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jams723:

--- Quote from: RCSmith on Jul 29, 2011, 06:24 ---Today I received the official offer for an AO position at an Entergy plant.
When I found the job posting a few months back my EAOS was still over nine months away and I didn't think there would be a chance to get in as an operator at that plant. Now, five months from EAOS and three months from terminal leave, the anxiety about a career after the navy is over.
Why? Because one month ago a NW member offered to personally forward my resume to the operations manager at his plant and the operations manager at the plant where I'm accepting the job. The job posting for this AO class had been closed for months, but a good contact at the right time opened doors that I didn't think existed.
NW also helped me prepare for behavioral interviews and the POSS test. These tools were invaluable, because your resume will only get you so far.
All the information that you need to get a job in the nuclear industry is here. You just need the drive to find it and apply it.

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Congratulations and welcome to the industry! I think you are too modest, because I know you had to pass the POSS test on short notice and do well above average on the interview to have them hold a slot. You challenge moving forward, will be to show them they were correct in taking that chance.

Terranear:
I was first introduced to the nuclear field working as an Operator (basic labor) in ’99 at a waste consolidation plant.  Tested once to get into they’re HP program but didn’t have a high enough score and that company went bankrupt after 5 months.  I was then hired at a fuel manufacturing facility again as an operator (labor).  When anthrax plagued the Hart Senate Building I took a sampling position that lasted all of 14 days.  Came home from that and new I wanted to be more then just labor; I wanted to be a tech. 

Nukeworker forums suggested I gain some experience doing outages as decon for a few years and so I put my resume up hoping for some outage work.  I applied for every JR HP and decon job I could find.  As luck would have it a staffing firm hired me directly for a JR HP job at a private company. 

Through Nukeworker's study guides and everyone’s help in the forums I was able to pass the DOE Core, and the NUF.  So my persistence of submitting applications (and with a lot of luck), I was able to start a career in RadCon with no relative education.  Now I am a lead tech and looking forward to my continued growth in this industry.

nuclear_janitor:
I am currently studying towards a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering. I was offered a position as an engineering intern for this summer at a nuclear power plant thanks partially to the information gathered by reading NukeWorker posts.
This website offers a treasure trove of invaluable information, both for inexperienced noobs like me and, I suspect, for more experience workers as well.
I wish to thank all the posters who generously shared their knowledge of this fascinating industry with us. I hope to be able to make some valuable contributions myself sometime in the future.

cheme09:
Welcome, I kind of started out in your position also.  What school do you attend?

nuclear_janitor:
Hello Cheme09,

I am glad that we have something in common. We might even share a similar educational background, since my Bachelor is in Chemical Engineering, and, with Sherlock Holmes like cleverness, I suspect you have a background in chemistry too.

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