Inane Ramblings of an Over Caffinated Mind
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Someone Pay Me to Look Pretty, Please?
Job hunting – may I say it’s not exactly the world’s most pleasant pastime? For the last six months, the disgruntle factor with my work environment has been steadily climbing. Thoughts of just never walking back into the office again have crossed my mind NUMEROUS times along with thoughts of winning the lottery.
What is it that’s kept me going you ask? Well, it sure isn’t the money. Don’t get me wrong, they do compensate me to live in a lifestyle that is comfortable, but we all want more, don’t we? I suppose it’s my sense of loyalty – a sickness if you ask me. The project I’m currently involved in started in March and will not wrap up until early January 2006. At that point, I believe I can walk away with a sense of accomplishment and closure.
In pursuit of greener pastures, I’ve initiated the process of securing a new occupation. Don’t know if anyone has had the opportunity to visit Monster.com lately, but they do offer a rather nifty feature of a partially public resume. This allows employers to search your resume, but it keeps your contact information and current company private. Interested parties contact you through an anonymous redirect email. However, my paranoid nature leads me to constantly inquire, “Exactly how PRIVATE is this, really?”
Sufficed to say, there’s a certain sense of security and confidence that is derived from my employed status when dealing with potential new employers. I’ve had two telephone interviews this week but have not heard about the current status of either. Normally, I would be freaking out and stalking the recruiters. However, since I am drowning in work, I have no time to obsess over how many hours have elapsed since I’ve heard from these recruiters.
Hopefully someone will offer me an insane amount of money just to sit around and look pretty. Ah, a girl can dream, can’t she?
