| Still not job hunting yet |
[Mar. 20th, 2017|12:03 am]
wildcard9
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Here is a two months later status update. The layoff occurred the day before Arisia, so I had that to buffer my immediate reaction to the event. Since then, I have been taking both in person and online seminars for various aspects of job hunting (networking, interviewing, negotiating, etc). I also worked with the outsourcing company to get myself a MUCH better resume than I would have gotten on my own. My time with the outsourcing company ends on March 31st, so that will also end the in person seminars with them (I can still do the online seminars for the rest of 2017, even though they are repeats of what I have done already).
I am finally feeling ready, or close to it, to start the job hunt. I will start seriously looking on April 3rd, my first weekday after my outsourcing program has ended. I want to stay local, find a job in Tewksbury or one of the surrounding towns. I will NOT take a job in Waltham again unless I hit a full year without a job; the commute drove me nearly insane before and I know it has only gotten worse since I last worked in Waltham.
I attended MarsCon, and will do PenguiCon as well at the end of April. I can do a number of panels there that would be professional development, and who know what contacts I can make that may lead to a job (although given the con is just outside of Detroit, most likely it would be a telecommute job). FuMPFest in mid-June will be my final travel con of the year; I am going to bite the bullet and say DragonCon is officially out this year so that the person I am staying with can find a replacement roommate. I may hit local cons during the second half of the year since going six months without a con may be too much for me (how did I ever survive on just Arisia and nothing else?). Boston Comic Con does not count, that is just a giant dealer's room; I would want something closer to what Arisia offers, even if it is on a smaller scale. |
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