Other things like

Post #33,443 by lincoln 3/25/02 11:14:05 PM Reply	Other things like tracking the mileage to and from local interviews, or to and from a trip to the airport for an out-of-town interview, along with the cost of airport parking. Buy a calling card to make phone calls to recruiters and prospective employers, then save the receipt. Out-of-town meals, gas for a rental car, the rental car itself (if the prospective employer doesn't pick up the tab initially or reimburse you later). BUT... You can only deduct what's higher than 2% of your adjusted gross income. Every little bit helps tho. How's the job search going, Orion? lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig"
Post #33,476 by orion 3/26/02 12:01:03 PM Reply	Not too good it seems impossible to get the companies I've contacted to call me back or email me back. It is like they get my resume, they call my references, and then they say they are going to contact my former employers and then nothing happens. It is like they won't return phone calls or email. Is this normal? *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #33,499 by lincoln 3/26/02 2:19:15 PM Reply	No, it's not Have you verified what you're references SHOULD be saying about you? Did you prep them to handle the types of trick questions some hiring managers throw out? Double check with these people to be sure whatever they say can only be complimentary about you and your work ethic. After all that, then someone at your ex-employer MAY be saying things that you hope they wouldn't. Best way to find out is to hire a reference checking service, have them contact your ex-employer, saying that they're looking at you as a potential employee and want to verify background, etc. Let them try to pull answers to questions that your former employer should be smart enough to avoid. Make sure they get a transcript or a recording of the call for confirmation, and then contact the legal profession to get someone on your side. There's gotta be someone hungry enough in town to go to bat for you. lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig"
Post #33,558 by orion 3/26/02 11:39:58 PM Reply	How do I find these places? I want someone to do a background check with my sources to see what they are saying, but I have been looking and haven't found any. Do I contact the ACLU or some other group and have them do it for me? I usually pass the reference check, but as soon as they get to checking with employers, I never hear back from them. Or sometimes I get a shtty answer that "While your experience and background looks impressive, we have found people more experienced and qualified than you." type of answer. What does it mean? Does it mean they don't think I am as experienced as the others based on my resume? Are they getting those VB developers with 20 years experience in VB that are lying about it? I have maybe 10 years, when it came out for MS-DOS before the Windows version got big. Not that years account for anything unless you use certain features of it everyday and get around all the bugs and gotchas. I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*

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