Edward Yeboah Before I suggest this course of action, please allow me to add I do not generally condone "incentives" or "gratuity" payments of any sort but, that point made clear here is this: I was hired by Verizon as a Direct Hire before it became Verizon by being a local resident in a city where the predecessor company had a significant business presence. This time (1999) was also a time of fast growth in Internet related services and I believe it was the sole reason the company hired me. Many factors have changed in the intervening time since that "Internet bubble" driving employment decisions. Getting a job with a major employer now involves having a skill they need which cannot be found anywhere else, such as specific software development experience or college-based engineering training (sometimes referred to as a "discipline"), nobody simply walks in the door now without being background checked, having 3 to 5 credible, PROFESSIONAL references, and (typically) going through a Contract Recruitment agency. The third-party agencies provide a layer of "insulation" from hiring accusations and lawsuits. ~ Essentially, to get on board with any of the major employers, a person needs "special stuff" and everyone else is better off focusing their efforts on other goals. Sorry to be the bearer of less "optimistic" news and good luck. If you knew someone on the inside of one of these companies and could offer them an incentive to bring you on, that may help but this gets into increasingly sensitive areas of personal, not personnel, relationships. July 2019.

Hi Edward Yeboah - have you tried applying to them and starting there at a lower position?