars. It's pretty durable, but if it starts to chip off, you could just peel it all off and respray it again, the more you spray, the easier it is to peel off.
I'm looking for some small but powerful speakers for my desktop. Specifically, I'd like wireless satellites but I've heard mixed reviews about wireless speakers. Anyone recommend a pair? My office has a lot of wireless signals already with bluetooths, cells, etc so I'm not sure of the interference.
I am HR, and I believe I can speak about this. If you are serious about your job search, then you need to be just as serious about making it easy for me to bring you in for an interview. Typically I conduct cursory phone interviews with candidates whose resumes have met the basic criteria, and if all goes well then I will set up a second in-person interview with the hiring manager. The hiring manager has given me a block of time (maybe the entire day or just the afternoon) to schedule the interviews. I am willing to be as accommodating as I possibly can with when we bring you in. If it's better for you to schedule a long lunch at your current job and come in around the noon hour, no problem at all. But nights and weekends? Is it really appropriate to ask me, and/or the hiring manager, to pull these kind of hours just because you don't want to burn a few hours of vacation? Or, if you don't have vacation, that you're not excited enough to have scored this interview that you cant figure out some way to get here without being a pain in the ass about it?
I kind of understand though. A friend of mine moved interstate and really struggled to find work in her field (logistics management/freight coordination) - she ended up working a minimum wage job that was basically shit. But as her only income, and having gone from lower management/upper middle class single person income to minimum wage - she was struggling to make ends meet on her minimum wage, no vacation days job while she looked for something that was actually in her field. Six or Seven days of lost income doing interviews or isometric testing or whatever for various gigs was enough that she had to choose between defaulting on loan payments and living on Ramen noodles exclusively. And the six or seven days of lost income was a pretty hard risk when it meant that she damaged her standing with her current employer by being unavailable. In her case, having a girly princess name and working in a field that is usually reserved for burly chain smokers with beards added to the whole hassle thing. But I'm reasonably sure there's a few people around these parts who are working bullshit jobs they sleep through, to pay the bills, while they try and find something they're actually qualified for. The economy is rough in a lot of places. I know the only answer is to suck it up, or enjoy paying for grad school and finding career fulfillment in a minimum wage job with no benefits... But I do sympathize with the people who have to make hard choices.
It occurred to me that this was a more appropriate place than the drunk thread (since 1) it's for advice, and 2) y'all might even be sober), so reposted from there: Any one have a recommendation for a good set of mid-price-range headphones? Preferably over-the-ear, in the $50-$120 range. Was thinking about these or these. I don't want to spend too much, because I doubt that I have either the ear or high enough quality audio files to justify anything extremely pricey like Beats by Dre. Also was thinking about getting these too.
Quick lease question. Hypothetical: I own a three bedroom condo. I rent out two of the rooms to boarders. Each has a lease. One is an idiot that I hate, but he has done nothing to violate his contract; he pays his rent on time, abides by the rules of the building, etc. The lease expires next month. In America, can I - as the landlord - simply refuse to renew and give him notice to move?
It depends on how the lease is written, but in most cases, yes. In all the leases I've had, 30 days' notice was still required, even at the end of the lease. They were always written so that if no notice was given by either party, the lease would continue month-to-month at the same rate, but the 30 days still applied when either party wanted to terminate it. It should be spelled out in the lease.
Workout question: Anybody know of a way to hold a bar for deadlifts that take some of the pressure off your hands? Special grips, gloves...etc? I know my body is strong enough to lift a minimum for 20lbs more but my hands can barely take the weight I'm doing now (which really isn't that much).
You could use lifting straps, they basically attach the bar to your forearms so you don't have to hold the weight with your hands/make it easier to hold more weight. Something like this:
Use a mixed grip. Instead of gripping the bar with both hands over, do one over and one under. Or you could use a hook grip, but that's for more experienced lifters and is quite painful for the first year or so until you get used to it. Here is the mixed grip.