Sick of not finding a job.... what else can I do, what am I missing?

[shortylickens]

I've went on a 63-day road trip few years ago when I got laid off. I drove a total of 12,000 miles from Boston to Philly, DC, Miami, Key West, back to Atlanta, through Texas, down in Tombstone, AZ, Grand Canyon/Bryce Canyon/Zion NP, Vegas, LA -> San Fran -> Reno, Mount Rushmore, Chicago, New York, and home.

I'm absolutely sick of driving.

In Utah/SD/mid west, there's fucking NOTHING on the road. I watched the whole season of Entourage on my laptop WHILE driving. Pretty crazy, not doing that again.

I hated driving from Ridgecrest to Vegas. No way I could survive a cross country trip.

 

[Exterous]

I don't wish that. I don't sodomize with co-workers. That's what the people in the basement are for.

FTFY

I'm the youngest employee in IT. Bleh. And get tons of shit for it.

What? You're doing it wrong! Well, maybe anyway - if you're >20 and the other people are >27 then you should give them all sorts of shit for being older. I offered to buy my boss a walker for his 37th birthday

Leads to irritability with other people.

So whats your excuse for all the other years of irritability? :awe:

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Got an interview tomorrow and few recruiters calling (which I've learned again and again to not to get excited about it).

you never answered... what industry/position?

 

[zinfamous]

Have you tried whoring?

 

[Zeze]

I hated driving from Ridgecrest to Vegas. No way I could survive a cross country trip.

you never answered... what industry/position?

IT PM, I've worked in telecom and consulting.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I've went on a 63-day road trip few years ago when I got laid off. I drove a total of 12,000 miles from Boston to Philly, DC, Miami, Key West, back to Atlanta, through Texas, down in Tombstone, AZ, Grand Canyon/Bryce Canyon/Zion NP, Vegas, LA -> San Fran -> Reno, Mount Rushmore, Chicago, New York, and home.

I'm absolutely sick of driving.

In Utah/SD/mid west, there's fucking NOTHING on the road. I watched the whole season of Entourage on my laptop WHILE driving. Pretty crazy, not doing that again.

Nothing in SD? The Badlands and Mt Rushmore made it worth driving thru when I drove cross-country.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

IT PM, I've worked in telecom and consulting.

IT project management?
i see and personally know of quite a few projects going on in NYC, esp. with mergers and acquisitions. but my scope is limited to finance firms.

 

[bfdd]

head north young man... North Dakota that is. Bunch of oil boom towns with 1% unemployment.

been telling my friends who are unemployed about it, but they don't want to leave California. Dumbasses.

 

[Iron Woode]

I'm currently employed but I hate it. They don't even have typical peers, everyone goes home after work. The work itself is boring with little to no growth. I'm pretty much cruising doing same crap every day.

I've been hitting CL/Monster/Careerbuilder. I've had few interviews but no cigar. I've also tried hitting my networking, but no go or my friends are in different industry.

Recruiters are bullshit most of the time. They either string you along or never hear back from them. Selfish pricks.

What am I missing? What can I do more? What are you doing that I'm missing? Feel free to share tips.

try a temp agency. They're not all bad. Around here they can get you into a full time job.

 

[zinfamous]

been telling my friends who are unemployed about it, but they don't want to leave California. Dumbasses.

Unemployed in CA vs working in the oil industry in ND....


wait, why are you calling them dumbasses?

 

[Zeze]

IT project management?
i see and personally know of quite a few projects going on in NYC, esp. with mergers and acquisitions. but my scope is limited to finance firms.

Thanks for looking out, I was gonna hook you up with a Burb scarf.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

relocate.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Recruiters are bullshit most of the time. They either string you along or never hear back from them. Selfish pricks.

Couldn't agree with you more.

IF you live on contracts, they are a needed evil:\