Well, today I became a statistic.

[tridim]

I got a job!

A good job, in my field, with benefits and a living wage. I'm pretty much off the charts busting. Two years of constant worry, gone. I'm back baby!

Any other down-and-out IT folks out there, keep looking. I've noticed in the past month that everything has changed, companies are hiring again.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. That's awesome.

So happy for you.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Congratulations!

[msongs]

3. way to go! nt

[Politicalboi]

4. Good for you!

[MarianJack]

5. Good for You, tridim!

Now I hope I get that news soon, too!

PEACE!

[tridim]

6. Karma to you!

[MarianJack]

19. Karma accepted...

...with many thanks.

Good luck in your new job.

PEACE!

[Phentex]

7. Happy to hear it!

Celebrate!

[TheWraith]

8. Congratulations.

Me, I'm currently at three years of constant worry right now, but I'm slowly crawling back out of the hole.

[pkdu]

9. Great News man , so other than the great end-result , how did the 3rd interview go? n/t

[tridim]

24. Totally informal.

We mostly talked about motorcycles and sports.

Tie, completely unnecessary.

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. Yay!

This is excellent news. I hope to be right behind you.

[HillWilliam]

11. W00T!!

There are two of us. I start on the 19th after a year of unemployment.

[nanabugg]

12. Happy for you but my widowed daughter with two young girls just lost her good job.

Much success now they you are "back."

[Swede Atlanta]

13. Congratulations to you and I think a hopeful sign for the future....

It appears the economy is slowly adding jobs. I haven't looked into the nature of those jobs, i.e. are they minimum-wage service jobs or beginning to be "real" jobs. Whichever I am delighted for you and hope this continues not just because I think it improves the President's chances of re-election but as a relief to the millions of my fellow Americans that have suffered untold pain due to the excesses of the 1%.

[lukkadairish]

14. Welcome news

Kudos for the fortitude and encouraging words

[rufus dog]

15. Congrats

Noticing the same thing. Still getting some emails with low rates for contract work but they used to be all at ridiculously low rates, now there are decent ones mixed in.

[malaise]

16. Congrats

Happy for you!

[livetohike]

17. Congratulations tridim!

Hope this becomes your best job ever!

[KT2000]

18. Good for you!!

That is really great!!

[one_voice]

20. Congrats!!

[MineralMan]

21. Excellent! Hiring is moving forward, little by little.

I'm very glad for you!

[lunatica]

22. That is wonderful!

It must feel like a gigantic weight has been lifted off your shoulders!

I wish you the best of luck!

[The Wielding Truth]

23. So happy for you! YAY!

[ProSense]

25. Congratulations! n/t

[yellerpup]

26. Excellent!

Good news for you and hopes for everyone else still seeking.

[abelenkpe]

27. Congratulations! nt

[bluestate10]

28. Give what you can to deserving charities and save the rest like there is no tomorrow. nt

[handmade34]

29. Awesome!

good job!!

[joeybee12]

30. woo-hoo!

[sdfernando]

31. Congrats! I'm so happy for you!

[Old and In the Way]

32. Good news!

If HR departments start thinking we're in a hiring market, I think we'll see even more hiring as companies don't want to be scrambling to fill staff openings as the economy heats up. Better to be ahead of that curve in terms of both available talent and salary cost to get them.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

33. Congrat-u-fucking-lations!!!

I was out of work 3 1/2 years. Haven't been around much since I started working in June (in a completely different field).

My friend, who works in IT, had been unemployed for 1 1/2 years. She started a new IT job last month.

[SidDithers]

34. Congratulations!!...

Third interviews are usually a good thing

Sid

[noiretextatique]

35. congratulations!!!

my unemployment just ran out, so hopefully i will get something soon.

[Blue Owl]

36. Good way to start the weekend

:cheers:

[SATIRical]

37. Congrats! nt

[LoisB]

38. Congratulations, tridim.

Good for you!

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Good for you.

Congrats.

[Iggo]

40. Oh thank goodness!

That's the exact opposite of what I feared I wa sgoing to read when I clicked on this thread.

Congratulations! Some jams for you:

[JBoy]

41. Sweet news! Congratulations!

[BumRushDaShow]

42. Congrats!!! K&R

[Lifelong Protester]

43. A GOOD statistic!

Hooray! I love good news, and this is great. Congratulations!!

[Irishonly]

44. Congratulations

I am thrilled for you.

[PassingFair]

45. Woot! Congrats!!! What state do you live in?

Things are still pretty dodgy here in Michigan....

[tridim]

55. Kansas City area

[cate94]

46. Awesome news!!

Congratulations and good luck!!

[JI7]

47. Good for you

[DiverDave]

48. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Thats great!
Man, I know that feeling of relief, the load off your mind...

Rip it up, tiger...

[nolabear]

49. Congratulations, Baby. Now get out there and pay some taxes!

Happy days!

[renate]

50. congratulations!

I'm so happy for you--and am sending good thoughts and good wishes to those on this thread who are hoping for your kind of luck. Things are turning around--what a thrill it is to feel optimistic again.

Congratulations!

[flamingdem]

51. congrats tridim!

weeeee

[Chellee]

52. Congratulations!

[slackmaster]

53. Me too - IT for a start-up medical technology company with benefits and options

[tridim]

54. Yea! Go us!

[tridim]

56. Thanks for the kind words everyone.

I'm even having fun looking for apartments.

[dixiegrrrrl]

57. Hot damn!!!!!! for you.

Hell of a feeling, isn't it?

[JoePhilly]

58. Great to hear!!

[DesertRat]

59. Congratulations!

[lob1]

60. That's really great,tridim.

Let's hope a few million more get a job soon.

[mmonk]

61. Great stat.

[Neoma]

62. My husband is being offered his old job back!

Except before, he quit for a reason. So our heads are spinning. Unsure to accept them.

Congratulations on the job!

[flvegan]

63. Congrats!

That's great to hear.

[roguevalley]

64. YAY! BRAVO!

[Kennah]

65. Good on ya! I have been a statistic for just over 4 months.

2 more statistics happened at work on the 1st, and another 1 on the 16th.

All IT.

[BootinUp]

66. way to go man

i know its been rough for you.

[backwoodsbob]

67. grats

[sellitman]

68. I'm so happy for you!

I've been in your shoes and know how tuff it is.

Hugs!

[secondwind]

69. Congratulations, very very happy for you! :-D

[Wait Wut]

70. WOOT!!

I wanna rec twice!!!

Gratz, Tridim!

[lonestarnot]

71. Woohoo!

[hootinholler]

72. I hope so!

Congrats on your position!

I keep sending out the resume.

[tridim]

73. Send short custom cover letters (emails) too..

And follow-up/thank you letters for every step in the process.

I found that helped a lot.

[Liberal_in_LA]

85. have someone read over that resume and cover letter. make sure it is perfect

[treestar]

74. Congratulations!

[Auntie Bush]

75. That's mighty fine news! Now let's hope and pray thousands of others get the same news.

[ProgressiveATL]

76. WOOT!

Awesome news.

[rustydog]

77. Too Cool, congrats!

[TheManInTheMac]

78. Naw, you're just data.

Kidding! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[Rex]

79. Yep...IT is picking back up.

CONGRATS!!!

[slackmaster]

81. IT was never down as much as the job market in general - A manager at Robert Half told me...

While the overall unemployment rate is about 8.5%, in IT it's more like 3.1%.

[Rex]

83. RHI at one time was knocking on my door

daily with new jobs, not so much after the Clinton years. Forgot all about Robert Half.

[tridim]

87. I'm getting daily calls from recruiting firms. That's new.

Some days I'll get two or three, and an interview offer from a principle.

Maybe it's just a stroke of luck, but it seems like something more.

[Rex]

88. That is awesome news!!

No I agree that is new, I might start looking around my area I have a great IT job but could use a few contracts.

[tridim]

90. And update your resume on CareerBuilder

It seems like that is the only site that recruiters pay attention to.

I found this job on Craigslist BTW, so I have to give that site a good word too.

[Rex]

91. Ha! I will have to dust that one off!

Been about 3 years since I've used careerbuilder, I think the last site I found a job on was monster.

[cascadiance]

80. I also got a new job at the end of January after being unemployed for a year.

Things are picking up.

Though the three jobs I was being interviewed for where I got this job were all contract jobs. So I'm hoping that over time that more of the jobs being offered soon also are the quality jobs and full time jobs, etc. with better pay too. It would be more of a sign then that this ramp up is permanent than a temporary surge.

In any case, more people getting good jobs, whatever they are, is a damn good thing.

2012 is quite different. I even got a call for a job on the Monday New Year's day holiday when things suddenly changed then after a previous year of a lot of inactivity.

Congrats to us both. I think especially in high tech things are looking up now.

[tridim]

89. I took a bit of a pay cut, but nothing drastic.

And certainly not close to what I was making in 1999. The dot-com era was a crazy time, I'm not sure it'll ever happen again. I did a preliminary budget and will actually have some money left over to save.

It was all the $10/hr contract jobs I've been seeing for the past two years that had me so bummed out about the industry.

[Honeycombe8]

82. Congratulations!!!! I'm SO happy for you! Belly up to the bar! Cheers!

[Liberal_in_LA]

84. darn you! I was afraid I was going to see bad news when I clicked on this link. lol

[TheKentuckian]

86. I'm glad you got out from up under.

[guitar man]

92. Congrats !!

Heres a song about being a statistic for you

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