Hello all,
First post here. My wife recently lost her job. The job search is not going very well, so far. She is on Monster, Career Builder ect and she is just not getting anything.
I was wondering if anyone here could give me some advice or recent experiences on job hunting here in the Greenville area?
I suppose a bit of background would help here.
She is from the Cheorkee area of NC. She worked 18 years as a flight attendant for TWA and Atlantic Coast Airlines/Independence Air. 16 of that at the latter company. She does have a 4 year degree from UNCA.
When Indy Air went out of business in Jan '06 it took her about 3 1/2 months to find a job and that was as a bill collecter. Not her type of work. She is too nice for that.
She was later able to find a job as a front desk receptionist at a local company. They were very happy with here until last month when she developed a sever case of a bacterial pneumonia (we think) and missed a week and change of work. They let her go despite going into work a couple of those days sick trying to work. It was, as far as we can tell a one person decision (the owner) as her direct supervisor who had to let her go told her in so many words that it was BS. He is willing to write a letter of rec. for her.
So, anyway. Here is our problem. Neither of us are from here (Im from Colorado). I fly for a living. Our social network here is....well, zero. At her last job, she was kept very isolated from the rest of the business and as a result does not have very many, well, essential "business skills." Things like spreadsheet, quicken, excel ect. Seems that everyone wants those kind of skills.
My brother and father (dentist/orthodontist respectivly) think she would be fantastic in a front office position in a medical office. Now, they do keep all resumes brought into thier offices in a file but, they also use "headhunter" services to get candidates and tend to go with the headhunters when a position becomes available.
How do companies like BMW and Michelin get thier candidates for jobs? What about those two giant buildings that are opeining up just past the Whole Foods/Circuit City on Woodruff Road on that side road?
Yes. We are clueless.
Despite the overall negative reputation that Flight Attendants tend to have overall, she was very good. I say this not only as her husband but a person that worked with her and saw how she interacted with customers. She does have a great personality and very good personal skills. She was one FA who actually had passengers write in letters to the company about her great service/personality and attention to detail.
I suppose, to make a long story short. She is a good hire. Yes, i know. What husband would not say that about thier wife? Well, I know her work ethic and her organizational skills. Wife or not. She has a great work ethic but probably will require a bit of training for a strictly business envrionment other than just answering phones or serving drinks. Well, her jobs entailed much more that that but, we all know about perceptions.
So, im sure many of you or your spouses have been in similar situations. What did you folks do to find good work here in Greenville? Did you use a headhunter service? What advice could you give us? How were you able to gain a network to find jobs? Do you have anyother suggestions?
I guess, between the two of us, its just too many years in the airline industry and not enough in the real world. Believe me, the two are very different. Just kinda feel like our feet are spinning and we are hoping that we can find some solid ground somewhere to get a ball rolling for her new job.
Thanks for your thoughts. We moved here in Aug of 2002. I have loved it here. Next to Colorado, the best place in the states to live.
I am glad that i found this website. I actually got to read some threads about my hometown back in Colorado. That was kinda cool.
I hope I can be a positive contributer to the site in the future.
Again, thanks!
LGB
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