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	<title>Bryan Trudel</title>
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	<description>It&#039;s all about me.</description>
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		<title>Still looking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been checking out craigslist and other job sites for new jobs. So far monster, T-net and the actual job sites are a bit sparse on positions that I can do. However I am finding a goldmine on craigslist of potential contract work. there are a lot of people wanting a lot of stuff, and I am prepared [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been checking out craigslist and other job sites for new jobs. So far monster, T-net and the actual job sites are a bit sparse on positions that I can do. However I am finding a goldmine on craigslist of potential contract work. there are a lot of people wanting a lot of stuff, and I am prepared to assist those people for the appropriate fees. I also applied for a few IT support positions in hopes that I can get on board a company that will have positions to move up the ladder in. I wouldn&#8217;t mind being on the ground level of the IT services but move up to an Admin position of Assistant Admin or something. If I can just get a change to work and build my skills and show off what I can do currently, I think I&#8217;ll be able to move up fast if there&#8217;s room.</p>
<p>I suppose if I can get enough clients I could move tot he self employed route, but that&#8217;s a path I am unsure of. I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;d like working for myself. Being self employed has a lot of benefits for sure, but it also has a lot of drawbacks. However, I suppose if the opportunities arise who am I to say no? It would be nice to control my own money flow and work. but it would also be really nice to be in with a company and have a steady paycheck and a place to expand your knowledge with a direction and purpose.</p>
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		<title>Networking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bryantrudel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve been working on building up my network of associates and whatnot. LinkedIn has a lot of neat features for connecting and building those network, so I figure why not take advantage of them. I joined some groups, connected with a coupe of old friends, and tried to make some other connections. According to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I&#8217;ve been working on building up my network of associates and whatnot. LinkedIn has a lot of neat features for connecting and building those network, so I figure why not take advantage of them. I joined some groups, connected with a coupe of old friends, and tried to make some other connections. According to Stanford Who&#8217;s Who Networking guide, building your connection base is a wealth of resources to reach out and make new connections. Which makes sense of course. So, I&#8217;m going to try and be positive and work ahead with better goals and a better outlook. </p>
<p>I will eventually get somewhere with a new job and a new career. It&#8217;s just going to take some time. Why not build better connections and place myself strategically while I wait?</p>
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		<title>Updated Resume</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bryantrudel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I added a new volunteer position to my resume for Scouts Canada. I am officially (Well almost) the Webmaster for the Fraser Valley Regional Council. It will be my responsibility to work with their new systems and build a new website with the proper content and access they require. I may also get a chance [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I added a new volunteer position to my resume for Scouts Canada. I am officially (Well almost) the Webmaster for the Fraser Valley Regional Council. It will be my responsibility to work with their new systems and build a new website with the proper content and access they require. I may also get a chance to develop some of he Troop or Area websites in the future, but we&#8217;ll see how it goes with the Council site first. </p>
<p>I think it will be nice to have a volunteer position on my resume. It&#8217;s free work, again, but at least this has some merit to it. It&#8217;s a large organization and it&#8217;s full of contacts and people that may be beneficial to me as time goes by. It&#8217;s also nice to have something to volunteer for that I want to do as well. Having a child in Scouts and being able to volunteer in this way is good for me. I dislike camping so I don&#8217;t really get to help out much in other areas of Scouting, but this is a big project that will benefit the council and Scouts in general. </p>
<p>Ken Pepin, Council Commissioner, is a really good guy and even gave me a recommendation on my LinkedIn profile. I&#8217;m looking forward to working with him to get the ball rolling on this whole new site. Hopefully it will be something I can add to my portfolio, or even just to my resume to further my experience as well.</p>
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		<title>Third interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bryantrudel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I have a third interview with the awesome potential job Monday. But I am nervous. It&#8217;s going to be a panel interview. More casual than a panel, but I will be meeting the operations team and discussing technical scenarios and answering questions from the team members. A small part of me feels a bit [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I have a third interview with the awesome potential job Monday. But I am nervous. It&#8217;s going to be a panel interview. More casual than a panel, but I will be meeting the operations team and discussing technical scenarios and answering questions from the team members. A small part of me feels a bit inadequate to be answering questions from experts in the field when I haven&#8217;t been able to become the expert in any particular field that I want to become. But I am looking forward to the challenge. I had to take a 30 minute test during my second interview, and I thought I was in big trouble, but the questions were relatively simple. I mean, I don&#8217;t know that I got the sub netting question right because it&#8217;s been five years or more since I had to calculate subnet addressing, but I did my best and I think it was pretty good.</p>
<p>I guess it must&#8217;ve been good because they want me back again. And at this point, even if I doubt myself here and there, I&#8217;ve obviously got something they want and in the past I&#8217;ve proven myself over and over again to other eomployers and clients that I can do the jobs that are assigned to me. So here&#8217;s hoping to the best on Monday. I am confident that I will work well with them (They&#8217;re probably a bunch of techy/geeky people like myself anyway) and hopefully I will be able to get the job and move forward in my career and life finally.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s hoping.</p>
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		<title>Heading out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bryantrudel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first interview in a few years. But I think it&#8217;ll go well. I&#8217;ll do what I do, and we&#8217;ll go from there. A friend put in a good word for me actually, so maybe that will help. And I have a nice big list of references that will be sure to impress. Between all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My first interview in a few years. But I think it&#8217;ll go well. I&#8217;ll do what I do, and we&#8217;ll go from there. A friend put in a good word for me actually, so maybe that will help. And I have a nice big list of references that will be sure to impress. Between all of that, my experience, and hopefully my charming personality (hahaha) I can win them over and get the job.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m feeling anxious and nervous and excited. I hope it doesn&#8217;t show too much. Well, the excited part can show because I am excited about the opportunity, and that should be apparent. I&#8217;ll try not to jump for joy though. That might be interpreted as insane rather than excited.</p>
<p>Whatever the case, I&#8217;m off to see the Wizard!</p>
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		<title>Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bryantrudel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an interview Tuesday June 8th! This is kind of exciting and nerve wracking. I haven&#8217;t been to an interview in years. But I&#8217;m sure it will go well. If I can handle the last clients I had and all their craziness, I am sure an interview will be a piece of cake in comparison. Just [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have an interview Tuesday June 8th! This is kind of exciting and nerve wracking. I haven&#8217;t been to an interview in years. But I&#8217;m sure it will go well. If I can handle the last clients I had and all their craziness, I am sure an interview will be a piece of cake in comparison. Just gotta sell myself to them and they will want me!</p>
<p>That shouldn&#8217;t be too difficult since this job seems to be suited well to my skills. I am excited to bring my skills to this new job, and learn a crap ton of new stuff. It&#8217;ll be nice to learn skills that are transferable unlike my last job. I mean, Project Management is definitely transferable but the rest of the work is antiquated and useless and will never be used. That&#8217;s kind of sad. Moving ahead with this job would mean that even if the software or platform they use for their projects goes out of style, the Systems Administration skills I will learn will be forefront to getting me into a better place after the fact.</p>
<p>I hope it goes well. I also desperately need a job.</p>
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		<title>That went well</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bryantrudel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, that discussion went well. I told her about my experience, and what I can do, and what I want to do. She then told me about the company, the lifestyle, and the job. I asked more questions, we had a good dialog and she is going to schedule me for a second interview Tuesday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, that discussion went well. I told her about my experience, and what I can do, and what I want to do. She then told me about the company, the lifestyle, and the job. I asked more questions, we had a good dialog and she is going to schedule me for a second interview Tuesday or Wednesday next week.</p>
<p>Maybe in a couple of weeks I will be a Junior Systems Administrator. It sounds like a pretty sweet job. And it&#8217;s exciting and I can&#8217;t wait to talk to them again.</p>
<p>I hope something comes out of it. I need a job BADLY!</p>
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		<title>Waiting for an interview.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m waiting for a telephone interview to discuss my resume. I applied for this junior position as a system administrator, and I think IO have almost all the skills listed, plus some that weren&#8217;t. It makes me nervous to apply for another job with a company after my last station. I don&#8217;t want a crazy mental [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, I&#8217;m waiting for a telephone interview to discuss my resume. I applied for this junior position as a system administrator, and I think IO have almost all the skills listed, plus some that weren&#8217;t. It makes me nervous to apply for another job with a company after my last station. I don&#8217;t want a crazy mental work schedule again. I want to enjoy my work and my life just a little more.</p>
<p>But then, I suppose I&#8217;ll take a crazy work schedule just to make a bit of money at this point hehe. I guess we&#8217;ll see.</p>
<p>*waits ever so impatiently for 2pm*   I hope it goes well.</p>
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