I just want to note that things are happening on the job front.
Naturally, we have to wait and see how everything is going to play out, but regardless, it almost — almost — feels like a watershed moment.
So far the past couple of weeks have been a dramatic departure from what was going on most of last year. Whereas things in 2009, particularly the last three months, seemed to be mainly stagnant or, at best, just a slow, agonizing crawl over salt-coated glass shards spread through a wading pool filled with lemon juice, 2010 has shown a bit more hustle, both on my part, as well as “outside forces.” Now, I have significantly upped my own drive, making an average of 50-75 “approaches” (resumes, cover letters, phone calls, interviews) over the past 2 weeks, but beyond that, there appear to be forces at work beyond my understanding. I have been hearing from companies and people that I had contacted months ago — in one case, all the way back in August.
Again, I want to stress that I’m not taking anything for granted; I still have to make sure I do the proper follow-up work to keep as many possibilities alive as possible.
Still, this is basically a level of weird-good comparable to suddenly getting a number of calls from girls that had only dated you once, and are now asking if you’re up for some brunch.
Feast or famine.
So heck, let’s eat!
I’m very glad to hear that!
If you had to move out of the area, I’d need to pay for a hotel in Manhattan.
Oh, moving is still a possibility. Certainly I’m not ruling anything out.
Ironically, I think it’s the same approach that you mentioned for yourself: a willingness to move anywhere makes it easier to find employment.
That’s true. Altough after a while you get comments from relatives like “I’ve used up an entire page of an address book on you.”