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| somerled | Oct 30 2008, 12:54 AM Post #1 |
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Are you worried about your financial security and job security as a consequence of the financial desaster started by those greedy amoral SOBs in NY ? Pick two. Have fun , be honest. |
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| Swidden | Oct 30 2008, 03:10 AM Post #2 |
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No I am not worried about my job security, but yes I have felt the effects from the stock market's fear driven volatility. I remain long term bullish, but short term bearish. |
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| somerled | Oct 31 2008, 02:42 AM Post #3 |
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I am seriously considering retiring or winding back my work significantly shortly to have more personal freedom to persue non-work interests and activities , I don't want to do what my dad did - working hard all his life (he chose not to retire the family business until he was 70 yrs old , and was dead 12 months later). I am not concerned about my personal job security. I can afford to retire now if I want too , and an not all that interested in remaining a consultant much longer , the PhD will not be an issue , I can do that at my leisure , my grant will be continue for up to another 4 years. Mind you if I get a great offer for a suitable lead or principal level engineering role that is permanent and with a good company , I am prepared to postpone retiring for several years. My investments and savings and assets are doing OK and are protected. So I don't expect to be significantly effected by the crisis. Edited by somerled, Oct 31 2008, 03:02 AM.
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| Mel | Oct 31 2008, 06:01 AM Post #4 |
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Coffee Lover
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I am a student, and I attended an ITC showcase yesterday with LOTS of prospective employers in my province, in my field. So I'm not worried about getting a job after I graduate. (I know it's not the exact question, but it applies to me.) |
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| somerled | Oct 31 2008, 06:32 AM Post #5 |
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Admiral MacDonald RN
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7699884.stm
See no need to start another thread on the job and economic security topic , and this is relevant. So are the republicans and neocons here going to continue denying their country has economic problems that are not just limited to the subprime scam and the financial sector cockup ? Obviously some people here who are in working in sectors that are dependent on continued sales of consumer goods and services , and also in the service sectors and I will add engineering service and contracting sectors, have now become very much more vulnerable (contractors and casuals and others who are not in jobs with security of long tenure are easier to standdown and cheaper to as well). |
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| somerled | Oct 31 2008, 06:42 AM Post #6 |
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Hope you are right , you'd be starting at junior rates so you are probably reasonably OK so long as your academic transcript shows you performed very well in your studies (that's really all they have to go on). Try to get a employer who has a very good reputation in how they treat their new and long term employees and which has top employee benefits , and very importantly a formal graduate program. Graduate programs are not something to pass up , believe me , getting thrown in at the deep end and by -passing the company's graduate program (which is what happened to me when completed my first BSc and the again when I completed my first BE ) might be exciting and challenging , but you miss out on valuable training opportunities and experiences that are hard to make up. Good luck. Edited by somerled, Oct 31 2008, 06:46 AM.
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