Trim half of your experience from your CV. No one wants to hire a know-it-all. If you don't have much experience, then go to several recruiters - they are all about finding bodies and they're not too fussy. If you're a chick, then change the name on your CV to one that can be interpreted as either male or female, eg. "Chris" or "Kim". If you have 2 months of savings then party like it's 1999 because it could be worse.
Ask HN: You lose your job, with 2 months of savings. What do you do?
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Re: Ask HN: You lose your job, with 2 months of savings. What do you do?
#121. Why wouldn't your "network" (or as I like to call them in the real world, "friends") help out? If you think no one in your "network" can help, you didn't think hard enough. 2. Don't send 10 resumes. Narrow it down better, concentrate, and work hard and fast to get some offers on the table. 3. Accept an offer, starting date +1 month, buy a ticket to Europe and load whatever is left on your visa. Perfect opportunity…
2. Don't send 10 resumes. Narrow it down better, concentrate, and work hard and fast to get some offers on the table. This doesn't seem like very good advice. After all, getting a job is all about the numbers--the more times you're "at bat", the more chances you have to hit the ball. And, while you may plan to "work hard and fast to get some offers on the table", those offers are completely in the hands of the hiring…
Well yeah that's probably the conventional advice. But it's not what I do.
Stop swinging the bat like an idiot, watch the ball and play the right stroke for the delivery.
Re: Ask HN: You lose your job, with 2 months of savings. What do you do?
#13Let's not assume that no one in your network can help you out. This is a worst case scenario that requires the help of those close to you - family, extended family and close friends if necessary. The approach you take is also going to be highly relative to your experience level. Obviously if you have a ton of experience and there is going to be a bidding war for your talent, then there's not much to worry about. Othe…
I'm explicitly asking how people would respond to a worst-case scenario.
This isn't something that has ever happened to me (although it theoretically could) and it's not my situation now. I'm just curious how people on here would handle it.
Re: Ask HN: You lose your job, with 2 months of savings. What do you do?
#141. Why wouldn't your "network" (or as I like to call them in the real world, "friends") help out? If you think no one in your "network" can help, you didn't think hard enough. 2. Don't send 10 resumes. Narrow it down better, concentrate, and work hard and fast to get some offers on the table. 3. Accept an offer, starting date +1 month, buy a ticket to Europe and load whatever is left on your visa. Perfect opportunity…
Networking is always hit-or-miss, and I'm asking about a worst-case, not average case, scenario.