Three years ago, I moved back to Pittsburgh. I put my resume in with a bunch of recruiting agencies, trying to find a job as a Senior Java Developer. I found a job around two months later, worked there for just under two years, then moved to my current job.
Since putting my name in, I get calls and emails weekly-or-better asking if I’d be interested in interviewing for a position. Very few companies hire for my job at the entry level… so all of the companies looking for more experienced talent pretty much drain the talent pool entirely.
I’m continually in disbelief how well the software industry is doing in Pittsburgh these days. Either that, or I wrote the world’s most spectacular resume when I handed it to the recruiters, which seems unlikely.
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Having the name of you current employer on your list of credentials is also–I’m sure–a huge part of it (they only hire the best, right?).
Not that you weren’t the best before, but proving that to someone who doesn’t know you from dirt is hard
Except the calls come less now; they guess (correctly!) that I’m not moving.
No one hired for “Entry level java developer”, so the more senior positions are right fucked for talent. (I moved to DC because I couldn’t find entry level work.) Dunno. There might be a grand total of twenty people too few, but for the 500 of us doing this work full-time… I’m boggled by how easy it is to find work, if you’re willing to work hard to get it.
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