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uconnphil2016 said:
Hey all,

I’m currently employed, but am still looking around for other work prospects. I’ve got student loans to pay off and am trying to save up for when my fiancée begins medical residency next June. As such, we will most likely be moving away in one year, and this has prevented me from getting a full time, long term job in my field. I work in the Episcopal Church, but can’t take a full time job in the church when I may be leaving soon for a number of reasons.

As a result, I’m really looking for a full time job that will pay well. That’s really my highest priority at this point, and I think I can learn to do most things as long as I can get a foot in the door. I graduated from UConn in 2016 with a philosophy degree and in 2019 from Yale with my masters degree. I know there are a lot of older folks on here who may have some connections, so thought I’d at least give it a shot. As of now, I’ve got considerable loan payments and my current job is making it a bit challenging to make ends meet.
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What field and where. You didn't mention where that medical residency will be. Or are you looking for something now that allows you to stay with it when you move?

Edit: caught up a bit. Not sure how technical you are or how outgoing/personable etc. (seems like it) but technology sales is something that would fit near the NC Triangle, and transfer well just about anywhere. Commission based, and probably lots of travel. Pharma sales is another option.
 
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I think LinkedIn is a good place to start. At least from there you can filter by the area/field/level of experience and usually message someone directly as opposed to sending a resume into the abyss.
 
Perhaps you might want to consider a job that you can work remote - then the location issue is less of a factor. Whatever you decide the drag on getting a job, assuming you are transparent, is the reluctance to invest in training someone destine to leave soon and create another turnover situation.
 
Are you planning on staying in the church related field?
If not, that area is flush with financial institutions and the B2B marketing between them and the small/medium sized business is starting to take off.
As it has been said - staying one place for one year and making a boatload of cash is hard unless it is sales and commission only.
Are you good at meeting new people and gaining trust? Maybe try being a business development officer at a bank that has their main presence in that area but also branch penetration here in CT/NE. BoA, Wells Fargo (formerly Wachovia) East are two that immediately come to mind. Learn the business banking shtick and try to get into marketing/outreach down there. I promise there will be huge development and potential in this niche that most banks simply don't touch right now.
BEST OF LUCK
 
uconnphil2016 said:
As a result, I’m really looking for a full time job that will pay well. That’s really my highest priority at this point, and I think I can learn to do most things as long as I can get a foot in the door
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@uconnphil2016
* Short-term revenue enhancement opportunity which you’ll likely punt in several months after relocating?
* Or, more likely to continue longer term with potentially newly developed skills?

* Technology: What can you currently do well &/or learn?

* Transferable skills: Listener? Thinker (dubious)? Good communicator/ lucid speaker? > sales, client service. Other?

* Part-time evening/weekend work: easy to find now if supplementary income is an immediate need, e.g, bartender philosopher/listener, waiter, delivery, etc.

Good luck

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You may be a stand up guy, but never consider knocking on doors at 8:39 pm like the fast-talking mumbler who purportedly was not trying to sell something last night. Nope, he just knocked, not rang our visible door bell gizmo with camera, just to say hello. No income potential for that Spartacus joker!
 
I would go triangle. I lived in Apex for a few years after graduating. I worked in Bio-tech/Healthcare at an insurance brokerage. Lots of cutting edge hospital systems in the Tri. Lots of people get really sick of Asheville and move away. I used to vacation in a cabin in bat cave.
 
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uconnphil2016 said:
Hey all,

I’m currently employed, but am still looking around for other work prospects. I’ve got student loans to pay off and am trying to save up for when my fiancée begins medical residency next June. As such, we will most likely be moving away in one year, and this has prevented me from getting a full time, long term job in my field. I work in the Episcopal Church, but can’t take a full time job in the church when I may be leaving soon for a number of reasons.

As a result, I’m really looking for a full time job that will pay well. That’s really my highest priority at this point, and I think I can learn to do most things as long as I can get a foot in the door. I graduated from UConn in 2016 with a philosophy degree and in 2019 from Yale with my masters degree. I know there are a lot of older folks on here who may have some connections, so thought I’d at least give it a shot. As of now, I’ve got considerable loan payments and my current job is making it a bit challenging to make ends meet.
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Looking for Class A truck drivers in central Vermont.
 
ucp990411 said:
Looking for Class A truck drivers in central Vermont.
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To go with that, good money, excellent benefits, hard work and you get to work for me! Most importantly, keep the Faith.
 
ucp990411 said:
Looking for Class A truck drivers in central Vermont.
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What would you call "central"? Rutland? Didn't know we had any Vermonters here.
 
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Deepster said:
A Masters from Yale and you're asking the Boneyard for help with a job. That's awesome.

If you want a job that pays well, get into something commission-based like pharmaceutical sales and bust your hump for the next 5 years.
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I was going to say sales.
 
ucp990411 said:
Looking for Class A truck drivers in central Vermont.
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Same same nationally; news reports suggest much of the trucker populace is old to going full-on ancient and/or not so keen on increased industry-monitoring
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Same same nationally; news reports suggest much of the trucker populace is old to going full-on ancient and/or not so keen on increased industry-monitoring
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Can’t wait for driverless trucks doing the speed limit.
 
As such, we will most likely be moving away in one year, and this has prevented me from getting a full time, long term job in my field. I work in the Episcopal Church, but can’t take a full time job in the church when I may be leaving soon for a number of reasons.
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Why not? Any at will employer really has no business asking about your plans. Unless you are signing a long-term contract, you are free to take the job without reservation. The only caveat I would offer is that if you know your are going to be part of a long-term effort that would be difficult for your employer to replace you without causing a major disruption, that ethically you wouldn't be acting in good faith taking on the assignment. I would note that this is a very high bar, that most examples you might give wouldn't meet it.

Your #1 responsibility is you and I say that as an employer. I have a promising young employee leaving for geographic reasons. At first, I wanted to make sure he understood the cost/benefits of his decision careerwise. Once I knew he did, I was fine with him leaving. He, like most, is replaceable. If he doesn't leave poorly, there are no hard feelings.
 
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i just left my job at Thimble Island so they have an opening, but they're a trash company.
 
SubbaBub said:
Why not? Any at will employer really has no business asking about your plans. Unless you are signing a long-term contract, you are free to take the job without reservation. The only caveat I would offer is that if you know your are going to be part of a long-term effort that would be difficult for your employer to replace you without causing a major disruption, that ethically you wouldn't be acting in good faith taking on the assignment. I would note that this is a very high bar, that most examples you might give wouldn't meet it.

Your #1 responsibility is you and I say that as an employer. I have a promising young employee leaving for geographic reasons. At first, I wanted to make sure he understood the cost/benefits of his decision careerwise. Once I knew he did, I was fine with him leaving. He, like most, is replaceable. If he doesn't leave poorly, there are no hard feelings.
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Churches work differently. I’d sign a three year or four year contract, and if I left before that was up to go to another state, I’d have to rely on my bishop to grant me a release to be transferred to another diocese. If I accepted a gig while I knew I was leaving soon and then left a parish scrambling, he could give me a hard time with a release. On top of it, I wouldn’t have a recommendation to lean on for my next search. Not being able to list my last job as a reference would not be a great look. The church world definitely operates differently than corporate. Generally that’s a good thing, but in this case isn’t ideal
 
krinklecut said:
i just left my job at Thimble Island so they have an opening, but they're a trash company.
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Brewing? Too far from my place anyhow, and since they aren’t krinklecut approved I wouldn’t apply anyway!
 
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but having a philosophy degree puts you at a disadvantage against people with “lesser” degrees on the open market because of over saturation. If you’re willing to move south or west opportunities are endless. I work for a Fortune 500 company in a position where I don’t hire but have a lot of influence over who gets hired. DM me if you’re open to move to North Carolina, Texas or Arizona.
 
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JMick said:
Meh my friend got a dual English/philosophy degree and he makes bank writing proposals in healthcare admin
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My high school friend was a philosophy / religion double major in the honors program at UConn (between years at Vanderbilt and Columbia) - he started as a script reader in Hollywood and moved up to co-president of Lion's Gate.

We rarely speak these days - so don't ask.
 
uconnphil2016 said:
Churches work differently. I’d sign a three year or four year contract, and if I left before that was up to go to another state, I’d have to rely on my bishop to grant me a release to be transferred to another diocese. If I accepted a gig while I knew I was leaving soon and then left a parish scrambling, he could give me a hard time with a release. On top of it, I wouldn’t have a recommendation to lean on for my next search. Not being able to list my last job as a reference would not be a great look. The church world definitely operates differently than corporate. Generally that’s a good thing, but in this case isn’t ideal
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It seems to be a much smoother process when they switch a priest to another diocese for fondling a kid.
 
uconnphil2016 said:
I have! I really enjoy it there, and strangely it’s a good job market for me there. The largest episcopal retreat center in the US is just south of Asheville, and a large episcopal boarding school is in town. The triangle is obviously another good market with the universities. Where are you living?
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I currently live in Asheville. Read this thread yesterday and coincidentally ran into a fellow resident of our condo complex who recently retired from the Episcopal Church.

What residency in the Asheville area is your wife considering?
 
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