It’s no secret that I’ve been searching for a job (or a contract, I’m not picky at the moment) for a while now. I’ve had lots of first interviews, nearly as many second interviews, and even a few third interviews. Nothing has connected yet. For one reason or another, the opportunity has not borne fruit. Up until now, I was expecting it to be just a matter of time, patience and perseverance. This morning, I’m not so sure.
Up until now, I thought that the disastrous downward market spiral in the US (and now in Asia and Europe) wouldn’t have a direct impact on us, at least not for a while, and that we would be able to get to safety before the shock wave hit the Canadian economy. However, this morning I got an email from a company I was supposed to be interviewing with this afternoon. They are US-based company, so that should be a clue. They canceled the interview, and the reason is that they are suspending all new contracts until further notice. So it’s been a rough day, as Pam also got word that she didn’t get a contract that she was bidding on.
While I’m trying not to dwell on doom and gloom scenarios, I have to admit that I’m getting pretty nervous, not wanting to be pounding the pavement for job in a recession with high unemployment after having been out of work for several months already. As someone who always tries to anticipate the worst (Hey, we left the US partly because I saw a melt-down like this on the horizon), I’m determined to be realistic and always look ahead, but sometimes realism and pessimism look awfully similar.
Stay positive, David. As someone who is also looking for work, I know well how you feel. Fingers crossed! 🙂
You will get through this. Notwithstanding that Canada is feeling the effects of the meltdown to our south, I still believe your opportunities are better here for now.
I just realized, I’m calling Canada the land of opportunity, compared to the USA. Wow. Times have changed. Hopefully, Obama can do SOMETHING about this trainwreck.
Would you feel it tacky if we tried to do some social media campaigning for you — if OK, is there a page with your resume that we can link to and tweet/facebook post that our brilliant charming friend is looking for work?
P.S. It sucks and is ABSURD that someone with your experience and personality should be having a difficult time finding work.
Thanks, guys (I’d say ‘my friends’, but that sounds too much like John McCain these days).
Monica, I have to admit that your idea does have a certain chutzpah attraction to it. Maybe we can talk about this in terms of an ad campaign. I’m kind of amazed myself that it’s taken this long for me to connect with something, but maybe it will take more than a resume and traditional networking to make this happen.
I’ve seen people sponsor the http://www.helpareporter.com/ email newsletter “Bob Bobson is sponsoring this edition. Bob Bobson is a Media Specialist with expertise in…” Now that’s chutzpah. You don’t necessarily have to do that. Perhaps we can just Tweet etc. 🙂