Life Between Jobs

A week ago Sunday, I met with a friend who found a job in 5 weeks.
“How did you do it?” I asked.
The routine he described was very similar in nature to mine (networking, company researching, online work, etc) with one exception – the intensity.  And how did I know the intensity was different?  He pulled [...]

The other night I received some great advice.  I relayed a story about a friend who saw an ad for a job in the employment section of the local Sunday paper.  She would be perfect in the job.  When she called the phone number on the ad, the HR person on the other end said [...]

Last night at a job transition support group I attend, the speaker mentioned Twitter as a way to find out about jobs.  But he didn’t have any specifics as to what to do.  I worked with Twitter in my marketing position at my previous company, so let me share what I know, so you can [...]

Last week was my first full week in the job searching, networking process.  I called a past co-worker at my former place of employment to follow up on a to-do item.  Having just been laid off, and knowing the company is going through some major retrenchments, I had no expectations about a possible job.
He told [...]