November 10, 2008

  • Decisions, decisions.

    I've made a decision. Cube life wasn't quite so bad after all, at least not in comparison with only having the dogs for conversation all day long. So...I'm going to start putting myself on the job market again, in an office environment. I got my hackles up when one of my dear readers (my problem, not hers, probably because I saw truth in the comment) had commented on me being over-qualified for the part-time gig, but the truth is, it isn't what I want to be doing and though it is currently a band-aid on my financial wound (and oh, crap, how the market is screwing me right now, but, hey, at least gas is cheap) I don't want to do this indefinitely.

    I've submitted my resume to a competitor of my former employer, it isn't exactly what I was doing in SF, or even Austin, but it does have the best parts of those positions. If this one doesn't work out, that's okay, I've got a kick ass resume and work experience, something will turn up. Granted, it is not the best time to be in the job market, but, I got my last job post 9/11 and Enron/Arthur Andersen so I know how to work it in a down time. In the mean time, I've got to crank out a Web site for my current client. Especially, if I expect to get paid.

Comments (9)

  • Hah, I got a job at a complaints office in San Fran. IT IS HILARIOUS.

  • @Drakonskyr - You have a job making complaints? Awesome.

  • Good luck. I'm currently doin the same thing and i can't say its easy...

  • Good luck with the job search..it's a tough market-my mom's been looking since April. (but she's been super picky about the location otherwise I'm sure she'd have one by now.)

  • You may go to work for a competitor of your former employer?  I threatened that one time, but did not have to follow through with it.  That could be interesting.

  • Best of luck to you!  Hope it is quick and painless. 

  • Hey, you tried self-employment. You wouldn't know what suited you if you didn't take that risk. Good luck on the job hunt!

  • Good luck.  I'm feeling it, too.  My usual client base is foster children, and with the mess regarding the FLDS compound in El Dorado, the state is reluctant to take children into care now.  My client base is declining and I need a new referral source.  Things are tight all around.

  • i've seen many people take a band aid job and get lost in it...  i know things are tough and we all must do what we can to get by...  just don't get side tracked.

    fyi -  i think that your "dear read' some times feels like they've wasted their talents and isn't working at a job they want or at a level they should be at.  But that is only my guess. *wink

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