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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2005need purrs please ...
I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... I just found out this morning that I've been laid off. Due to shifting priorities at NASA, my project's budget for this year was decimated. I was rolled off of the s/w team because apparently, I'd been scheduled to roll off this summer anyway, so it was the least schedule impact. And apparently, none of the other projects had the budget for another person right now. I'm trying to look at this as an opportunity to find an awesome job, rather than a kick in the teeth, which is what it feels like. I've been working harder and enjoying myself more on this project than I have at work in a long time. It's just so backwards. My "stupidity loan" is two payments away from done, so I'll be able to finish it off before my severance gives out. At least there's that. And DH did just get a raise, so we're not as badly off as we could have been ... Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Purrs and prayers that you find an awesome job quickly. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time >I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. We're purring for you. I've been shopping for a new job and I've seen a lot of opportunities for programmers in this area of the country. From what I hear, dice.com is the best IT job website around. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since >> before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > country. From what I hear, dice.com is the best IT job website > around. Ah, blast from the past! I used dice when searching for my current job. I do see some good stuff in this area. Unfortunately, my knee issues make driving all the way to Denver sound about as appealing as dental surgery ... too bad, because Denver has some awesome-sounding jobs. I'm seeing some interesting stuff in Boulder, too, though. It looks like things are thawing for software. I hope that's true. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. Good job finding purrs are headed your way. I've been there and I know how scary that feeling is, but you'll get through this - life never seems to close one door without opening another. Hugs, CatNipped >I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since >before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. It just sucks. Purrs on the way. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > > I just found out this morning that I've been laid off. > > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. Purrs on the way for you to find a fantastic job soon. Jill > I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > I just found out this morning that I've been laid off. Good luck with the job hunt. It's normal to be scared when you're suddenly unemployed! SignatureCheryl > I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. That is scary, but hopefully something will turn up soon! > I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > > I just found out this morning that I've been laid off. I'm really sorry, Mo. > Due to shifting priorities at NASA, my project's budget for this year > was decimated. I was rolled off of the s/w team because apparently, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I'm trying to look at this as an opportunity to find an awesome job, > rather than a kick in the teeth, which is what it feels like. I imagine so. It's hard to take no matter what the reason for it may be. Chin up, kid. I've > been working harder and enjoying myself more on this project than I > have at work in a long time. It's just so backwards. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. You are bright and capable, Monique, and you have a good partner to support you emotionally and otherwise. Try not to fear too much. In your heart you know it will be just fine. New opportunities! Maybe you could go into business for yourself! Have you ever thought about that? > You are bright and capable, Monique, and you have a good partner to > support you emotionally and otherwise. Try not to fear too much. In > your heart you know it will be just fine. New opportunities! Maybe > you could go into business for yourself! Have you ever thought about > that? Actually, I have, but it's not the time. It's something I'd want to do with another person, too, and I just don't know someone like that who's currently available. I'd want my finances in a better state before I took the risk of starting something myself. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > You are bright and capable, Monique, and you have a good partner to > > support you emotionally and otherwise. Try not to fear too much. In [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I'd want my finances in a better state before I took the risk of > starting something myself. Well, maybe you can work up to that. At least you have good technical, computer-related skills, that is a plus. Good luck. >I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > >I just found out this morning that I've been laid off. Many purrs and purrayers for you to find something else soon... ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply >I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since >before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. Purrs that you find a really great opportunity soon. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) Job-finding purrs are on the way. I hope you find something you really love doing. Joy > I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. Job Purrs on the way with a vengence Jean.P. > Job-finding purrs are on the way. I hope you find something you really love > doing. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. It is really tough to land on the job market unexpectedly. And with a little luck, job hunting is a skill many of us don't have a lot of experience with. I disliked looking for a job so much, that I even had a hard time interviewing people to hire. Imagining myself in their shoes made me extremely uncomfortable. Work on not being too scared. Give yourself at least a couple of weeks where you don't just jump at anything to just be working again. There is time for that if you can't find something you really want and look forward to doing. Start working on a resume that includes everything for your own files. And then use the appropriate information for a public one. Review all of your skills that can be job skills and every one you know that could be considered a contact. And let everyone you can think of know that you are looking for a job. Jo > It is really tough to land on the job market unexpectedly. And with > a little luck, job hunting is a skill many of us don't have a lot of > experience with. I disliked looking for a job so much, that I even > had a hard time interviewing people to hire. Imagining myself in > their shoes made me extremely uncomfortable. Ain't that the truth. I enjoyed interviewing people (being on the hired side of the table), but that's probably because I'd never been in a desperate position. I'm sure I'll have more empathy now. > Work on not being too scared. Give yourself at least a couple of > weeks where you don't just jump at anything to just be working > again. There is time for that if you can't find something you > really want and look forward to doing. Absolutely. I've already been searching and sorting things into two buckets, "first" and "everything else." I'll apply all over the place and see what happens. I need to find out how unemployment works, too, I guess ... is that a state thing or federal? I don't even know. Man. If things get really rough, we have a lot of money socked away in 401(K)s and IRAs. I'm hoping we won't have to touch that, though DH has already reduced his 401(K) contributions to the minimum for which he gets a corporate match. I'd hate to have to give up free money. > Start working on a resume that includes everything for your own > files. And then use the appropriate information for a public one. > Review all of your skills that can be job skills and every one you > know that could be considered a contact. Yup, I've been through this pretty recently. In a sense, this is good timing, because I've been a prime contributor to a lot of stuff on this project, so I have lots of recent experience to fill up the resume. > And let everyone you can think of know that you are looking for a > job. Jo Definitely. Unfortunately, most everyone I know has nothing to do with software. I'm also working on building my references list up. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >I need to find out how unemployment works, too, I guess ... is that a >state thing or federal? I don't even know. Man. Employers pay a federal tax and a state tax, but the programs are run by the states. Check out your state employment office. >>I need to find out how unemployment works, too, I guess ... is that >>a state thing or federal? I don't even know. Man. > > Employers pay a federal tax and a state tax, but the programs are > run by the states. Check out your state employment office. Turns out that in Colorado, you can file online, and all you have to do is call an automated phone system once every two weeks. My nightmares of having to stand in line for hours were unfounded. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > My "stupidity loan" is two payments away from done, so I'll be able to > finish it off before my severance gives out. At least there's that. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. Purrs and awesome job thoughts and wishes from us all here. It is a total shock the first three or four times one is without a job. Pam, Rob, and the Fayetteville Six + kittens and Speedy the d-thing. > Purrs and awesome job thoughts and wishes from us all here. It is a > total shock the first three or four times one is without a job. Thanks for making me smile =) I'm rapidly realizing that losing one out of two paychecks is much less devastating than losing one out of one. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> Purrs and awesome job thoughts and wishes from us all here. It is a >> total shock the first three or four times one is without a job. > >Thanks for making me smile =) I'm rapidly realizing that losing one >out of two paychecks is much less devastating than losing one out of >one. Yeah really. As the one out of one here, I can relate. But you're going to be fine. Just remember that you WILL have to go through the stages of grief, and to allow yourself to go through it. It's NORMAL. Take a little time (an hour or two maybe), then get on with the job-hunting. lol I can recommend hotjobs.yahoo.com, too. That's where I found my last job. Dice.com is where I found the job before that..... Monster.com is also very good. Post your resume EVERYWHERE. Jane > Yeah really. As the one out of one here, I can relate. But you're > going to be fine. Just remember that you WILL have to go through the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that..... Monster.com is also very good. Post your resume > EVERYWHERE. The grief thing is so true! There are times when I feel fine, even great; others when I feel like I've just been dumped. That's really the closest emotional response I can think of: that feeling of rejection. Thanks for reminding me that I should post my resume. I'd somehow blanked on doing that (as opposed to sending my resume directly to companies). I've heard that posting your resume rarely works, but it's easy enough that there's no reason to miss the chance. [BEGIN RANT] Except that Monster is really stupid. I don't have Word on my computer; I've been using OpenOffice and exporting to PDF. I prefer to do that, anyway, because different versions of Word will format a document slightly differently; with PDF, you know exactly what it will look like. Anyhoo, Monster *only* supports Word documents. Not only that, but for reasons I really don't understand, it seems that Word must be installed on the machine from which you're uploading the document. So I went through this fun little routine of saving my resume as a Word doc in OpenOffice, then opening it on DH's computer because he has Word. The formatting was screwy. So I saved it as an older version of Word, and that looked right in Word, but Monster still wouldn't let me upload it. Finally I uploaded it from DH's computer. What a stupid pain. Dice, on the other hand, just let me upload in HTML, which was much simpler and makes much more sense. [END RANT] [DEEP BREATH] Now I just need to focus on finding a job. That's harder than it should be. Now that I'm home all day, I'm finding all sorts of chores that I found it easy to ignore when I spent most of my day at work. I could easily keep myself busy all day without sending a single resume. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Purrs for you, and I do hope you find something better. That's what I've always told myself, and what others tell me too. It's certainly worked for me in the past (3 time layoff/outsource "victim" here), there's no reason it can't turn out better for you too! Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. you've sure got my purrs! Hoping that you find something appropriate quickly. Dan > you've sure got my purrs! Hoping that you find something appropriate > quickly. > > Dan Right back atcha =) Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Good luck purrs from Elisabet and Hugo Katt Monique Y. Mudama skrev i meddelandet ... >I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Purrs, Monique, I'm sorry this happened to you. Please know we're sending good thoughts your way. What kind of work do you do? Christine and Omar, Oreo, Midnight, Robin & Tucker > I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. > Purrs, Monique, I'm sorry this happened to you. Please know we're sending > good thoughts your way. What kind of work do you do? > Christine and Omar, Oreo, Midnight, Robin & Tucker Thank you to everyone (not just Christine) for the well-wishes. I'm a software engineer. My first job was writing Java applications to interface with massive military databases; this latest job was for Ball Aerospace. I had a hand in Deep Impact, which is scheduled to slam into a comet (on purpose!) around the 4th of July, and I had a lot to do with Kepler, the search for habitable planets (how cool is that?). Unfortunately, NASA pulled the rug out from under Kepler this year, altering our budget by tens of millions 1/3 of the way through the year. After all of this contractor stuff, I think my first attempts will be within the commercial sector. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. Major bummer! Purrs that a really good job comes your way soon. Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe >I just found out this morning that I've been laid off. That just reeks! Sorry to hear about it. >--------------------<snip>--------------------- >I'm trying to look at this as an opportunity to find an awesome job, >rather than a kick in the teeth, which is what it feels like. Keep your chin up and with that attitude I'm sure you'll come up with something that fulfils your needs. Regards and Purrs, O J I'm so very sorry to hear that. Lots of purrs and best wishes for you to get a great job, Monique, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. > I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > > I just found out this morning that I've been laid off. <snip> Purrs that you find that awesome job. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Monique, I'm so sorry to hear this news. Many purrs that you find something that you love to do, get lots of money doing it and get it soon! Charleen Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble Victor Velcro Oh, I looked at Oscar's picture, she definitely deserves to be spoiled unmercifully! Beautiful cat. > I know my situation isn't nearly as dire as many, but ... > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. > Monique, > I'm so sorry to hear this news. Many purrs that you find something that you [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Aggie Marble > Victor Velcro Thank you =) > Oh, I looked at Oscar's picture, she definitely deserves to be spoiled > unmercifully! Beautiful cat. She is, isn't she? She can be a real pain, but sometimes she's great. I had some nasty cramps today; contrary to her usual nature, she snuggled on my belly for quite a while, purring. It felt so good. I wonder if she knew how much she was helping. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since > before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. Sorry to be so late on this. We're sending lots of purrs that you find a new and exciting job soon. SignatureMarina, Frank, Nikki, and Mere marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki My "stupidity loan" is two payments away from done, so I'll be able to finish it off before my severance gives out. At least there's that. And DH did just get a raise, so we're not as badly off as we could have been ... Still, this is the first time I've been without employment since before I graduated from college. It's a shocker and I'm scared. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca ==================================================== Job purrs sent late, but with sincereity. Suz&Spicey > Job purrs sent late, but with sincereity. > Suz&Spicey Thanks to you and everyone who's sent some kind thoughts my way. 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