by O'Farrell | May 25, 2012 | I Got a Job!
Donna Anderson
Back in 2006 I had the pleasure of helping Bill Anderson land a good job in our community. He works for the same company to this day. Our success story this week comes from his wife Donna. Job loss and career transition are a part of life, and can have a tremendous impact on the family. Things are turning out great for the Andersons. I’m proud of them, and wish them all the best. Congratulations Donna!
– Dave O’Farrell
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Dave,
I wanted to let you know that I took the job at LVS and will start tomorrow.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to me and help me with my job search. I believe my job search this time was shorter because I went through your workshop and learned the different techniques of obtaining another job.
Thanks again for everything.
Donna Anderson
by O'Farrell | Apr 21, 2012 | I Got a Job!
I was thrilled to receive this message on Monday evening from Tracey Christensen. Social media is a very competitive field – a field that is flooded with people who know how to market themselves. Some of them seriously bend the rules of etiquette and decorum to get noticed.
When Tracey and I began working together on January 3rd, we crafted a résumé and developed a marketing plan that was designed to get Tracey noticed. On January 9th, she wrote to me to say that she was offered a 10-week contract. Referring to the company president Tracey said, “He didn’t interview anyone but me BECAUSE OF MY IMPRESSIVE RESUME (his words, not mine).”
That opportunity turned out not to be a good fit for Tracey – and that is typical of the ups and downs of job search. So, if you are having a down week, take heart in Tracey’s message. You too will be “over the moon” soon.
Tracey has been a big help to me during this time as well, and I want to extend my thanks to her from helping me create three Facebook pages and two websites in the past four months.
Thank you Tracey. I am VERY proud of you!
– Dave
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Hey Dave, I got a job!!!
This morning I accepted a job offer from Piedmont Hospital, and it goes without saying that I am over the moon! Like any job seeker, this has been a trying process and I know I’ve bent your ear more than once in frustration. My family was fortunate that my husband survived a round of layoffs at his job soon after my “liberation” but I couldn’t seem to find the right fit for me, despite numerous interviews over the past six months. But, I knew each interview prepared me for the next one and the next one and so on.
When I interviewed for this job over lunch just one week ago, I finally felt the connection I had been missing. And… the hiring manager mentioned how much she liked my résumé – the résumé you created for me. While a couple of connections sent my résumé to the department where I’ll be working, the interview actually came from the in-house recruiter vetting me from my online application. I know responding to online ads is about the least effective way to get a job, but that, combined with a lot of prayer and your workshop, worked!
This job is the one I’ve been waiting for and it’s a huge blessing. The offer came in two hours after I sat in silence and asked God to put me in this position IF that was his plan. Now, I know it is. A friend of mine also prayed for me this morning so now we’re debating which one of our prayers was heard – maybe it was both!
Many thanks to you and the Crew for all of your support and knowledge. I’ll miss you all but plan to come to JobSeekers on Friday to say a final good-bye.
– Tracey A. Christensen
by O'Farrell | Apr 11, 2012 | I Got a Job!
Scott and Chip Gjertsen were both at JobSeekers last week to say “farewell and good luck” to everyone. I am so proud of both of these guys. I don’t mind sounding like a broken record when I report that five of the last six people who have been published in this section have reported raises. Praise the Lord, good luck and God bless you Scott!
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Hey Dave, I got a job!
I will be the Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of McMinnville, Tennessee. It is a promotion and a raise. The opportunity to continue to work in my field is a true blessing. It only took 5½ months. Your job search workshop was a tremendous help, and the support received from JobSeekers was awesome. God has a plan and sometimes he doesn’t share it with us and we try to go it alone.
My daughter left a message on my computer one weekend when she was home, “God is good all the time, and all the time God is good.” I kept a bible verse on my dry erase board for a reminder of God’s willingness to help us, Matthew 21:22 – “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Amazingly when I began feeling discouraged, I always seemed to get a phone call for an interview.
Thank you for everything you, the Ship’s Crew, and my fellow JobSeekers have done.
– Scott McCord
by O'Farrell | Mar 21, 2012 | I Got a Job!
Praise the Lord, we have another big raise to report – our third week in a row. In the last two weeks, we’ve had success stories with a 30% raise and a 20% raise. This week, I have more good news to share.
This gentleman was referred to me by an excellent local recruiter. Pam, thanks very much.
At last week’s meeting, we had three people announce that they had landed good jobs, and one more person who was also there accepted a job later on Friday.
It’s been a great couple of weeks. Seven other O’Farrell CM clients landed too. Congratulations to Colby, Kathie, Diane, Tom, Carolyn, Dave, John, KJ, Dennis, Pat, Michelle, David, and Gabriel.
– Dave O’Farrell
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Hello Dave and Pam,
Dave, I just wanted to thank you for rewriting my résumé for me in January. Pam referred me to you concerning a potential job at a logistics company in Fairburn. That did not pan out but as a result of your résumé rewrite, I’ve been on over 20 interviews with various companies since then. Some came to the offer stage (and others not) but I know it was your résumé rewriting that got me to those opportunities.
But here’s the good news… I just signed an offer letter yesterday morning with a well-known logistics company as a supervisor! The new job with salary and bonus potential pays almost $20K more than I’m currently making. Talk about a drastic change!!!
Again my thanks are heart felt and I’m so grateful for you and Pam. Your services are top notch, financially reasonable, and you did it all within a few hours of our phone conversation. Talk about service!!!
Pam, thanks for remembering me for more than one opportunity. You have an awesome reputation and are highly spoken of by everyone I have talked to in the industry. At times when the phone calls got slim you got in touch with me and said, “I’ve got this or that, are you interested?” Surfing the web for jobs does get old since the same jobs are always posted. Those emails and calls from you were definitely a breath of fresh air and the encouragement I needed to press on.
You guys have been so good to me and words cannot convey my feelings. I just wanted to try and convey them to the best of my ability. May God bless both of you in your current and future endeavors.
Regards,
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