Well hello for anyone still checking out my blog. I apologize for not writing anything in quite a while. I did finally find a job. Is it what I particularly wanted? No, in fact it looks to be twice the work for less money. I was kind of mopey about that part for a few weeks but I am over it now. The more I hear the news about unemployment, the economy, and so on and so forth, the more thankful I am to have a job. Besides, unemployment insurance just wasn’t cutting it and the kids were driving me crazy!
I have to say that I never worked so hard to find a job and had it be so unfruitful. I did what I thought were the right things to do. I networked with past colleagues, customers, and friends. I tweaked my resume until I it was pretty darn good. I used cover letters where relevant and highlighted transferable skills. I had my resume on most of the big job boards; like, Monster.com, Careerbuilder, Dice, cybercoders, jobing.com, and even some smaller ones. I even directly send my resume to several companies that I thought may be interested in my skills and experience. Yet, I did not get a single response to any of the 60 or 70 some odd jobs I really wanted. Not even a “Thanks but no Thanks”. No calls for interviews, nothing! So, I dropped some of the pride and started lowering my standards of pay. I think that is what finally did it. I don’t think I was asking for the sky and in normal times, I probably wouldn’t have had any problems getting the base salary and comp plan I wanted. You know what though? This is not normal times. I don’t think I am just telling myself that. I think I actually mean it.
Anyways, the more I stop complaining about my new job, the more I see that there is actually tremendous opportunity there and if I apply myself with the skills I do have and learn some new ones, I may be better off in the end. Time will tell. Thanks for reading. I have to get back to my training for now.
