Sprint Fixed Wireless

[mike neuliep]

Paul, please tell me whom I should send my resume for the fixed wireless
position at Sprint.  I'm very interested in speaking with this person as I
have both extensive fixed and mobile wireless experience as well as a
thorough understanding of IP.  I'm quite willing to relocate and can do so
at a moments notice.  Thanks in advance, I know you'll come through for
me.

Mike Neuliep

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Paul Taylor wrote:

> Okay, here is my two cents worth.
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> I've had 3 friends laid off or they chose to quit over the past 18 months.
> Each person, within 3 months found an equal or better job.
>
> Take Aaron's advice. My friends followed those paths and they're employed
> now.
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> Regarding the competition for jobs with PhDs. The jobs at Sprint where I've
> been talking with the hiring managers have told me some applicants are PhDs
> yet they fail miserably with interviews because 1) their PhD isn't related
> to the current job 2) lack of communication skills.
>
> Someone asked me what the qualifications were for the 3 positions open in
> our Director's group.
> 2 positions require understanding of IP. Experience in the area would be a
> plus.
> 1 position requires understanding of IP. Experience with fixed wireless
> technologies a plus. (This position will be doing the network planning for
> Sprint's next generation fixed wireless products).
>
> Those are $45,000 to $65,000 a year positions based on experience and they
> are being filled, we need those bodies.
>
> Paul
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of mike neuliep
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 8:20 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Work in Chicago area
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> Just have to put my two cents in on this one!!
>
> I've been out of work since January 2002.  I have a whoop ass resume,
> including CCNP, Novell, A+/Net+, and Solaris Admin certifications.  I'm
> about 25 hours away from my Bachelors in CS and I"m currently attending
> school so I can have that check mark on my resume too.  When I was
> shitcanned by Andrew Corp as part of a huge move to ship jobs to China, I
> was earning a 75000/year salary.  Currently I'm hoping for an offer from
> an interview I went on last week, however it was sheer luck that I got the
> interview.  Previous to that there has been nothing out there.  A friend
> of mine whom works for AON Insurance says for every position they post,
> they get about 2500 resumes in the first week of a posting.  Many of them
> are from PHDs or people that hold several masters degrees with over 15
> years experience.  This is my competition.  Here's the sad part -- AON has
> hired many of these kind of people for between 30k and 40k for what I'd
> call high level network and/or systems engineering.  There's not a lot out
> there right now.  I don't care how good you are, the only thing that will
> get you a job is persistence and knowing someone that can place you
> into a position.  I've survived by going out of my way to
> find odd jobs here and there and working for as little as eight bucks an
> hour.  I qualify for food stamps and welfare (but I'm not going to take
> it).  When people say, for practical purposes, there is nothing out there
> I believe them.  If you have a job, consider yourself fortunate.  Don't
> minimize the plight of the unemployed.  For people like me, the longer I
> don't work, the more difficult it will be for me to find a job.  We're
> talking 19 months for me at this point.  It pisses me off me when someone
> with a job says that those without aren't trying hard enough.  For about a
> year my full time job was looking for a job.  I sent out between ten and
> twenty resumes a day.  I was willing to relocate to anywhere in the
> country.  I've written about 15 different cover letters that I send with
> my resume tailored to the industry I'm targetting.  There are five
> different versions of my resume for the same thing.  There's even the
> stripped down version of my resume so I can try to get that low paying
> helpdesk job.  Yes, I've been turned down for low paying helpdesk job
> because I'm "over qualified"  For those with jobs that think a highly
> qualified person can just go out and get a job, I challenge those people
> to go ahead and personally help place some of these kinds of
> people.  Instead of saying how easy it is to get a job, I'd like to see
> some of these people put their words into action.  I know what its like
> out there and it sure isn't pretty.  If I didn't love building networks
> and wireless communications as much as I do, I probably would have decided
> to change careers -- perhaps go into financing or real estate.
>
> IT in the USA has forever and completely changed.  If it can be outsourced
> offshore it will be.  At this point, I think the jobs that will remain in
> the country will be the ones that physically require someone to be
> onsite, so I'm interested in things like cable and wireless installations.
>
> Just my two cents worth....
>
> 	mike
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