For the first time since Wednesday, July 18 I put in a full day of work!
Even though I have yet to find a permanent position, I will be working for a Saint Paul direct mailing company on a two-week contract basis. My mission while there is to determine the cause of a $500,000 discrepancy in a postage account.
The first day analysis: Worse than the dentist.
But better than the proctologist!
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Hey Brad,
ReplyDeleteI don't stop by very often since you decided to stop publishing my posts so I just learned about your "transitional employment" situation...
I was in a similar situation back in 1998.
I merged my creative department with another department and effectively merged myself out of a job when they brought in a guy from Carlson Marketing.
He lasted exactly two weeks - was fired when the President of the division learned that he was a fraud. The company lasted about a year before they eventually folded.
I got a job for a publishing company but quit just after 9-11 because I wasn't doing the job I was hired to do. That and and I was commuting 70 miles one way and never saw my kids.
To make ends meet, I did design jobs on the side, worked part-time for Home Depot, did audio engineering for my wife and I did odd handyman jobs for the clients of a friend who works with disabled and elderly.
I loved working with the Vets and the elderly and A little over a year ago, he offered me a job as a case worker for his clients. I'm looking at heading back to school for Social Work and for the first time in my life can honestly say I absolutely love my job.
Getting fired, er... um... laid off was the BEST thing that ever happened to me.
I hope everything works out and that you find a job that is as fulfilling to you as mine is to me.
Best of luck.
Thanks for the kind words!!
ReplyDeleteI have been on several interviews over the past few weeks so I have no doubt I will find something in my chosen field within a week or two. I’m finding that it’s a very good market right now.
Admittedly, I thoroughly enjoyed the 2 ½ weeks I was off work. Hey if the company that fired me was going to pay me to leave, I figured I’d live fat and happy for a while. Then last week I decided to accept the contracting gig I alluded to in this post. It was a matter of getting my brain back into work mode.
You know, I actually lifted your ban back in May when you commented on the following thread:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8916319&postID=673068192525383293