Applied for another job this week, was tipped onto it by a friend over the weekend. Found it on "Indeed", which apparently is a new super job search engine. Job description was sort of cryptic, however the pay was great and also it said "applicants with Cintas please apply for immediate consideration." Well, I've worked at Cintas twice, and this second time I was dying to leave. Have some decent credentials to show for it, but I'll probably leave out the part about me hating the job, or that the second time around half my team quit in the first 4 months of the first quarter. I'm sure I will have to "explain" the ol' resume a bit and the unemployed/4 jobs in 6+ years issue, but so be it. I was a a part of the worst real estate/mortgage meltdown in history, so that has to count for something, right? Bring it on, I am quite a charmer. Hopefully the interviewer will not be some HR ice queen type of woman. If so, I may need to mention I recently had a moustache...
Have not heard back from the two jobs I applied to last week, although only one of those was applied to seriously. I can now see how people who apply to a million jobs a day can get frustrated, but needless to say I am not one of those people! At least I'm trying not to be. I think the part that helps that is the fact that I'm not superurgent to get back to full time employment just yet. However I think I will have to find some way to get a little scratch in the pocket sometime soon. The substitute teacher thing is still an option, however I'm not dying to go do that, so that's probably a sign that its not the job for me. Perhaps I should bet my life savings on North Carolina this weekend in the Final Four? Gotta spend money to make money! Don't fear folks, I wouldn't do such a thing. Gambling while unemployed is something I'm not even stupid enough to do. On the other hand, if I was employed, look out, what a great time of year, March Madness. One Shining Moment!
So I patiently chip away at this so-called job search. I have located a medical sales recruiter via a LinkedIn contact, who I will email today, perhaps that will lead to something. Hopefully she will not be as much of an "asshat" as a friend so dearly put it, as the last recruiter I spoke to. And hopefully she won't encourage me to partake in any dishonest practices. I'm very ethical, by the way...
So in addition to full time gigs, I MAY start to look at jobs just for the summer, maybe something fun...if anyone has any ideas, feel free to contact me.
And I WILL be back with another gripping installment of "On Sabbatical" tomorrow, Friday, so we can all look forward to that! Until then, I offer up a quote I picked up while watching the movie "Notorious" earlier this week, a film chronicling the life of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. A couple words have been changed to keep this clean and also not come off as a racist:
What don't break a man, make a man
The quote loses a little something in the transalation don't you think?
ReplyDeleteyes, but hopefully the point gets across...without getting the NAACP involved...
ReplyDeleteI know a recruiter, he's a total asshat. UNC? Maybe we can bet a lunch on that. It's UCONN's tourney to lose now
ReplyDeletesounds good BG. You'd be betting on Duke if they were still alive...
ReplyDeleteutley, you should go back and read your first blog entries. what you're applying for is what you set out to get away from. careful you don't take a job just for the sake of it.
ReplyDeleteI agree Ted, however I know that I need to stick with some type of sales to support my lifestyle and also I do enjoy the "thrill" of making a sale. It just needs to be the right type of sale; one that does not revolve solely around cold calling all day long and/or selling a product that is not really that important. The sale I am looking for will center around relationship building as well as some other type of activity such as group presentations, and/or other types of intellectual practices...
ReplyDeleteHence why I have narrowed it down to Medical Sales or Insurance wholesales; and it seems in this economic environment the medical seems more realistic.
Unless you have any better ideas, this is where I am at this point...
no, i think that makes sense. it may be tough to get into without any prior medical experience, but you should look into allscripts. they have an office in nashua. they specialize in electronic medical records and the stimulus package has $20 billion specifically given to doctors to convert to electronic medical records that they have to spend in the next 6 years. could be lucrative.
ReplyDeleteRoger, roger.
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