It sends a shiver down my spine every time I think about this. I have a face to face interview.  For a job that I could really get into. And that may not be the only one.  There's one other job that I think might be very interested as well.  Which would mean another face... Continue Reading →

Several phone interviews over the last week.  I thought all of them went well.  Looks like I have a least a couple follow up interviews too.  Yay. Having said that I've already been notified that I won't a candidate for one of those positions as they move into their final phase.  Always disappointing and I... Continue Reading →

I'm willing to do the work to find my next job.  What's frustrating me this week is the casual indifference that sometimes pops up at the other end of the equation. Let's start out by saying I have dealt with some truly outstanding people in the course of this search.  People who have behaved both... Continue Reading →

The hardest part of being unemployed from a job you loved is that it keeps going on without youl For 13+ years I had a job I really loved.  There were days when I didn't love it unreservadly and the (very) occasional person that was not my idea of good time.  But I always told... Continue Reading →

Missed last week.  Which is probably a pretty good example of my head space. I've been unemployed three times in my life.  The first time was for six months.  I stopped to drop off an application on my way to the unemployment office (yes boys and girls, once upon a time you had to physically... Continue Reading →

Time to start facing the nitty gritty. Like the fact that my health insurance ends in a week.  I promise you that I haven't just been blowing this whole process off to the last minute. OK, I pushed it off to the next to last minute. I started the process about 10 days ago.  ... Continue Reading →

A period of unemployment will cover a variety of emotional states. There is the initial "Oh, God what am I going to do?" phase which in my case combined in equal parts with the "Thank God, it's over" phase. At some point I seem to go through a "Poor, poor pitiful me" phase.  My personality... Continue Reading →

I know there are folks out there who believe that those of us who are unemployed are on this extended, paid vacation.  Just living the life. You are out of your minds. Yes, I said just last week that I was ready for a break.  Absolutely true.  And I'm in a better "head space" after... Continue Reading →

When I first got the word that I was going to be unemployed I thought "I could use the break". At the end of my tenure  I was tired.  The last year, and especially the last 6 months, were stressful.  It felt like I was trapped in slow motion.  Everything was a long, hard push... Continue Reading →