OK, so it turns out if you email a firm and say, "I assume you've got no interest in me, since nobody's been in touch in weeks," you get an immediate call-back from the recruiter, and an update on the internal decision-making process w/rt staffing and business development possibilities.
Also, if you whine about being on unemployment, the recruiter promises to see if she can scare up some project-related work you can do on an hourly basis. Whining appears to pay off!
That said, I have an interview scheduled for Monday with the firm whose VP was incredibly lackadaisical about actually talking to me. The local office manager, however, seems faster on his feet.
Now I feel a little better about possibly not burning through all my savings and ending up leeching off my Dad.
That does sound hopeful, Consuela.
§ ita § I don't know what to say about your neuro's lack of communication, at the very least.
I was just thinking this recently -- people not telling you anything (when they are actually doing something/thinking about it) is the WORST. And my stuff is super minor compared to (a) low-enough pain to function on a day-to-day basis or (b) employment.
Get it together, people!!
Whining appears to pay off!
It's not whining, it's being proactive.
I mean, if you weren't crying at the time, probably well-reasoned and productive behaviour on your part, before you even get to the payoff with responses.
I have never networked properly. I am beginning to feel I should. A local recruiter is holding an evening shindig tomorrow, and it's not just for people looking for new jobs, but apparently "provocative insight" will be shared. But what if someone got wind I was there??? I don't know what's acceptable and what's not. They're not a recruiter I've ever worked with--they're trying to use me as an entree into hiring into my company.
Man, I started a conversation with the CIO about work I want to do, and my stomach is a wreck. I have to explain to her why we're not at the point my ex-boss claimed when he left, and get permission to start catching up to that point.
But she has very little time, so I edited the email repeatedly to take more and more out, so she could digest it in C*O-sized chunks inbetween the actual stuff she does.
Hey, they wanted me to be more proactive! (They also wanted me to be less ronin, so...)
people not telling you anything (when they are actually doing something/thinking about it) is the WORST
Seriously! Is "we'll talk later" too much to ask for? It's not polite, but I gotta know I'm not suddenly invisible to MDs. My pain doc's parting words were "I shouldn't be the one that has to explain these things to you." NO SHIT, Dr. F. No shit.
I don't know what to say about your neuro's lack of communication, at the very least.
Well, neither did he, so...
The office I'm working in, in Salt Lake City, is down the hall from the restrooms. I can hear when someone slams down the toilet seat and when they use the hand air dryer. Oddly, thankfully, I don't hear the flush unless they open the door before the flush is complete. I do NOT need to know this stuff.
Add in the noise of the analog clock behind me and the voices coming from the thin walls on each side of me...my brain is lucky to be concentrating on work at all. There is a reason I work from home. I have a hard time tuning out the other noises. I'd love to just put my headphones in and listen to music to dull the other noises, but that feels anti-collaborative while I'm visiting here.
Yes! I got the CIO go-ahead on what I wanted. Thank DOG that went well. I even got a "good strategy." Woohoo!
What do you think is happening in the stall of you notice your neighbour's foot position means their legs are crossed at the knee (or they literally have two left feet)? That visual has been bothering me for weeks now.
ita - I'd take that to mean that your neighbour is hiding out in the bathroom and tapping away on their smartphone. And not conducting bathroom business.
But isn't crossing your legs a little...I don't know...it would never occur to me to chill in a stinky place like that, but crossing your legs is
sitting
sitting. I don't need to be that close to anything in there.
Icky poo.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a) an iPod/cellphone car mount? I mean the ones you pop your device into and out of, and it'd need to be adjustable, not iPhone specific or anything or b) framing services--I noticed Fast Frame, Aaron Brothers, and Frame Store this morning, and I don't know if there's anything to choose between those fast food options. I've got a couple lovely frames from Fast Frame, but I don't even know if they're competitive and I sure don't have the spoons to find out?
