I just applied for 3 jobs via LinkedIn. I call it “earning my unemployment check.” While I am job hunting all week long, filing and logging three applications to qualify for my…
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Job Hunt Diary 2023: A Nibble & An Unwise Recruiter
Sorry for the lack of posts, but the home office remodel took a bit longer than expected. The problem with “a place for everything and everything in its place” is it can…
Job Hunt Diary 2023: Three Unwise Recruiters
Today I woke to not one but three recruiters contacting me via LinkedIn, all from different agencies, all for the same contract role with the same company. Two named the company, one…
Job Hunt Diary – The End of The Job Hunt
Hello from a hotel room in Santa Clara. I got up at 4 a.m. on Monday morning to fly down from Seattle and meet my new co-workers in person. In the past…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 6 – Day 2
10 p.m. No news is no news While I did get contacts on LinkedIn from a couple of recruiters about new opportunities, nothing from the four companies still in the hunt on…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 6 – Day 1
1 p.m. Everything finished up on Thursday. Slept in on Friday and got a 91 sleep score on my FitBit. Always happy when I score an A in sleep. This morning, I…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 5 – Day 5
I finished up with two more companies, but one with which I had believed I was finished, emailed to ask for a presentation.
Job Hunt Diary – Week 5 – Day 4
11 a.m. Apologies again. While in the heat of interviewing and interview prep, daily blogging has not been as big a priority. Three down – two to go Quick recap: Two small…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 4 – Day 5
I like to believe that I’m a seasoned, experienced professional who does good work, yet there’s still a nagging doubt in the back of my mind telling me I’m somehow just good at spinning my past accomplishments and nothing I’ve ever done is good enough.
Job Hunt Diary – Week 4 – Day 4
ME: “Well, brain. It’s 11 p.m. Seems like a good time to go to sleep.”
MY BRAIN: “Seems like a good time to REHASH EVERYTHING YOU SAID IN YOUR INTERVIEWS TODAY!”
Job Hunt Diary – Week 4 – Day 3
Wow… We’re now at 5 full interviews in process or pending. I’ll finish up with two start-ups this week, start discussions with one or two start-ups this week, and start the loops with three very large corporations (VLCs) Friday.
Notes from the Job Hunt – Week 3 – Day 5
10:00 PM Got an early start today. I needed to code for an interview at 9:30 and use their SDK, so I made sure I had their SDK up and running with…
Notes from the Job Hunt – Late Night Edition
…the pronoun in every other sentence is “we” and it is signed with a team name. So where did “I’d” suddenly come from… Is the team itself actually 5 robot lions and that sentence was composed while they were combined as Voltron?
Notes from the Job Hunt – Week 3 – Day 4
9:00 p.m. Sorry there was no entry yesterday. Things are getting busy. Got that overlap rescheduled yesterday… for today. And I had to get a presentation ready to go because today’s screening…
Notes from the Job Hunt – Week 3 – Day 2
Noon Interesting 27 hours Got an email from the recruiter scheduling interviews for a role that really interested me. I sent back my availability. Unfortunately, this recruiter and the HM are in…