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Job Hunt -- what it takes
lighter:
Sounds good, Hoppy:
I like the idea of sizing each other up on this first project.
You'll give him stellar information while promising to do the same on other projects.
He'll see the value, and things will go from there.
You might consider renting your house out furnished for a bit if it becomes necessary to move for any length of time.
Short term furnished rentals are BIG where I live.
Well done,
Light
Hopalong:
Thanks, all.
I kind of crashed for a day to recover from the trip and today got up my nerve to write him a followup.
Next challenge, for me, is to negotiate smartly and well. Not being so greedy I blow any opportunity away, but not doing the chronic under-valuing of myself that I've done most of my career. Scary stuff but I can do this too!
Meanwhile I'm happy to be home, cuddling up with my pooch and catching a movie with a friend.
Head spinning but still hopeful,
Hops
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Hopalong on January 02, 2016, 09:53:51 PM ---Thanks, all.
I kind of crashed for a day to recover from the trip and today got up my nerve to write him a followup.
Next challenge, for me, is to negotiate smartly and well. Not being so greedy I blow any opportunity away, but not doing the chronic under-valuing of myself that I've done most of my career. Scary stuff but I can do this too!
Meanwhile I'm happy to be home, cuddling up with my pooch and catching a movie with a friend.
Head spinning but still hopeful,
Hops
--- End quote ---
I am really enjoying reading this thread, Hops, it makes me feel so happy to read that, it seems to me, the Universe has decided to blow some good things in your direction. And so amazing to read that you are handling all of this so well. I am looking forward to reading more :) x
Meh:
:) I'm so slow. I missed the part about you losing your job in the first place, I didn't know it had happened. ? Anyways I don'tunderstand how people used to work for the same company for decades and get a pension out of it, that never happens anymore. I wonder if people hated their jobs just as much then or if everybody just treated each other because constant "restructuring" wasn't the norm.
Good luck with whatever happens.
Hopalong:
Thanks, Tupp and Boat.
The post-trip high has kind of slowed, and I have no certainty I'll really get a job with them.
Slowly, the reality of the situation is sinking in. Though I should be able to find SOMETHING, I'm out of savings in a couple months and that could jeopardize keeping my house.
I'm a little scared and hid and escaped for a week, but now it's time for me to focus and job hunt consistently every day. If the other company does come through (owner says he's talking to his board of directors about me at the end of this week but he's not sure they'll agree to hiring me) that's great, but meanwhile, it's scary to have nothing and not know when I'll have a regular paycheck again. Or, if it'll be enough to cover my mortgage.
I think I'll manage. I'm just abruptly in a whole new stage of life that I wasn't prepared for. My psyche certainly needed me to be out of the old job and Nboss' orbit, but my LIFE needed an income! I did have, thanks to Financial Peace University (that Dave Ramsey personal finance class) an emergency fund. Not a big one, about 3 months' expenses, but better than nothing.
Thanks for the good wishes. On balance I'm still hopeful and we'll see. Long-term unemployment is no joke. I can do some freelance writing, I'm pretty sure. It's just that at 65 it's going to be harder to convince a company to give me a FT position. I may be scrambling fairly desperately for as long as I can work.
:(
Hops
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