NaiaMar 20
cassie, girl-shaped object

Successful fedi trans folks, how can i get hired and therefore keep affording rent

I know ISO 13485 and 9001 like the back of my hand, am an expert at root cause analysis / FMEA, have extensive facility auditing experience, can manage building automation systems, wrote hundreds of SOPs and other technical documents, taught myself enough coding to write a program for tracking equipment PM/calibration/validation dates, developed and executed protocols for equipment PM/calibration/validation and trained and managed a team to do the same, can read and interpret electronic diagrams, am great at soldering, have drawn, etched, and assembled circuit boards, and can bake the most amazing desserts.

I am also open to learning whatever else i need to prevent myself from being homeless

Mar 19 at 3:51amWeb
Show threadcassie, girl-shaped objectMar 19
I'm especially proud of the desserts, though. I baked some lemon sugar cookies the other day that looked and tasted like they had been bestowed upon me by a choir of angels
Show threadJoscelyn TranspiringMar 19
@Willowbriar I wish I had any good leads, been failing to get employed anywhere for a year myself. Solidarity 💜
Show threadjasegMar 19
@Willowbriar which country/area/timezone are you looking for work in?
Show threadcassie, girl-shaped objectMar 19
@jaseg US, currently in EST (Indiana) but hoping to relocate
Show threadEfi (nap pet) 🦊💤Mar 19
@Willowbriar terrorism is the only career with a future
Show threadRina Volpina 🦊🔞Mar 19
@Willowbriar I feel I lucked out with my current job. A couple of headhunters found me on LinkedIn, sent me a couple of leads that aligned with my morals (no startups, no fintech), and I ended up at a B-Corp. I interviewed as a fully out enby and was made to feel very welcome!
Show threadMartinMar 19
@Willowbriar
#FediHire 👍
Show threadSpicy but not too FlameyMar 20
@Willowbriar It sounds like you are admirably well-equipped for a variety of professions, but aren't quite devious enough to get around today's hiring process.
I recommend being choosy; applying everywhere just wastes your time and exhausts you. Just try to insure that the HR person/person in charge of hiring is the last person you see at a business!
Aside from outright lying (which worked for me in a machine shop; a sympathetic machinist gave me a quick tutorial on measuring instruments, etc.)
Show threadSpicy but not too FlameyMar 20
@Willowbriar I knew enough by the next day to pick up the rest as I went, and stayed there for five years before leaving for greener pastures.
But back to being choosy: find places with a good culture and impress the people in the trenches while being humble (yet confident) regarding your abilities. I find asking for a tour to be a great entrée, as it allows you to meet and talk to ordinary people, and let them know that you're interested - and interesting.
There's tons of variations on this --
Show threadSpicy but not too FlameyMar 20
@Willowbriar -- just impress people with yourself to the point that they themselves ask that you be hired. There's a variety of other ways to acheive this result;just remember, the doors of opportunity usually aren't marked "push"; it takes "pull" to open them :)
This was more rambling than I intended, and may not help you, but I thought I'd put in my two nickels, since pennies are an endangered species these days xD
I wish you well!