Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Saturday, November 18, 2023
What are the benefits you get when working abroad?
I see a couple of positions specifically with ManTech for roles in Germany. What are the perks? Are there housing stipends and other benefits and what is the pay like for corporate roles?
I have a background in consulting, so when we apply to positions abroad, usually there is a housing stipend plus a competitive US salary in addition to paid flights back to the US every so often.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Shopbot vs Spartan
Hi community,
Newbie here looking for some recommendations or pointers. My university(UK) just approved the purchase of a CNC machine for our Musical Instrument Design courses. A friend had recommended the Shopbot PRSalpha (https://www.shopbottools.com/products/alpha) as a solid option. I have heard good things about shopbot from my searches but one of its main selling points (designed, built, and supported in the USA) concerns me a bit. Not sure if
I recently came across The Spartan available from Mantech Machinery (https://mantechmachinery.co.uk/cnc-routers-entry-level). The specs on the machine look great but I had never heard from the brand and am still waiting for a quote (might cost far more than the shopbot). I guess the main attraction of this machine is the UK based distribution and service.
So this is indedd one of those 'What machine should I buy?' posts. Or any other machine that might be a better option?
The specifics being:
- 1300 x 1300 mm bed size (4' x 4' absolute minimum) slightly bigger is possible
- Main use to make music instruments (mostly wood).
- Option to cut aluminium or other soft metals would be welcome but not essential.
- Robust enough (no home made kit) but it wouldn't run constantly as it would in a commercial setting.
- Good UK support (specifically Northern Ireland).
- Budget around £30K, option to increase for full installation, starter set of accessories, dust extraction.
Is there anything important I might be missing?
As mentioned above, this would be for a maker space that my department is building and not for commercial production but ideally would be something solid that doesn't require constant tinkering.
Any advise is really appreciated.
Cheers!
Monday, October 23, 2023
Companies Hiring Recent Graduates?
Hello,
I graduated in May 2023 with a B.S. in Statistics with minor in bioengineering. 3.55 GPA. Still not one interview or job.
I have no clearance, no degree job experience, 3 years of manager experience in retail if that means anything.
I also have experience with using Python, SAS, R, SQL, JMP, and MATLAB with courses in my degree only.
I would love any full time job, any income, live in Falls Church and more than happy to relocate if needed.
Since May 18, I made it a jokb to apply to at least 30 jobs a day, 50 usually is what I reach with more on weekends, and I have over a counted of 9000 applications counting on indeed, glassdoor, monster, snagajob, linkedin, and around a few hundred (im guessing with this one) individual ones through website.
Not one interview. All ghosted / rejections. I apply to every administration assistant / analyst / data scientist / office assistant job I have seen. This includes OBX, General Dynamics, Mantech, Mitre, booz Allen, freddy mac, cgi, peraton, fairfax county, pwcs county, dod, don, fda, etc and more across all of VA.
Does anyone know any smaller companies that I’d have a great chance at that wont pop up on these sites? Or just ones that hire recent grads more often than not??
I have family / family friends that work at those companies above and even with those, no interview.
I just want to work and have no salary requirement and am curious if there is anything more I can do.
Friday, October 20, 2023
Would this be a good Resume to search for a job in Berlin/Germany?
It's been a few weeks since I've been applying to German Companies, of course for an English job role. However, I've not received a positive response.
I have good technical experience and extremely good communication skills. Can anyone advice if this would be considered a good resume for the German Job Market? If not, what am I doing wrong that it's not working out?
Would this be a good Resume to search for a job in Berlin/Germany?
It's been a few weeks since I've been applying to German Companies, of course for an English job role. However, I've not received a positive response.
I have good technical experience and extremely good communication skills. Can anyone tell me if this would be considered a good resume? If not, what am I doing wrong that it's not working out?
