Maybe ask a company if you can hang around in your free time and learn/ help out for free. They get free labor and you get to learn....I just realized I'm describing an internship...go intern.
When I started contracting through my own company I was lucky that my first contract was at a large O&G. And I've been able to stay with energy companies for the 7 years since. Work is absolutely no different than anywhere else. Big company politics. Understanding of the different sub-groups does come into play a bit (upstream, downstream, subsea, surface, fluids, etc) but really not that much. But unfortunately hiring managers do look for previous O&G xp.
I'm in Austin and currently employed. Not much in the way of O&G here. If I could afford no paycheck, I'd do something like that...but I can't.
I got an offer today! And I accepted it of course. Now I just need to resign my current position... yikes.
I have had numerous interviews in which I get to the final round but they end up going with the person with more experience. It really has become very disheartening. I am over a year removed from college and still can't seem to secure a full-time job in the marketing field. I have an interview with Nielsen on Monday so hopefully my luck will change. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Question: The HR person of a company I had a second interview with called me this morning and asked what my salary expectations are. What should I really say without scaring her off? Is it okay to say I am open/flexible?
How do you feel about the interview? If you really think you will get hired then put out a number on your high end so you can pull up the negotiations. If it's still too soon to tell then you say something non-committal like you're looking for something that is market value for your skill set.
just tell her whatever the salary range this position you're applying for is in.... or you can just add 10 to 20% of what you're making now and give her that figure, but in a ballpark so she can work around.
What he's making now could have little consideration over what he's looking for. If you're trying to jump from IT Help Desk to IT Server Administration you're not going to care that you got paid $15/hr before and $18/hr is a 20% bump if that's not the market rate for a server guy.
If it is a position you do not currently have, say something like 'It is my understanding that the compensation for this position is between_____ and _____ ' I expect my salary to be within that range.
