It has been an unusual week for me. One week ago today laid off. It has taken me a little bit to get my legs back underneath me and I am not sure that I have. It has been quite an eye opener for me.
To start with, though I got my job with Decision One in 1998, I did not actively persue looking for a job then. I floated my resume a few places through the internet, but I did not have to find a job. For that time, the last time I was without work through a lay off, it was 1989. Think back if you can. There was no Internet, it was still under the military, APRANET. When you went looking for a job you went from place to place. You took 2 to 3 days a week and you knocked on doors and handed out resumes. Now what do you do. You ask if you can put in an application and they tell you to do it on line. No one wants to talk to you anymore. There is no feedback. No one says that they will call if something opens up, or anything else. You get a nice email that says in canned text, thanks for applying for [INSERT JOB NAME HERE].
Yes, I know it is more efficient. It is still jarring to my senses though. I have been out of work one week and except for one interview that was advertised as a full time job and wound up being part time, I have not gone out of the house to drop a resume anyplace. And the one job that I had a phone number to talk to a man, the secretary told me to email the resume in.
Anyway, just letting you all know what is happening. I know I will survive and get a job. I know that I am in God's hands and this did not catch Him off guard. I just am having a hell of a time with it.
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