Uncle Mo

Since my post last Thursday regarding the Job Fair I attended, I'd like to think I've gained a little momentum. A slight amount of momentum. Or Uncle Mo, as we sometimes call it. And for everyone's sake, let's hope Uncle Mo and myself put together a nice relationship here in the upcoming days/weeks/months/years/lifetime...

As I have mentioned I will probably need to start to attempt to make a little cash money for myself. A little pocket change if you will. I have mentioned the substitute teaching in the past, which I still may actually do, perhaps in a couple weeks. I have been assured I can get right into that whenever I want. However another small opportunity arose, which could be a lifelong income source, greatly diversifying my portfolio. My portfolio of income that is, or at the moement, lack there of.

An old college friend who lives out in San Fran was swinging through town last Friday morning, so we scheduled a last minute lunch. College friend until the old "keg out the window" incident sophomore year. But I digress. We spoke of a lot of things, mainly the "side" business he has started up. He lives in the world of search engine marketing, works for a reputable firm and uses his startup to test the company's software. Anyway, he has a batch of small clients, a couple of which he could use some help with. Hence, I said I'd be interested...it involves Google Adwords and attracting consumers to certain websites. Once running, it almost provides automatic income. Now, I can't pretend to be super computer-savvy, however I think I could figure this out. Just need to put together the time to do it, but as I said, it could provide a nice additional income source, requiring only a minimal time commitment each week.

Last Friday night, another old friend also was visiting town. This friend, another follower of 'Tical, is an Insurance Wholesale Rep...and if you follow closely, you may know that is a position I may be interested in. In fact, this fella got me turned onto the gig, for he makes buttloads of money and also enjoys it. And it provides many of the job duties I experienced as a mortage wholesale rep, which you may recall I wrote about a couple weeks ago. Social aspects I enjoy. And yes, I did just say the word "duties."

Anyway, apparently there may be a job opening with this company in a local market. Which is nice, because I have wanted to get in that company before. My friend than called me on Monday and asked me to send him a resume. Done and done. So, let's keep our fingers crossed on that one!

And then yesterday, Tuesday, I had an appointment with the Private and Corporate Outplacement Firm I spoke of last week, resulting in my attedning the job fair. That is what they call themselves, which I learned is different than a headhunter, recruiter, staffing agency, etc; I think the meeting went great, and we'll see what comes of it. I will probably write additionally about it later this week (and yes I plan on putting up 3 blogs this week) for it was a jam packed session with great ideas exchanged. So, lets just say I may have some high hopes for this method of the job search, but wouldn't you know I have a tee time shortly...so that's all for now folks!

However, do not fret, I promise the rest of week will bring some highly inspired sh*t...