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I'm on the job hunt.  I need a change because this job isn't going anywhere.  I've been using autocad for about 6-7 years now and I'm looking for any drafting jobs at any company in the area, pay doesn't really matter much at this point.

 

Anyone know of good places to start looking?  I've been searching on a few job sites like monster.com and wijobs.com w/ very few results for drafting jobs.

 

Any help would be appreciated :D

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Tried that link last friday and came up w/ only two results that are close to what I'm looking for.  One was on the wrong side of the state and the other (http://hotjobs.com/cgi-bin/job-show?TEMPLATE=/htdocs/job-show.html&JSOURCE=HJC&P__SOURCE_SPECIFIC=HJC&BOLD_KEYWORDS=drafter&BOLD_OPENTAG=%3Cspan+class%3D%22bold-opentag%22%3E&BOLD_CLOSETAG=%3C%2Fspan%3E) is perfect and I more exceed the qualifications.  I sent them my resume last friday and they said I wasn't qualified enough.  I don't know what's up with that, but you'd think w/ 7 years drafting experience and just shy of 4 years in the constuction field I'd be perfect for it.

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Monster.com was a great exposure for my Resume back last year about this time when I was being let go, but the problem was that all the exposure was from head hunters looking to recruit me.  Very few actual employers actually look at it.

 

So I ended up with like 50 head hunters calling telling me about "the GREAT opportunities" they had available for me.    :sarcasm:

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I keep finding the exact same 4 on every job search engine.  I applied to all of them, but there seems to be hardly any jobs out there.  Hopefully when I get home I can see some promising emails from these places :D

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Tried that link last friday and came up w/ only two results that are close to what I'm looking for.  One was on the wrong side of the state and the other (http://hotjobs.com/cgi-bin/job-show?TEMPLATE=/htdocs/job-show.html&JSOURCE=HJC&P__SOURCE_SPECIFIC=HJC&BOLD_KEYWORDS=drafter&BOLD_OPENTAG=%3Cspan+class%3D%22bold-opentag%22%3E&BOLD_CLOSETAG=%3C%2Fspan%3E) is perfect and I more exceed the qualifications.  I sent them my resume last friday and they said I wasn't qualified enough.  I don't know what's up with that, but you'd think w/ 7 years drafting experience and just shy of 4 years in the constuction field I'd be perfect for it.

Might have to do with your age, your 19 aren't you?  I don't know about them taking serious any qualifications from when your were 12-13 years old.  Have you gotten any college done yet?

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Two years of college in thus far.  Back in HS I was taking all college courses as well.  I don't think it would have anything to do w/ my age since it is against the law for an employer to ask for you DOB.  The only thing they can ask is that your are eligible to work in the US and at age 18 you are fully eligible.  I took drafting courses at the start of my freshman year and quickly jumped to the head of the class.  I started working at a drafting company back when I was still a sophmore in high school so I left high school w/ a lot more work experience than the average person who was working at McDonalds.  I also left high school w/ a better understanding of AutoCAD than the rest of my coworkers who graduated from college to do this type of work.  But, I owe all that to my teacher in HS who taught the classes at a college level and the courses were given college credit at the local colleges.  I'm almost done w/ my associates degree, just need to set up an appt. to take some tests and test out of all the drafting courses required for the degree.  But, you half to pay half the tuition for all the classes, so it's taking me some time to raise the funds, especially w/ my truck just sitting there wanting to be modded.

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I don't think it would have anything to do w/ my age since it is against the law for an employer to ask for you DOB.  The only thing they can ask is that your are eligible to work in the US and at age 18 you are fully eligible.  

Sounds like you have a good basis, not sure why they are looking you over.  Where did you hear it was illegal to ask the DOB on applications?  Is that a state thing or a federal law?

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Shhh, Jeremy, they don't know about that yet.

 

I don't know if that's a state or federal thing, but I'm pretty sure they can not ask your age or discriminate a person because of that.  They can get hit w/ a hefty law suit for those types of things.

 

I have gotten a couple of calls over the past few months w/ some job offers, but they were all quite a ways away.  I mean, driving 45-60 mins each way to work seems like a bit of a haul, but then again, right now I'm spoiled by working only 2 miles from home.

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Shhh, Jeremy, they don't know about that yet.

 

I don't know if that's a state or federal thing, but I'm pretty sure they can not ask your age or discriminate a person because of that.  They can get hit w/ a hefty law suit for those types of things.

 

I have gotten a couple of calls over the past few months w/ some job offers, but they were all quite a ways away.  I mean, driving 45-60 mins each way to work seems like a bit of a haul, but then again, right now I'm spoiled by working only 2 miles from home.

They can't discriminate because of your age, but I think they have a right to at least ask it :D

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I'm pretty sure you legally can't ask, but it doesn't take a genius to figure it out either.  I mean, just look at the graduation dates for high school, college, etc... and you can pretty much get the age within a year or two.

 

not sure why they are looking you over

Must be ford owners :D

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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all the applications i have filled out in indiana only ask your DOB if you are under 17

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make sure you check any private engineering consulting firms or architects offices. I looked for many months at the "larger" companies in my area and found out that the small offices were hurting for some help.

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