Full Time Job

I currently have a full time job of finding a job. My mom was surprised to hear that I'm not bored. In fact the week flies by. It seems like Monday is barely gone before Friday is upon me. My "job" involves going to job clubs to hear motivational presentations and meet other people who are on the hunt, going to workshops to learn how to prepare a good resume or do your elevator pitch. I've also been doing interviews, researching companies of interest and updating my resume (about 10 times so far). I've also written a cover letter that I haven't had the opportunity to use. Additionally, I've been promoting other people that I've met in my networking. One gentleman seems like a perfect match for a position that is currently open with my prior employer. Ironic that I would promote him to the company that laid me off. But if you give you will get back. What you give does not have to be large.

All of the jobs that I've obtained over the past several years were gifts. About 18 years ago I was working at a business leasing company. One of the brokers I talked to on the phone kept saying you should come work for me. I finally went to Atlanta to work for him. The position only lasted 3 months, but by that time I had my tickets for the Olympics so I was going to stay. I went to work for a telemarketer. I'd only been there about a week when one of my colleagues on the calling team told me she had just got a position at a consulting company that was working with IBM. She told me that she thought I would be good at the job and asked for my resume. I said ok. I got the job. While at this job, I was promoted with IBM proper. While in this latter job, I was working with a tech who lived in Austin. He said you should visit Austin, you'd like it. I said sure, that would be nice. He said while you're at it send your resume. During my visit I interviewed and got the job. I took a class with another gentleman that I didn't know real well. While we were in this class together, he was dismissed from his job. After the class was over, I called to ask how he was doing and to suggest leads. He eventually found a job through a recruiter. Because he appreciated the support that I had offered he gave my name to the recruiter. Soon I was working for the same company.

Austin has fabulous job networking resources. I wonder if other states do?

After asking the question above I did a search on the internet and found this site that lists job network resources: http://www.job-hunt.org/job-search-networking/job-search-networking.shtml#texas. It is not a comprehensive list. Only the largest organizations in Austin are listed. I know of a couple smaller ones that aren't mentioned.