You resigned for one (or more!) very important reasons - Those reason(s) are not likely to have changed simply because you don't have an immediate job at the next office door on the next morning.
Yes. Try running across the road in front of skateboarders. Then work your way up to d00riving across railway crossings in front of trains. dvd's excellent advice will get you many jobs.
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Resigning is an impulse and is not very attractive to future employers. Without being a fly on the wall in an interview to know more, the most likely cause of failing your interviews is perhaps your explanation for leaving the previous company.
Resigning for anything other than serious ethical issues or workplace harassment is generally not looked favorably upon.
"...Resigning is an impulse and is not very attractive to future employers. Without being a fly on the wall in an interview to know more, the most likely cause of failing your interviews is perhaps your explanation for leaving the previous company.Resigning for anything other than serious ethical issues or workplace harassment is generally not looked favorably upon..."
In normal economic times no one cares. These decisions have economic consequences for those who walk. But the bottom line is an employer hires an engineer based on knowledge and skill. If you are applying for a job because you've been a loyal pet only to be laid off, I doubt you are seen as bringing much value to the table.
It's a buyers market right now and companies are really lording it over their employees. A lot of nasty places to work at right now because companies know they can get away with it.
but that won't last forever...
Chin up westheimer... No one is getting hired in Houston for any engineering work. but other options exist. just have to be creative.
I'll be frank with you westheimer1234 in your 11 or so threads in this "How to Improve Myself to Get Ahead in My Work" forum you've come across as somewhat naive and immature.
Every time I read that you have 9 years experience and your PE I have trouble reconciling it with the types of posts you put here - which are typically what I'd expect from a new grad or someone with only a year or two at work in their early 20's.
It may be that this is coming across in your interviews too.
Mike's suggestion may have merit. Though at the end of the day, it's a pretty tough market right now so a lot of things that usually aren't a deal breaker to an employer might be now.
I think DVD was implying that you need to improve you outlook on like, karma for a better word. Has anyone ever noticed that if you think you’re down on your luck generally you are, whereas if you thinking positive and feeling good things generally run your way. I believe this has a lot to do with how other people see you, positive moods generally get positive responses , negatives mood normally means people leave you alone.
As for advice, I would take on board what kenat is saying, even though it is probably hard to swallow, it is good advice.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field
People do and should care about employee reliability and consistency. It's not a "loyal pet" employers want so much as someone who can be expected to take a reasonable degree of stress and not leave mid-project. Egos sometimes clash on a project and emotions can run high but most people don't resign (although virtually all of us have thought about it at least once in the past). Some employers may potentially jump to the conclusion that a person who resigns is a hothead or incapable of handling a demanding professional environment.
I'm not at all implying any of this was the case with westheimer1234, but it could be difficult explaining it in an interview regardless of whether the resigning was justified.
If you do not resign, how can you move on to another company?
By your logic, the only people companies would look to hire are ones that got fired / laid off. Otherwise that person would have to resign from their current position, and that person would not be worth hiring.
You're a little hung up on semantics. By "resigning", I mean leaving a company without something else lined up. Which is the case with westheimer1234. Giving notice in order to work somewhere else is a totally different situation.
Semantics, perhaps, but I was going off of when you said it was OK to resign.
The reality is that people resign with or without another job lined up for the same reasons. They are generally fed up with the work, pay, or the boss. Based on the thread that KENAT pointed out, it was probably a crap job, with low pay.
That being said, it should have been apparent that that was the case, as many warned him in that thread. Therefore, I think he should have stuck it out, biding his time, and biting his lip, until the right time.
As he knows, he now has a problem - jobless in a bad economy with no unemployment benefits.
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