tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13703322.post114010401682474485..comments2023-11-02T11:11:12.120-04:00Comments on Secrets of the Job Hunt: Distressed job seeker seeks adviceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13703322.post-1140196639361773032006-02-17T12:17:00.000-05:002006-02-17T12:17:00.000-05:00Hey thomas and C.M.,Thomas first of all my heartfe...Hey thomas and C.M.,<BR/><BR/>Thomas first of all my heartfelt thanks to you for bringing out your feelings in such a beautiful way...I am going thru the same debate within myself although have no baby or a wife but am still in a job I dont like (the work environment if gr8...colleagues r encouraging...boss gives me free hand but somehow cannot relate to it..) and secondly want to do something much more creative that satisfies my passion (somehow never understood my friends when they say waht else we can do..feel like is there nothing I can do..Are we so helpless?)<BR/><BR/>and have diverse set of skills as you do..and compounded to these I have an immigration status that severely delimits me in many ways and just let me not be what I want to be..sometimes just feel like starngling myself...but..gotta live...<BR/><BR/>secondly thanks to C.M. for sharing how he got it done..I have been searching for these answers from friends, colleagues and relatives who were there earlier and their advise was disappointing more worst degrading...you revealed the secret in just couple of lines...thats what I realized and started doing just 2 months agao and hopefully hope to get my destination..<BR/><BR/>good luck Tomas...hope u find something good soon...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13703322.post-1140153349650614142006-02-17T00:15:00.000-05:002006-02-17T00:15:00.000-05:00I see that 'all the best to you!' is spamming his ...I see that 'all the best to you!' is spamming his blog -- er, headhunting business -- everywhere. Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13703322.post-1140121949920737842006-02-16T15:32:00.000-05:002006-02-16T15:32:00.000-05:00Thanks for calling me out on that. Networking 'sh...Thanks for calling me out on that. Networking 'should' be a part-time job for any aspiring professional. Well, I say 'job' because it doesn't come naturally for me. I tend to be very blunt and "How can I help you?", probably even in situations where no help is wanted or needed. Networking is something that I have started to do, though. In fact, today I called back two temp agencies (and one of the temp clients that I worked at) to let them know that I am available, that I want to work (not just need a paycheck, sitting at home is DEPRESSING!), and that I really enjoyed working with them in the short period that I did. Really, I know everyone says "don't burn bridges", but I find it easier to just try and look for the positive in people and make THAT my focus when talking to others. Even though I do not trust temp agencies (they have burned ME so many times, LOL), at least they said they would keep me in mind and that my work being cut short with their clients had nothing to do with me, just circumstances. I do keep saying that I no longer want to work with computers (or, rather, search for computer work), but you can never hide that which you love. I love technology and just want to find my niche in working with it. TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com