OT: Finding jobs in San Diego UPDATE

[Former SD resident]

Thanks Flu. He is not looking at recruiters I am asking about them because I was curious what everyone’s opinion was on them, if they were helpful. I was trying to look for a persuasive argument if you all thought they might be helpful. He does have some contacts still in SD at smaller data type companies that he has been in contact with. It’s just a matter of finding the right job and of course the right pay.

As for his reputation, I would say it’s pretty good. He wasn’t really looking for a job when his current employer contacted him. We had been considering leaving SD at the time to start a family and buy a house (we wouldn’t buy at 05-06 prices) and the company offered him a deal we couldn’t pass up. He just put his resume out on Tuesday and has already had a few banks contact him, but there in the mid-west.

I’m the one that really what’s to move back to SD, but am open to San Fran too, I love the city but again we’d be moving somewhere where we won’t know anyone again, but at least it a short flight down instead of cross country.

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As most of us know, it’s easy to easier to leave San Diego than it is to return (at least with a job).

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As most of us know, it’s easy to easier to leave San Diego than it is to return (at least with a job).

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As most of us know, it’s easy to easier to leave San Diego than it is to return (at least with a job).

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As most of us know, it’s easy to easier to leave San Diego than it is to return (at least with a job).

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As most of us know, it’s easy to easier to leave San Diego than it is to return (at least with a job).

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Silicon Valley
Record bankruptcies

In California, the San Jose Mercury News reported Friday (Jan 14), that bankruptcies in San Jose hit an all-time high last year, as 13,366 people and businesses were “overwhelmed by debts for the third year of the Great Recession.”

Said the Mercury in Debt Filings at Record Level, the flood of filing is a 16 percent jump over 2009.
California bankruptcies were up 25 percent from a year earlier, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Nationally, the number of bankruptcies was up 9 percent over 2009, with 1,530,078 in 2010 compared with 1,407,788 the year before.
Wayne Silver, whose practice is mainly referrals of complex bankruptcy cases and fraud, told the Mercury: “I have never been as busy in my life, including the 1980s savings and loan scandal and the dot-com years.”

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Silicon Valley
Record bankruptcies

In California, the San Jose Mercury News reported Friday (Jan 14), that bankruptcies in San Jose hit an all-time high last year, as 13,366 people and businesses were “overwhelmed by debts for the third year of the Great Recession.”

Said the Mercury in Debt Filings at Record Level, the flood of filing is a 16 percent jump over 2009.
California bankruptcies were up 25 percent from a year earlier, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Nationally, the number of bankruptcies was up 9 percent over 2009, with 1,530,078 in 2010 compared with 1,407,788 the year before.
Wayne Silver, whose practice is mainly referrals of complex bankruptcy cases and fraud, told the Mercury: “I have never been as busy in my life, including the 1980s savings and loan scandal and the dot-com years.”

[paramount]

Silicon Valley
Record bankruptcies

In California, the San Jose Mercury News reported Friday (Jan 14), that bankruptcies in San Jose hit an all-time high last year, as 13,366 people and businesses were “overwhelmed by debts for the third year of the Great Recession.”

Said the Mercury in Debt Filings at Record Level, the flood of filing is a 16 percent jump over 2009.
California bankruptcies were up 25 percent from a year earlier, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Nationally, the number of bankruptcies was up 9 percent over 2009, with 1,530,078 in 2010 compared with 1,407,788 the year before.
Wayne Silver, whose practice is mainly referrals of complex bankruptcy cases and fraud, told the Mercury: “I have never been as busy in my life, including the 1980s savings and loan scandal and the dot-com years.”

[paramount]

Silicon Valley
Record bankruptcies

In California, the San Jose Mercury News reported Friday (Jan 14), that bankruptcies in San Jose hit an all-time high last year, as 13,366 people and businesses were “overwhelmed by debts for the third year of the Great Recession.”

Said the Mercury in Debt Filings at Record Level, the flood of filing is a 16 percent jump over 2009.
California bankruptcies were up 25 percent from a year earlier, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Nationally, the number of bankruptcies was up 9 percent over 2009, with 1,530,078 in 2010 compared with 1,407,788 the year before.
Wayne Silver, whose practice is mainly referrals of complex bankruptcy cases and fraud, told the Mercury: “I have never been as busy in my life, including the 1980s savings and loan scandal and the dot-com years.”

[paramount]

Silicon Valley
Record bankruptcies

In California, the San Jose Mercury News reported Friday (Jan 14), that bankruptcies in San Jose hit an all-time high last year, as 13,366 people and businesses were “overwhelmed by debts for the third year of the Great Recession.”

Said the Mercury in Debt Filings at Record Level, the flood of filing is a 16 percent jump over 2009.
California bankruptcies were up 25 percent from a year earlier, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Nationally, the number of bankruptcies was up 9 percent over 2009, with 1,530,078 in 2010 compared with 1,407,788 the year before.
Wayne Silver, whose practice is mainly referrals of complex bankruptcy cases and fraud, told the Mercury: “I have never been as busy in my life, including the 1980s savings and loan scandal and the dot-com years.”

[Former SD resident]

Almost 2 years later my husband has found a great job in LA. We put our house on the market and within 2 days had a bidding war and a contract over ask! Couldn’t have dreamed of a better response to our home especially here in North Carolina where the market is still soft. So now we are on our way to LA county. Does anyone know of a good Piggington type site where I can get info on the LA/North OC housing market? and yes we plan to rent while we decide where we want to ultimately land. Also, heard there are a lot of scams on craigslist for rentals, does anyone know a good site to look for home rentals? Thanks

[Diego Mamani]

Congratulations!
I don’t know about a Pig-type website for El Lay, but this site has great advice on schools, neighborhoods, etc.:
http://www.city-data.com/

As for finding a rental, if you want a SFH, I suggest you go with a realtor. I think the best properties are listed on the MLS.

Welcome back, and good luck!

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

One major source for Rentals is Westside Rentals: westsiderentals.com

You have to pay 50 bucks or something. I found it useful in researching rentals in LA when we were looking about 7 years ago.

As you might suspect, commutes in LA can be a nightmare. A 10-mile drive in San Diego is nothing like a 10-mile drive in some parts of LA.

I think there are enough contributors to this board who live in LA that you should post your questions here (maybe you already have).

[no_such_reality]

Indeed is nice for a reactive screening.

Linkedin is nice for extending his network.

But at the VP level, it’s about the network. The recruiters may or may not be busy, but even they will be network. When they’ve got the job, then you need to be fresh in their networking mind. With Recruiters, you match or you don’t.

For the job he wants, I’d suggest id the firms, and start working the network.

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