Chaos and Disorder.

[nyyki]

What is with everyone in the pagan community right now? It seems like it is coming apart at the seams.

I'm not going to get into the witch war B&B started in reaction to "the website" -- I've agreed to not discuss Club Maeven in my journal. (Besides, Lynxfeather's latest journal entry nails it on the head. http://www.lynxfeather.net/journal/2001/03-06-2001-2.html) Suffice to say that there are a lot of people out of sorts in general right now. And Mercury isn't even in retrograde.

I'm just glad my group is stable right now.

The technology markets are seriously whacked right now, so no one is hiring. The recruiters admit to me that they are in a major slump. There was less than one page of computer job classifieds in the Dallas Morning Right-Wing Totalitarian Pravda on Sunday.

Of course, this is totally foreign to the s/o -- I'm obviously lazy and making this up. The s/o wants me to start cold calling to technology companies. (Opinions?)

I'm to the point where I am going to take a waitstaff position to make ends meet. It sucks, but we need the money.

What is it going to take to get some balance in my life? What am I doing to create this stuff? And how can I stop doing or start doing what it takes?

Comments

[minirth.livejournal.com]

What is the deal with the s/o? What do they do for a living that they can't comprehend what the recruiters are telling you?

The way I see it, if you are actively talking to recruiters, the only other thing you can do is sign up with monster.com, dice.com, etc. I've found several jobs through those services, and I found my current job while browsing the job listings. I contacted them directly and a few weeks later, got an interview.

Cold calling... I guess it can work, but it sucks ass. I'm not at all sure it's worth the time. What type of job are you looking for right now?

Work and the s/o

[nyyki.livejournal.com]

The s/o is in the computer field. I think this is tough to comprehend for the s/o. Ever met one of those people who can instantly have a job just by turning around? The s/o has that charm/dharma.

I'm listed at Monster, texasjobs, Techie Gold, Hire Dallas, and several I can't name at this point. I want to be a technical writer. I'll take a job as a desktop tech, project manager, helpdesk lead -- a long list of things. I am listed with every recruiter and headhunter I can find -- I went therough the entire moster database and found every recruiter they had, and then sent them all resumes -- the equivalent of a cold call. I did the same with Texas hot jobs. Dice is a new one to me -- I'm headed there next.

I am pretty sure it is the stress of me not getting interviews that is causing the stress in the s/o. But I simply am getting no promising leads, much less an interview. So I will take a job waiting tables until something comes through.

Re: Work and the s/o

[minirth.livejournal.com]

Aah, good job karma. That explains a lot. There are just times when the jobs aren't out there - I've been through it too.

Consulting Partners in Dallas, Texas, is SUPERB for people wanting to break into technical writing. Moontiger, me, Jesse... we all got our career changed by talking to them. Give them a try. And another consulting friend of mine SWEARS by dice.com.

Good luck. I admire the fact that you are willing to take a shit job in the interim. That speaks well of you...

Consulting Partners

[nyyki.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to contact them, using the new skills I learend last night on how to draft effective cover letters.

Please email me the names they know y'all by so I can personalize the letter for greater impact.

Re: Consulting Partners

[minirth.livejournal.com]

I emailed to the email listed on your LJ profile.

Good luck!