It's Over

This is muy final post. I have come to find my blog is becoming burdensome. I can't think of any topics, and as I re-read my older posts, I find them boring and banal.

I need to focus on finding a job.

Thanks for reading!

Have a great day!

What happens when the advertising is too good?

Isn't this ad cute? I saw it and thought that was a cute way to deal with a real problem. I have recently wondered if my resume may be too good. The last few calls I received regarding job prospects started off with the person saying, "you probably won't be interested in what I am about to offer you". Sadly they are almost always right. I am not interested in the opportunity to work for you for free until I make a placement, but sure sounds tempting. Yesterday a woman called me regarding my resume and asked me if I thought I could make cold calls? I asked her is she was looking at a copy of my resume. She said yes. I then told her I found the question odd. I have more experience than her and she was trying to give me a rudimentary understanding of recruitment.

But perhaps I need to get a second version of my resume. A more "dumbed down" version if you will. A resume that might make me more appealing for a lower level job prospects as I am almost always told I have too much experience.

I am getting frustrated. I have cast my net wide for jobs. Much wider than I really want. I have gone international in my search for a job, and have applied for jobs in places I have no interest in visiting, never mind living. Knowing there are many others in the same boat is in fact helpful, BUT, I really need to get back to work. My mind is turning to mush.

Early Riser

Between smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, my house is required to have 6 of these life saving gadgets placed throughout my home. I try to be diligent with the maintenance of them, I mean let's face it, it might save my life. But I have noticed that when the batteries get low, the alarms send out a high pitched chirping noise to alert you it is time to change the batteries. I get it and it is a great feature. However, this is the werid part. Everytime this happens it is in the middle of the night. The last thing I felt like doing when I was sleeping was drag my ass out of bed and head to the furthest point in the house to change the batteries. Instead, i laid in bed and was awoked every 10-15 minutes by the high pitched chirping. When I awoke I walked downstairs and ripped it off the wall. I will change all batteries later today.

Descent into Madness

The weather! The economy! My waistline! None of these things seem to be getting any better.

Really? Rain again!!

My mental state has not been good. I am stressed. Problems in my relationship. No job. Few prospects. But what really has me down is this weather. How many days can it rain. Why is it cold in the middle of June. Why am I still wearing a coat?

Enough!! I need some sunshine. I need Summer. I need this gloomy and doom filled weather to go away.

Oh Carrie (Part 3)

Karma is a funny thing. After all of Miss California's problems this year: Her intolernace against gay marriage and the public relations nightmare that ensued, the possibility she would lose her job and then the last minute resurrection by Donald Trump, and finally an indignant Shana Moakler resigning from her position as executive director for the Miss USA pageant, she finally got the ax. She was fired for not living up to her contractual obligations. I guess running off to anti-gay marriage meetings must be time consuming. How hard is it to cut a ribbon at a supermarket opening. Today her lawyer (coincidentally her lawyer is Charles Limandri, the general counsel for the national organization of marriage), said she was fired for political reasons. I think she was fired because people don't like her. I am not sure why she is upset, she now has tons of time to work for "traditional marraige".

The Never Ending Interview

I feel as if I have been on a 4 month interview. In reality I have only had a handful of actual interviews. Initially I had the onslaught of meeting headhunter after headhunter, which all proved to be pretty pointless. Because I have my resume posted on so many job boards I receive an average of 1-3 calls a day from people regarding mostly jobs i have absolutely no interest in. Some are exciting opportunities paying a whopping 35k a year. Some are mostly commision driven, and many are not even in an industry I have an interest in. Yet, I sit down and have long converstions with these people hour after hour hoping just one may result in an actual position. Today a friend called me about a job that I thought might be a good fit. Turns out the salary is very low. I guess the question is, how low is too low? Sure it is more than unemployment, but will it hurt me in rrgards to future earnings? Will taking an agency job make it hard for me to get back in the corporate side of things? Will taking a step down cause people to view me as someone who couldn't handle a mangement role? I feel as if I have to try and make a strong calculated move for fear I could irreparably hurt myself with the wrong move. Until then I will smile and continue to screen company after company.