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August 12, 2008 by Mark · 11 Comments
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June 19, 2005 by Mark · Leave a Comment
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Back in February, I asked you for help in finding my wife a new job.

On Friday, she accepted a new job with her current employer. This job is a Project Engineer job – similar to the work that she was doing 3 years ago before being promoted to Manager. It’s a step back – she’s going down a grade level and will be at the top of her grade rather than at the bottom of the higher grade, affecting future raises. On the other hand, it stops the “out of work” clock.

As a result, she is still looking, though less desperately. If you have any info that can help, please let me know. You can find some of her qualifications at the link above.

And thanks to all who did help.

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Update: Wife’s Job Search

March 18, 2005 by Mark · Leave a Comment
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First, thanks to those of you who have e-mailed me directly with job search assistance for my wife. We’ve followed all of those leads.

Yesterday, they gave her a termination date: September 30. She’ll get 20 weeks of severance after that. This assumes that she doesn’t find a job within the company that is remaining in Trenton – there’s a chance of that but she’d have to take a grade-level cut (if not a pay cut) to do so.

Thanks for your help thus far. We could still use more leads if you have them – just e-mail me using the link on the left. If you’re just reading this now for the first time, this post and this post have more information on her situation.

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Update on my wife’s job situation

February 17, 2005 by Mark · 1 Comment
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Yesterday, she formally notified her company that she is declining the offer to relocate. At this point, she will be made part of the “Transition Team”. She will be given a termination date sometime in the future with at least 60 days notice. After that, she gets some severance (though not much for someone with 15 years with the company).

I’ll reiterate – we don’t plan for her to stay until she gets the severance. If you have new information or contacts that might help, please let us know.

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Help my wife find a job!

February 1, 2005 by Mark · 5 Comments
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Dear Blog Readers,

My wife has just been notified by her company (a large multi-national with foreign headquarters) that they want to relocate her job from Trenton, NJ to Houston, TX. For various reasons (including my own employment, family location, etc) we’ve decided that we are most likely not interested. She has until February 18 to decide.

If she chooses not to go, she will still have a job until summer (maybe September), when a small amount of severance will be paid. She’s also decided that she will leave immediately should the right job come along.

So, she is looking for a job locally.

Her qualifications and experience:

15 Years experience in large, rotating industrial machinery
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University’s School of Engineering
B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University’s Rutgers College (simultaneous with the engineering degree)
New Jersey Professional Engineer (PE) License
Project Management Institute PMP certification (Project Management Professional)
many years design experience – primarily in large rotating machinery and related support systems but also in small security devices
several years supervisory experience
has served as Project Engineer and Project Manager on multi-million dollar projects, occasionally filling both roles on the same project
ISO 9000 trained. Was a member of her company’s internal ISO 9000 auditing group in addition to her engineering responsibilities.
working knowledge of German, including experience with co-workers in the “home country”
some Spanish skills
Current Title: Manager of Project Management
currently serves as Diversity Coordinator for her division