Rejection

I got my first “your not hired” letter in the mail the other day. And can I tell you, that it was the greatest thing??? Well … Maybe not THE greatest, but at least it was something. I have been applying for job after job after job for the last 2 plus months and I have gotten absolutely NOTHING back. So a rejection letter is better than the absolute cyber-silence, I suppose.

What makes it worse is that I was talking to an insurance head hunter the other day, and he confirmed my worst fear … He told me that most insurance companies are posting jobs out there but none of them are actually hiring for jobs right now (or even have the approval to hire). Instead they are just trying to gather a candidate pool and once they get the approval for the position, then they will actually start looking to hire someone. I guess the philosophy is that no one will quit a job until they have another one lined up so these companies can just work their severely over-worked employees until they crack and these people will put up with it because there is no where else to go.

What pisses me off about all that is these companies are posting profits now, but I get the feeling that many of them (not just insurance) are doing the same thing – not hiring any more people. I mean, why bother hiring more people when you can work with half the staff and still make the numbers you want because everyone if afraid to quit.

This make is look like the economy is beginning to pull itself out of the recession, but really, when unemployment is as high as it is … can you really say things are better??? Especially when so many people are out of work???

Granted I’m no economist, and I’m incredibly frustrated with the fact that I can’t seem to find a job to save my life … But that’s what it seems like to me!

Job Hunting Sucks

Has anyone ever told you how much trying to find a job sucks??? I mean seriously seriously seriously sucks? I’ve been looking for about a month and I got a whole lot of nuthin. NUTHIN.

When I moved to NYC, I decided that I wanted to go thru a career change. I worked as an insurance claims adjuster for about 6 years, and was ready for something different. Maybe something a little less combative … Something less stressful… Something where I wouldn’t be yelled at at least once a day and told that I was the spawn of Satan … I mean, I don’t think I was asking for too much, do you?

So in order to move into this new career, I need to decide what I wanted to be when I grow up. That’s that hard part, 'cause honestly, I really don’t know. I mean... I’d love to save manatees, but I don’t think that is a very viable job option here in the Northeast when all the manatees are in Florida (and sometimes get lost and swim up to St. Louis).

So I’ve decided to just throw my resume out into the wind and hope that someone picks it up. I am ok with working as an entry level entry level something or the other, but in order to do that I would have to fix my resume.

My resume was geared towards the insurance world, as all my experience was in the insurance world. Fortunately, I had a friend who had a friend who was able to help me touch that sucker up so that it was more appealing to the non-insurance industry. If it hadn’t been for this lady, I would still be working on my resume! It mean seriously! Resume writing is hard. How do you mention all your achievements and not sound like a douche? On top of that, how do you write a career changing resume without sounding like a douche that has too much experience and may want too much money??? That’s that hard part.

I’ve gotten a couple of calls from some insurance recruiters, so it looks like I may have to go back into insurance. But at this point, I’m ok with that … I mean, it won’t kill me to go back into insurance … I mean, not directly … Maybe the stress related hypertension or something (is that even real? or did I make that up?) … Or maybe a psychotic claimant who has their claim denied and is really pissed abou it …

My Shame

I am so ashamed .....