Job search

It's now six months since graduation and still no closer to getting a
better job. Health insurance is over $300/mnth and students, which
payments start in May, are almost $200. Every month we barely make it
from month to month so either I need a another deferment or someone
needs to offer me a job. My wife stays sick with worry all the time,
she's under the belief that we'll end up dropping the health insurance.
At first I was sure I would have found a better job before 2007, now I'm
not sure if anything will come our way. If anyone has a lead for either
a programmer (.NET or Java ), web developer or something similar in the
Lexington, KY or eastern KY area, leave me comment.

:-\

Prospective employers please read this!

This is my cover letter/intro in a more informal setting. I am currently
working as a level 2 support tech supporting both Windows and Unix
servers. I have been working on remote systems using Remote Desktop and
command line/shell commands. I have written a couple of scripts to save
time and allow me to watch other monitors. I have written a program to
consolidate notes for various accounts. This program also stores the
many passwords we have to have for the accounts we monitor. It also
makes automatic backups of notes and passwords with a time/date stamp.
There is an option to paste either as plain text or formatted. Using the
scripts/programs I wrote I have cut down the time to do repetitive task
by over half. This is the sort of employee you need, looking for ways to
save time and money.

I have proven leadership skills. Eight years in the U.S. Army, the last
four years in a leadership position. I graduated in the top 20% of a
class of over 500 students in the Primary Leadership Development Course.
I was chosen above my pears for a position designated for a higher rank
than what I held as Training NCO. The position covered training
schedules, files, records, making phone calls/appointments for the Unit
Command and First Sergeant, physical security and Information/Automated
System security, ensuring all clerks were properly trained. While
deployed to Kuwait in 2002 I was chosen to lead a team at the Forward
Deployed Headquarters. We were in charge of monitoring several long
range RADAR and satellite images and reporting anything to the Forward
Commander.

Before being in the Army I was a shift manager for a family restaurant.
I worked there for ten years, working my up from busboy to shift
manager. I was in charge of thirty employees, scheduling, food costs,
ordering and inventory and of course customer service.

I am ready for any challenges.

First post

So here I am, starting my first blog. I needed a release for the frustrations that have been plaguing me lately. For starters there is the fact that I am still working the same blue-collar IT job for the last three years even though I have ten years as a shift manager in a family restaurant, over eight years in the Army ( the last three as a non-commissioned officer ), a degree in IT and three years doing level 2 support for a global tech company ( I won't mention their name but they are beating the crap out of SCO ). It's been six months and still nothing. What the hell is going on? Does anyone think I'm not qualified? Visit my online resume, and tell me what you think. I visit all of the job sites; Monster, Dice, America's Job Bank, Careerbuilder, and Craig's List. Is there something I'm missing? My student loans are coming up and guess what, I don't qualify for economic hardship. WTF!!! I'll have to drop our health insurance to make the payments. Where are all the jobs? I'll tell you, pick up the phone and call tech support and see who answers the phone. Outsourcing is killing the job market. I don't mind it if it's a global company and they use workers from that country; I'm all for that.