Saturday, May 03, 2008
Job update
My manager has tried to get my contract extended. She hasn’t yet entirely given up. Not entirely. But so far, she has had no luck. I have told Kevin, who is the leaseholder of the apartment in Brookline, that I am leaving. I’m paid up on my rent there until the end of the month. Two weeks! I don’t feel that it’s long enough. And I don’t mean that just in terms of finishing my work, which I won’t do. Nor do I mean it in terms of getting a new job, although that is making me a little nervous. No, I expected to be around for several more weeks and haven’t really adjusted to the thought of that time being curtailed so much.
The job market really does suck. Usually by now, I have had several calls from annoying people who act like the stereotypical used car salesmen, trying to convince me that I am perfect for a senior role based around something I had light experience with 10 years ago, and won’t take no for an answer. These aren’t the old school American Head Hunters, but a new breed who specialise mostly in bringing people over from India. I am happy not to be dealing with them, but it is a sign of how few jobs there are out there.
My resume on dice.com has been viewed a total of 6 times in 9 days. 9 days after posting in January, it had had well over 30 views. And January wasn’t a hot job market either!
In the last 2 days, I have been told of two vague possibilities for jobs where agents have relationships with companies and will speak with their contacts about whether they need me now. Not much to go on, but that makes two more partial leads than there were until Thursday evening. One of these would be in New York and the other is for a company that has offices in New York and Boston. We shall see.
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The job market really does suck. Usually by now, I have had several calls from annoying people who act like the stereotypical used car salesmen, trying to convince me that I am perfect for a senior role based around something I had light experience with 10 years ago, and won’t take no for an answer. These aren’t the old school American Head Hunters, but a new breed who specialise mostly in bringing people over from India. I am happy not to be dealing with them, but it is a sign of how few jobs there are out there.
My resume on dice.com has been viewed a total of 6 times in 9 days. 9 days after posting in January, it had had well over 30 views. And January wasn’t a hot job market either!
In the last 2 days, I have been told of two vague possibilities for jobs where agents have relationships with companies and will speak with their contacts about whether they need me now. Not much to go on, but that makes two more partial leads than there were until Thursday evening. One of these would be in New York and the other is for a company that has offices in New York and Boston. We shall see.
