The job search is ongoing. My manager said this morning that he’s been told to start the separation paperwork, so I should get some emails next week. I guess the divorce is about to become final.
So, no job, but a couple of prospects on the horizon.
I did update my resume, and that has started calls from some recruiters, so I recommend take a resume course if you’re looking.
I also accidentally discovered the fastest way to find a new job – become a recruiter.
I got a call from a woman in Houston yesterday at 2:25pm. She had a perfect position for me and wanted to discuss it at my earliest convenience. I was in a meeting (ironically with another recruiter), so I missed the call, but I sent her a polite email and said I’d call today.
I called at 11:34am this morning, asked for the recruiter, and the receptionist said, “She’s no longer here. Could someone else help you?”.
I said, “No longer with the firm?” and the receptionist said, “She decided she wanted to follow a different path.”
So, my recruiter found herself a new career and left the firm in a little under 22 hours.
WTF?
I guess if you read job requisitions all day long, eventually, you will see one, and say, “Screw this! I could do this job!” and just send over your resume instead of your client’s.
I wish her good luck in her new career, whatever it may be. I hope she’s not a presales software engineer, as I really don’t need the competition right now.
In the meantime, the receptionist found my by my phone number, found the job requisition in question and gave me the name of my new recruiter, who had just left for lunch. She will call me.
I should have asked, “Are you sure she’s coming back from lunch?”