Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

For those ISP/VSP/ERP read the previous poster, lots of real and accurate info.

I have found it dead one. Don't take the fact you aren't getting calls to be anything to do with Intel, it comes down to your resume, what is on it ( true or not ) how it reads to the hiring recruiter and hiring managers that shift thru the paperwork.

In three cases I sent the piece of paper to too many companies, three called and pushed hard for phone and onsite and are in offering phase. The others I continue to hound with no / little interest. A few of the companies are exactly the same business; either no openings, dumb recruiters, or ...

If you are getting no responses look hard at the resume and positions and change one of the two. Of course there is NO solution if company isn't hiring.

Thus for those still at INTEL get out NOW, if you are part of the next wave willing or not, you could in a sea of refugees and being seen good out of that will be hard.

First wave is out, be the ones that get out before the surely to come second wave of bigger reduction as the ship goes down!

hiring managers don't read resumes. The algorithms do... Most companies have a recruiter that does the initial phone screen if their system says your resume meets the algorithm. And they have no reason to care about what company you worked for, you are either someone who might get hired or not. Their only job is to filter out people the hiring manager would never hire.

After that, the recruiter sets up the phone screen with the hiring manager, often before the manager has even read the resume.

Once you are on the phone, the hiring manager is invested, so he/she is less likely to care about the company on your resume, and more likely to care if you can help him/her get ahead in their position.

Overall, your resume is just a sheet of keywords at first, then maybe a list of talking points if you get further down the road.

Over the last few years of interviews here and there, (and doing some myself), resumes were only references twice... and both times they were just looking at the keyword list in my skills section.

Don't overthink the whole getting hired process. It is far less complicated than you think. In then end, the main thing that gets you hired is if they just plain like you. And of course knowing someone in the company helps with the like you part. Getting most jobs is just about being in the right place at the right time.

Hiring managers that originally came from Intel avoid Intel employees because they know what a fcucked up org they came from.

It's too much effort to retrain them to the real world.

In some jobs intel experience is valuable, lucky for me that is the case, too bad for the rest of you.

come to Intel with a minimal pay raise + relocation. Now with Intel name and experience got 30% pay raise in another company + relocation.

Talking about India situation here.

Intel brand name as an employer does count. However, one tip to those who are appearing for interviews outside Intel:

Everybody in Bangalore knows that Intel has been laying off. As a result companies will try to negotiate hard on salary. Some companies will ask on face: "Have you been impacted by Intel layoff?". Mostly it is to test how truthful the candidate is. In case you are looking out due to ISP/VSP, do tell the truth. Admitting the truth reflects honesty of the candidate and is interpreted as such.

It more that the hiring managers know that Intel pigeon-holes engineers into narrow jobs and leaves them there. Most of the positions at Intel don't exist elsewhere. An engineer with 10yrs experience at Intel is equivalent to an engineer in industry with 5yrs experience.

Now now. so much anger people! The reality is that there's not so much prejudice against Intel on your resume, the problem is that experiences from Intel is exactly that -- Intel experience that doesn't appeal to other companies. It's a qualification issue not the brand. If anything, hiring managers are well aware that you'd be great dealing with BS and bureaucracy having worked at a company like Intel lol!

I am sure the previous poster is an open minded and successful and influential in his non intel position with a stupid f*ck attitude like that. He is an unemployed deserving ISP or current dead wood intel employee, LOL

Yes there is hesitation. Especially when Intel itself says underperformers being laid off. Backstabbing company

I think it depends on what business group and what functional area.

Look we got a San Jose state graduate to the top, LOL. Other hiring managers aren't so blind not to take a look

But take analog design, graphics or modem would you pick anyone from intel.

FSM and silicon technology there is still great respect for intel, but not many places hiring or to work in that field.

Tip: get out now before the mass of more intel CV hit the competitive job market!!

It's the same as what school you went to.

If they see a Stanford EE, it's a good bet.

If they see Intel - there is some hesitation. It's become like a B-grade school.

Both are unfair, but life isn't fair. It is what it is.

Get some outside non-Intel references.

I have noticed that. They believe the candidate has been poisoned by the Intel culture.

No, nobody really gives a f**k about Intel. If you're the right candidate they will take you. If a hiring manager thinks that way, do you really want to work for that place?

Yes. I have had reliable folks reveal to me that many hiring managers will not consider any Intel eng applicants because of some preconceived beliefs about us Intel engrs. F them, I do not want to work for such Aholes if they have those beliefs before even interviewing me.