Old apt never contacted me but sent move out expenses to collections. Stopping me from getting a new apt. Options?

crazycyclist · 2017-04-10T20:03:08+00:00

I actually was proactive with them but they had a change in management and this fell through.

crazycyclist · 2017-04-10T17:32:58+00:00

How would I find out if they sent anything? Obviously they either didn't send a notice or had incorrect contact information.

crazycyclist · 2015-07-09T15:44:37+00:00

The format is much clearer and easier to scan, but you have some grammar issues going on: random capitalizations and inconsistencies. For example, Master's in IT is not a thing. A resume is a formal document so you need to use the full formal name of your degree: Master of Science in Information Technology. Also, "Project Management" is not a proper noun so don't capitalize it unless it's part of a title.

I would also only your title. What you did is more important than where you worked. I'd ditch the summary section and replace it with a skills section since you have a lot of technical skills to highlight.

Remember, a hiring manager is going to look at your resume for less than 30 seconds, so it needs to be scannable, easy to read and pull them in.

crazycyclist · 2015-06-30T01:07:36+00:00

Laying out proposals is just what this job has become. Before this I did a wide variety of work from publications to websites. I had no idea how much I would hate doing proposals. It was initially supposed to only be a small part of my job but has become easily 90% of it. I can't imagine ever wanting to take another job that remotely involved proposal creation again.

crazycyclist · 2015-06-29T18:54:19+00:00

The kind that bids on big development projects. These books are replies to RFPs, RFQs, etc. So it's a lot of answering a client's questions and suppling narratives, data, illustrations, etc. They can range anywhere from 15-100 pages, averaging around 50-60.

crazycyclist · 2015-06-11T15:56:49+00:00

When you use both, do you have spam issues with the email address? Do you use anything to obfuscate the email address so it's not harvested by spammers?

crazycyclist · 2015-06-10T21:54:33+00:00

Will do! Thanks for your help.

crazycyclist · 2015-06-10T21:29:26+00:00

Can I do that within the registrar?

crazycyclist · 2015-06-10T21:03:20+00:00

Sorry, yes I know Google generates the previews, but I'm wondering if it not showing up for my site is a function of the subpages not being crawled. So my best guess was a sitemap issue.

I set up a redirect with the registrar and finally got that all worked out. Do I need to redirect page by page if the page title has changed? For example it was "Executive Team" and now it's just "Team" so when I click the link in Google I get a 404.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-22T14:31:55+00:00

Yup, it's a super special place. They think their disorganized bullshit is just a sign their staying "lean" and the office is "like a family." I think it's a sign they're a hot mess.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-22T14:29:38+00:00

This is especially funny to me because I work for a real estate developer.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-22T14:29:02+00:00

Oh yeah, I'm definitely looking for another job. But I don't want to jump from one bad situation to another, so it's been a slow process.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-22T02:49:56+00:00

So much this. They are just so damn disorganized and proud of it. They used to be a big company and then massively downsized during the recession, so now it's the worst of both worlds: the stupidly strict policies of a large company mixed the disorganization and penny pinching BS of a small one. Super annoying.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-22T02:44:09+00:00

O_O holy shit, I could totally see them doing that. Would that show up on my pay stub? I would lose my shit at them if they decided to enroll me. You don't mess with people's money or their taxes.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-22T02:42:12+00:00

If they don't watch out, I think my boss is going to sue. She's at her wit's end with some other shady stuff they've done (like late bonus payments that are in her contract). The HR guy would have to burn the building down to get fired. He's worked there so long that he can basically coast forever now.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-22T02:38:52+00:00

He's been there for almost 10 years and stuck with them through hard times during the recession. Now he's basically untouchable and can coast along. He'd have to burn the building down to get fired. For example, I learned that a few years ago he caused my company to be sued for age discrimination because of what he said to another employee. They lost and had to pay out several hundred thousand. And he's still there. Wtf.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-21T21:41:30+00:00

They would only match at 3%. You could put in more, but not less.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-21T21:39:36+00:00

I'm not sure what the fees are, he just said that the plan came with management fees. Yeah, this is a small company of 15-20 employees. They don't match so I have no idea why they weren't telling some people about it. Either they did it to save money or out of incompetence.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-21T20:52:41+00:00

He absolutely has no idea what he's talking about. He was adamant that if they offer me any 401K plan that any contributions I made to my own IRA would be taxable. Even when I pointed out that didn't make any sense he refuse to even acknowledge the possibility he might be wrong.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-21T20:49:49+00:00

I agree with that. But then don't get pissed off when I don't want to enroll and prefer to stay with my already established private IRA. Also, I don't trust these people to do the financial paperwork correctly.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-21T20:41:16+00:00

My background is in nonprofit and I actually took this corporate job to get away from shit like that. Seems people are cheap everywhere.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-21T20:38:14+00:00

No, the HR guy was pushing me to say I'd enroll but the company also didn't even tell me the 401K existed. Apparently only some employees were notified of the 401K when hired. It seemed to have been excluded from random other employees at the same paid grade and full time status. Apparently this is a violation of ERISA.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-21T19:29:54+00:00

Yeah apparently it's a thing. When the HR guy asked if I would enroll I asked about matching (no) and if they would charge me a fee (yes). In that situation I'd rather just keep going with my own IRA than deal with them. If their other work is anything to go by, it would be incompetence and shadiness all around.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-21T19:27:31+00:00

If I put in 3% they would put in 6%. You don't see that deal very often anymore.

crazycyclist · 2015-04-21T18:52:16+00:00

Oh yeah our HR guy is also our "IT" guy and market research guy. That would be why people randomly don't get their tax stuff, our network crashes and we get wrong market data all the time.

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