Entries Tagged as ‘job search’

January 13, 2009

Be careful what you wish for…

So like I said earlier I was re-reading some of my old posts.
Man I recall in Nov 2007 being very excited to start that new job.  Well 14 months later and I’m thinking I made a very large mistake.
The company is doing well and for the most part the people are great.  My issue is [...]

November 15, 2007

Done and done

I accepted the new company offer this AM.  So sometime between today and tomorrow I will give my notice.
It’s been a long time since I recall being this excited.  When I signed the papers this AM, they new company was very happy to see.  They told me how excited they are for my arrival.  I [...]

November 13, 2007

Interview follow up

Well that interview went extremely well and we’re working together on terms of an offer.  It looks like this will be it, after nearly a decade, 15 layoffs and two mergers I’ll be departing.  I’m real interested to see how the new management will handle my departure.  Will they kick me out the door with [...]

November 9, 2007

Interview

Well I met with a small local company yesterday that seemed like a real good fit for me.  Spent about 3-4 hours in the interview, met abut 8 people.  The position really matches my background well and I’ve never met such positive enthusiastic people in my life (or maybe it’s just that I’ve spent alot [...]

November 8, 2007

Courage to be happy

I’ve taken on a new mantra, Find the courage to be happy. Can’t say I came up with it, I heard it on the HBO series “Tell me you love me”.
I’ve internalized it to mean that I need to find a way to remove distractions in my life and make myself happy, thereby making [...]