Many little things to mention but not enough for a whole entire blog post: 1. I started revising my novel manuscript. I’m very surprised at how much I’m NOT enjoying it…I was hoping I’d see all sorts of places to EXPAND and WRITE COOL STUFF. It feels rather tedious. Maybe I should do this revision [...]
Archive for March, 2010
21 Mar
Ladies and Gentlemen, the BEST NEWS EVER
Yesterday as I toiled in my garden, saying hello to pleasant neighbors and the occasional squirrel, the president of our condo association stopped by and delivered the most astonishing news. “Thug Life’s bank is foreclosing on the property.” This lady, a mature woman with silver hair, actually did a happy dance in her car. Yes, [...]
18 Mar
Old Friends…New Meanings
It is in our nature to look for and sometimes find patterns. It’s humanity’s way of not going completely buggy when we consider the vastness of God, the Universe, and Everything. It is perhaps in my nature to also make meaning from those patterns as my way of finding meaning for myself as a motif [...]
17 Mar
Job Hunt 2010: Mid-March Madness
Days since layoff: 28 Resumes sent out: 18 (not including the blast to friends) Interviews for actual positions: 0 Pre-screen phone calls for actual interviews: 2 Suggestions that when various hiring managers reappear from vacay, will have face-to-face interview: 2.5 Response in the negative for positions applied for: 3 Hopeful lunch dates: 1 Lunch dates [...]
12 Mar
Can objectivity and payment occupy the same space at the same time?
If you read yesterday’s post you know I had started a little project with RhinoGator, an online job aggregator. To recap, I was to use RhinoGator (RG) to search for a job and blog about my experiences. I was also to be paid a modest sum for my work. In response to one of the [...]
11 Mar
The Search…Continues
As a writer, I expect rejections of my work. In fact, I feel rather proud of those rejections because it means I tried. I showed up for the dance, as it were. Some don’t even get that far. Job rejections are harder to deal with, mostly because I feel like pretty much every job I [...]
10 Mar
Reflecting, or, The Writing Spider Cringes
Where do I start this one? I’ve been meaning to post this for some time, but kept putting it off for whatever reason, and today, thanks to a nudge from the Universe, it’s getting writ. Lemme ‘splain. No, there is too much. Lemme sum up. I’ve mentioned here that I take yoga classes. I “do” [...]
9 Mar
Madeline Willis: Stalker of the Jobless
Another email came today from Jobfox’s Senior Resume Consultant, Madeline Willis. I get it – Jobfox is a rip off. So I’m entertaining myself by posting her emails and my responses here. Today, I actually replied to her (it?). See Madeline’s email and then my response below. Dear Sara: I’m writing to follow up on [...]
8 Mar
The Hunt Continues: P&G and GE
Two meetings today with Large Corporation that Laid Me Off: one was the first step in a job I applied for via our company intranet. I have NO idea what the job is for. Honestly. The job descriptions are so vague and useless, it’s far better to just apply and go to the interview THEN [...]
4 Mar
Oooo I think she likes me…
This JUST IN from my friend Madeline who clearly has my checkbook best interests at heart as she continues to stalk me via email: Dear Sara: I’d like to assist you with your job search by making sure you get selected for interviews. While the job market is challenging, we’re succeeding at getting Jobfox members [...]
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