Thursday, May 29, 2008

Busy Little Bee

So, Sunday the 18th, after losing nearly 4 weeks to the interviews at Triage, I decided to just post my resume on Monster & CareerBuilder and see who called. I've gotten a few calls from temp agencies, which I have politely turned down. No matter how bad I want to leave my current job, I won't trade paid bennies & accrued vacation for a 'maybe.' So, on 5/21, I got called by a placement company. I told them straight up that I wasn't looking for temp work, and the gentleman informed me that he only handled permanent placements & that he wanted to discuss a position in San Ramon with me. So, I took a long lunch & went to Walnut Creek to talk with the guy. He really liked me & sent my resume on to the company in San Ramon. On 5/22, I got a voicemail from a guy in New York. I guess he's the Director of HR for a tech firm that's based in SF (almost under the Bay Bridge) and has a handful of other offices throughout the country. They've got a payroll position he really wants me to interview for. I left him a message, and then finally got to talk to him yesterday for about 10 minutes. He really seemed to like me & said he'd call me back today to set up an interview. This morning, I had an interview with the company in San Ramon. They seemed pretty impressed with me & want me to come back on a day they are processing payroll so that I can see what I may be in for with them. The placement firm told me that they've only asked 1 other person for a 2nd interview, and that person decided against it because of the commute. The commute is great for me...only 1/2 of what I do now. The New York guy called me later, I have an interview Monday @ 5 at the office in SF. It's maybe about 1/2 mile from the Embarcadero BART...shouldn't be a bad walk. So, that's all for now. I'll be checking out Monster & CareerBuilder this weekend & sending out resumes to anything that looks decent, but I don't seem to be doing too bad at the moment.

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