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Well it has been 12 years since I have experienced this but I got laid off last week. Thankfully I have 10 months of employment still but it sucks as I loved this job and worked with one of the best teams ever. If you know of anyone looking for 20+ years experience with high tech, web dev, web design or training/project management or ethics compliance let me know. Feel free to boost. #FediHire #pdx #remotework

If you like my product & organizational structure content, I just spent an hour responding to an interesting thread on the concept of Return to Office over on Bluesky.
bsky.app/profile/productnerd.b
(My kingdom for an edit button. My fingers have fallen off.)

Highly recommend reading through the original thread first. Charity is someone I deeply respect, and I think they have some interesting views here.

@jenniferplusplus also got to the core of the missing trust. bsky.app/profile/jenniferplusp

Bluesky Social · May Likes Product (@productnerd.bsky.social)First off, read Charity's whole post before you reply. It's worth the journey, I promise. Story & analysis🧵 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Alle Wochen wieder...

Ich suche (noch immer) einen neuen Job in Festanstellung als #macOS und/oder #iOS Entwickler. Ich kann #Swift, #SwiftUI, #ObjC und den ganzen Klimbim drumherum, hab ca. 30 Jahre Berufserfahrung und arbeite am Liebsten zu 100% #remote von meinem #HomeOffice. Sollte es in oder um #Bregenz (#Österreich) sein, dann auch gerne teilweise onsite.

Wer also jemanden kennt, der jemanden kennt... You get it. 😃

Ich bedanke mich fuers regel Teilen. 🙏🏻
:boost_ok:

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Liebe alle,
nachdem ich tatsächlich schon mal über das FediVerse einen neuen Job gefunden hatte, probiere ich es jetzt noch einmal und würde mich freuen, wenn ihr mich bei meiner Jobsuche unterstützt und diesen Beitrag kräftig boostet - besten Dank!

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Nach meiner Ausbildung als IT-Systemkaufmann entwickelte ich zunächst selbstständig Internetseiten für Selbstständige, KMU und Vereine.
Dabei konnte ich in zahlreichen vertrauensvollen Gesprächen stets kundenorientierte Lösungen anbieten und umsetzen.
Zusätzlich verkaufte ich als „ebay-Verkaufsagent“ die Waren (meist) privater Kund*innen und betrieb einen Paketshop.

Da sich meine Selbstständigkeit leider nicht dauerhaft trug, wechselte ich in Anstellungen im Bereich Online-Kundenservice, bzw. Customer Service / Software-Support.
Dabei sammelte ich umfangreiche Erfahrungen in der Betreuung spezifischer Branchen-Software und von Onlineshops, und kommunizierte sowohl mit Verantwortlichen in Unternehmen (meist Marketing, Administration, Technik; B2B) sowie Endkund*innen, auf Deutsch (Elternsprache) und Englisch (C1).

Dank meiner raschen Auffassungsgabe kann ich mich in kurzer Zeit auch steilen Lernkurven stellen, um mich in neue Software und Prozesse einzuarbeiten und diese anschließend überzeugend mit verantwortlichen Personen zu besprechen.
Meine Stärken liegen in freundlicher, zuvorkommender, lösungsorientierter Kommunikation mit ganz verschiedener Klientel. Dabei erkläre ich die jeweiligen Sachverhalte so, dass mich mein Gegenüber zweifelsfrei versteht.

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Was ich suche:
Mein "Steckenpferd" ist die Arbeit im First-Level Customer-Support.
Das ist der Bereich, in dem ich meine kommunikativen Stärken ausspielen kann, um Software zu erklären und Herausforderungen für die Kund*innen zu lösen.

Am Liebsten wäre mir ein Unternehmen, das sich dem Bereich OpenSource verschrieben hat und weitestgehend entsprechende Software nutzt und/oder selbst entwickelt.

Die Möglichkeit, zwischen einem Mac- oder Linux-Notebook wählen zu können, wäre nice.
Zur Not geht auch Windows.

Bevorzugt eine Stelle mit 100% Remote-Arbeit, da ich einen Hund habe, den ich nicht alleine lassen kann.
Alternative: Mein Hund kann als Bürohund einfach mit ins Büro kommen :)

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Ich danke euch fürs Boosten
:BoostOK: und eure Unterstützung.

Gebt mir sehr gerne Hinweise auf Unternehmen (auch wenn ich schon einige Bewerbungen an "bekannte" Unternehmen versendet und bisher nur Absagen erhalten habe).

Als Antwort auf diesen Toot hänge ich gleich noch meinen komprimierten Lebenslauf an.

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#Jobsuche #FediHire #Arbeitsmarkt #OpenSource #RemoteWork #CustomerSupport #HomeOffice #Bürohund

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Time for a new #introduction:

Hi, I'm Michael and I’m on a #jobsearch.

For the past ten years I’ve been a full stack #webDeveloper for a company in #Nashville that sells #prepping supplies.

They went from a startup to a well-established brand, then the economy started collapsing.

I love working with #vue and #nuxt, but I’m great with #react and pretty much any modern #js framework.

Open to #remoteWork in the US and local in-office work in the #nashvilleTN area.

#Remote Working Saved #Zillow Money, Helped #Recruiting, and Maintained #Productivity
'It's Been Fantastic for Us': Zillow's CEO Says His Company Is Sticking With #RemoteWork Despite JPMorgan and Walmart Mandating a #ReturnToOffice. Here's Why. Zillow's 6,800 employees have been #fullyremote for the past five years — and the company's CEO says they're not going back to in-person work. entrepreneur.com/business-news #RTO #WFH

Entrepreneur · 'It's Been Fantastic for Us': Zillow's CEO Says His Company Is Sticking With Remote Work Despite JPMorgan and Walmart Mandating a Return to the Office. Here's Why.By Sherin Shibu
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Very little support in 4 weeks but things have gotten worse, with the team paying out of pocket to keep things running despite needing that money to feed their families. The space is really close to having to be closed.

This co-working space in Gaza is NOT a business. It’s a lifeline for families to get income through their remote jobs (which don’t stop under bombing), and students to connect to remote studies which have been all but completely suspended!

Chip in & share: chuffed.org/project/spark-spac

Chuffed🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken internet lines, and a lack of safe spaces—making education and work nearly impossible. But Gaza’s youth refuse to give up. They just need a chance. And that chance can come from you!