It has been a long and stressful few weeks but I have finally saw the fruits of my labor. I just got a offer for a 6 month contract back in Florida. It’s not surprising since I get 15-20 calls a day and deal with every decent recruiter in the state of Florida. I also expect to get at least one more if not more offers in the next few days.
Fighting to get back to Florida was worth it. If you try your best at something you have a good chance at obtaining what you really want. This is really got news on the day before my last day at work here in Charlotte.
August 12th, 2010, posted by Mike
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Well, it’s been a surprising week. It seems my contract is coming to an end at the end on August 13th much earlier than expected. Why does it not surprise me that again it’s not due to my fault. My supervisor told my employer that “there wasn’t enough work”.
My guess is that they were just trimming the budget. Anyway, it’s the 2nd time in the past few months and the 2nd time this year I am unemployed. I just want to leave Charlotte. Charlotte is ok but it’s not the type of city I would want to live in. When you have lived in better cities you always compare to the other city.
Things seem to be looking up. I am getting tons of new opportunities back in Florida that I’m trying to get. Not to mention a ton of other cities and states. I’m on the phone for several hours a day and get way too many emails to keep up quickly enough. I’m just hoping that I have the opportunity to get back to Florida since I now have another chance of pursing it. If it doesn’t happen now there’s always another chance.
August 4th, 2010, posted by Mike
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There is no such things as a sure thing. Despite the uncertainty of a bad job market I was unemployed for about a month from my last job. Not bad but it was typical of the past several years.
Why was I unemployed for just one month? Well, once you get a resume like mine you get tons of jobs presented to you after posting online. I wanted to stay in Tampa but was tempted by the lure of lots more $$$ by sacrificing location for employment. The economy in North Carolina for IT is way better than Florida.
I was told by my consulting company that they have more consultants in a nearby city of 200,000 people then the entire state of Florida which has millions of people. Not really surprising with my job hunt in Florida after weeks of searching.
I probably could have found something if I was able to wait a few more months. I’m hoping I can eventually land back in Tampa (or Central/South Florida) at some point maybe next year. Maintaining and expanding your network is the only thing you can do all the time to keep yourself employed in any economy. LinkedIn is great for this.
July 11th, 2010, posted by Mike
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