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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 06:43 PM
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Career move
Hello! I'm thinking of moving to your fair state, probably the Phoenix area. Can anyone give me ideas of the best places to look for employment in the area? I'm a lawyer and would consider other career areas.
Thanks in advance for whatever info you can provide!
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 06:50 PM
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1. hi, hope you love smog and gridlock, it's like LA in PHX
if i had to do it over, i'd head to Tucson instead...
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 07:06 PM
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2. Tucson sounds good to me too
Edited on Wed Dec-28-05 07:06 PM by in search of sanity
I think of Tucson as being in the same metropolitan area. (Silly me!) Any ideas on how to do a job search in Tucson?
Thanks!
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 08:21 PM
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3. here
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 08:58 PM
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5. Thank you
I've bookmarked the page and will check it at least weekly.
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AZBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 07:07 PM
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14. That is the best one.
I'm currently job-hunting myself and I do look on hotjobs.com and monster.com but more jobs are listed on careerbuilder than the other two. You can set all of them up to do a search for you daily and e-mail you with the newest results. Nice timesaver!
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AZBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 07:19 PM
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16. Depends on what pace you're looking for in a new place.
Phoenix is much much bigger, more to do, faster pace. Not a "big city" socially or culturally (although it's getting better - I'm from the east coast, so moving here 15 years ago was a bit of a shock, but much has changed). However, physically it's very big and getting bigger daily! Tucson is smaller, a little more laid back, a little quieter, a little "artsy" (I mean that as a compliment). I would suggest coming out and visiting both - it's only a two hour drive max between the two.
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AZBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 07:09 PM
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15. Yes, Phoenix has become LA-lite.
Smog is so bad here the last couple of weeks, we've had advisories. I have bad allergies, so I've been really affected. But, my parents live in Tucson and when I mentioned it to them, they didn't know what the heck I was talking about!
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 08:25 PM
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4. If you lean to the left,
Tucson would be a better place to land.
:welcome:

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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 09:00 PM
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6. Great!
How is the job market and economy in your neck of the woods? Up here, I don't think things fully recovered from the dot.com bust.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 09:20 PM
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7. Depends on what your skills are
I'm connected to the manufacturing sector.

Can I help?
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 09:31 PM
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8. Let's see!
Edited on Wed Dec-28-05 09:32 PM by in search of sanity
I'm an attorney who has focused on employment law since 1990. I would like a less contentious work atmosphere.
I think I have excellent analytical and writing skills but don't think those are the kind of skills needed in the manufacturing area. Any ideas?
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 09:36 PM
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9. I'm confused. An attorney that wants less contectiousness.
Edited on Wed Dec-28-05 09:39 PM by Ptah
I thought that was what attorneys did. Contend.

I'm just a shop rat that knows what happens, where, here in
the desert.

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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 09:42 PM
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10. Exactly
I'm tired of being emotionally drained by other people's unreasonable demands and dramas. It is contentious and often high stakes. I want a more pleasant approach to life.
What do you mean you're a shop rat in the desert? (I've dealt with people in all kinds of occupations)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 09:51 PM
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11. I make parts for Kitt Peak.
My happiness is derived from the hours I spend
fabricating components for large scientific Instruments.



Lawyering would wear me out.

Az boy's State, 1968
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 11:00 PM
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12. my hubby is an amateur astronomer, he'd love to live down there and
meet a glass grinder lol
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-28-05 11:39 PM
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13. I'm more of a metal mangler.
But I do know a couple of optics guys.
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 07:31 PM
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17. Hey! We need more lefties in Maricopa Co.
Don't try to steal them from us, Tucson! ;)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 09:04 PM
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18. Soon the common sense of Baja AZ will overwhelm
Edited on Fri Jan-06-06 09:05 PM by Ptah
all that.

If you are in Maricopa County, leave now.
There is no future there.

Come south.

After thinking about that, please don't come here.
It's too crowded.
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