Blue-Jay has an interview with a placement agency in Chicago today

[prolesunited]

Please send your positive energy and good wishes his way.

[pagerbear]

1. Excellent!

Is he taking his sax along?

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. Squirrel.

:) That's my positive word for the day!

[eyesroll]

3. Good luck, Blue-Jay!

Here's to your expeditious removal from my soon-to-be-former in-laws' hometown! :toast:

[prolesunited]

9. That happens to be why

he's leaving, you know. ;-)

[Wat_Tyler]

4. Good luck, fella.

[HEyHEY]

5. What's a placement agency?

[prolesunited]

8. It's a clearing house for jobs

Sorta like a match-maker for employees and employers.

With such a tight job market, a lot of employers are relying on them more so that they only deal with prescreened and qualified candidates. If you get in good with a reputable one (This one is right on Michigan Ave.), they'll work hard to get you hooked up with a good employer, who pays a finder's fee to the agency.

There are some scammers out there, so you have to be careful to not pay money upfront with no guarantee of results. One of my friends paid thousands to a search firm for an IT job and got nothing.

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. I still find it outrageous that YOU are not moving to SPRINGFIELD.

They have a Home Depot now! :party:

[prolesunited]

7. Springfield vs. Chicago?

Hmm... It was a *really* tough choice. :eyes:

Anyway, he wanted to be closer to you! :*

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. But what if I move back to Springfield?

:cry:

On SO many levels, :cry:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. Good Luck Jay!

Rock it!

[XNASA]

12. Where is he being placed?

Lower Wacker?

Best of luck, J. Maybe we can do lunch sometime? :shrug:

[prolesunited]

13. You should hear the plans he has.

:hi:

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. As long as he's not being placed in Gitmo

it sounds like good news! :-)

Best of luck!

[GOPisEvil]

15. I wish him well!

:-)

[SarahB]

16. Good luck!

Sending lots of postive vibes your way. Here's to you both in fact. :toast:

[asthmaticeog]

17. Best of luck, Blue Jay!

Ohio will miss you, but hell, I'm looking to bail, too.

[flamingyouth]

18. I'm probably too late, but sending belated good wishes

Anyone who doesn't hire him is a damn fool! :D

[prolesunited]

19. Update

Jason kicks ass!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:


After a battery of tests, all the interviewer could say was "Wow" when going over his results. He fudged a little (well, a lot as in he's pressed the "play" button on a presentation) in listing PowerPoint as one of his proficiencies but stilled scored an 88%.

Things are looking *very* promising. :D

[ProfessorGAC]

21. Not Really Fudging

I'm sure it would take him 10 minutes to figure out 99% of what Powerpoint does. A lot of it is just whiz-bang that takes the place of really good ideas. If any presenter is relying on the "gee whiz" of animation in a presentation, it's probably not worth listening to anyway.

I'd say it's fair to say he DOES know PPT.
The Professor

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Postive Vibes!!!

Got my fingers crossed! That would be a good thing!
The Professor