find a new job

Realistic
1) because I have a great resume
2) I have experience
3) I like what I do
4) I am good at it
5) I am young
6) and still teachable.

I just need to get off my ass and get serious.

...if one could magically appear I’d take it. I’d even consider it if it wasn’t in insurance. Sitting around with my brother (also jobless) I again panicked and became full of despair. Who hires in Nov/Dec? No one. Aughrrr. I need sunshine and happiness and lots of sex and pastries. And a job.

...Watched two movies and visited Mom twice already. Now all I can think about is getting a little drunk so I dont feel restless, so I can park it on the couch for a few hours until I fall asleep for the night.
This is not fun. Boredom sucks.
I need a job. I need motivation to get up out of my funk today.

I graduated 3 years ago and have worked at the same telecommunications company ever since. I am not moving forward. This is a job, not a career. I am ready to move on to something I love and something I find value in. My goal is to find a job I am proud of in the next month. I want to do this through networking, LinkedIn, and using friends.

My honey dropped by unexpectedly tonight while I was putting Dylan down to bed- he practically threw his phone at me and said to make a phone call. His work buddys wife works at IOA and she has the perfect job opening for me to apply to. I am so excited! The talk was informal and went well, at quarter to nine pm no less!
Here’s to HOPING AND NOT MOPING!

...posting resumes takes some serious strength out of a person! The websites should have some great music playing in the background and zippier pages for faster posting for some of us that are very computer literate. And it seriously bugs me that I am redirected to a company’s website to repost my resume and sometimes even take a quiz.
Day one of serious searching has commenced and I need a nap already.

Day one sounds so omnious. I am still in my funk somewhat so I have no patience to read “how I did it”’s and other people’s comments on the same topic but its comforting to know that there are so many of you out there. I say that sarcastically because now I am one of the legion. And that is doomsday scary to me. Change is good and the winds of change are always blowing but I like my slow and steady and safe is good mantras that I always used to get by. Day one and I can’t get myself motivated for the moment to really post my resume and read up on what to expect when you’re all the sudden jobless and almost about to have a panic attack because you’re fridge is already scant enough and you have babies to feed. Aughrrrr. Day one sucks already and Day two might not be better but I was reminded by my Mom that I am “normal” and this will get better and so too will I get a job, soon.
Here’s to hoping and NO MOPING!

using the tips from the course, I revised my CV to a functional (instead of reverse chronological). I then removed any dated information, relocated my technical skills section to the front page under profile. I modified the margins and removed the references. It’s a clean two pages now and I’m quite pleased with it. Used it to apply for a post this morning.

I had the job hunting course yesterday and felt so positive when I left that I came home and immediately had a nap.

:-D

It was really helpful talking to other people in the same situation. We covered all levels of unemployment time (3 days to one year) and different backgrounds with different hunting strategies.

The instructors run their own recruitment agency, which sort of lent a legitimacy to what they were saying. I felt like if anybody would know what works, it would be people in the recruitment industry.

I was frustrated when it came time to review the CVs, because their strongest suggestion was to modify my CV from the chronological to a functional style which is the complete frickin’ opposite to what I was told last time. As a consolation, they figure the job centre told me to change it because it was two years ago and a lot of legislation regarding dates on CVs etc has been passed in the two years. I was ahead of my time!

I’ve got a book of information to go thru, and modifications to make and then I’m hopeful to get an interview soon. I wish for an interview and then a job. Don’t want to hope for too much at once, ya know.

On Monday I received a referral from the job centre to a company that provides professional services assistance for job seeking. I gave them my email address and mobile number and was to receive an email with the details for my appointment tomorrow.

As this is now the afternoon before my meeting, and I have yet to receive either an email or phonecall, I just telephoned the company to find out the time of my appointment.

I was told my appointment was not with “Mike” (the name on my referral letter), but “Stephen the Trainer”. I was also told that the meeting started at half nine and ended at 4pm.

What the fuck?

Apparently what I agreed to was a 1-day COURSE on how to seek a job.

Okaaaay, glad I didn’t have to break any prior arrangements and very glad I could now arrange to bring the extremely necessary girlie supplies (TMI, sorry).

Once again I spelled out my email address and was told she would send me the details for the meeting. This shouldn’t be a difficult task – this is their business, so this info should already be available in a cut & paste format or boiler email. It’s been 20 minutes since we spoke and I have yet to receive the promised email – should I be concerned?