A credit check ... I know, how insulting. And if you live your life without depending on credit your score is lower.

Sounds like you did great, V. The wait is tough ... but sending good vibes, crossing fingers and toes for you!

I hate being out of work. I hate the (so far) endless rejection, it's wearing. I've recently been rejected again.


Fuck.

V - have you registered and posted a resume on dice.com? That's where I got most of my hits when I changed last year. You get a lot of head-hunters but I didn't mind that. Just don't promise to be exclusive.

Damn. Sorry to hear this, V.

Good morning friends.

Today I got an email from a local company telling me that she'd gotten my information from the employee referral program, and that she liked what she read. She asked me to send her some times and dates for when we could talk together to see how good a fit I'd be in their organization.

**swooooon**

She included a document for me to fill out as a prescreening tool, and asked me to send it back to her before we talk on the phone. I replied to her message saying let's meet up next week. I said I'd complete her document and send it to her separately. The acknowledgment has been sent, and now I'm completing the prescreen.

The bad news is that I'm not aces on all the things they ask me to rate my experience with. Several of them are zero and that kinda freaks me out. The freakout passes though when I realize I can just do my best.

Gah. STRESS.

Congrats, V, hope it pans out.

A coworker says her cousin is doing well with virtualvocations.com.

Is this about a job, or some sort of dating thing?

Employment.

Oooooh. Good luck V:)

Luck, V.

Thank you all for your good wishes. I am very happy to report that my success in the first interview has led to a second phone interview, this time with the head of the department (where I'll be working (hopefully)) and a member of the department (a peer (hopefully)). This second interview is scheduled to take place 45 minutes from now. I'm nervous and excited.

In the first interview (with the internal recruiter) things went very well, and she said she liked what she'd heard. She said the only red flag was my response to what I've been doing to keep myself current. In my field, IT, some skills are perishable. Not only does one get rusty with disuse, but the demand for some skills become less (my training in COBOL is of interest to only a handful of people on the planet these days, I reckon). More specifically, my experience with Windows products is somewhat dated. The work deals mostly with Microsoft Exchange 2010, some MS Exchange 2013 (only in beta now). Well, 2003 and 2007 are the editions that I last earned my scars from and some things have changed.

I should say that the job is for a front line help desk person specializing in messaging. Well, that's the kind of work I like, the kind of work I'm good at. I'm good in an emergency, I like helping people, fixing things, solving puzzles. And I'm a dab hand with technology. I'm articulate, friendly and observant. If you have a problem with your computer, I'm a good guy to call. But the specific editions of the technology *are* new to me, the tools for managing them are new to me. But not all the tools are new. Dividing a problem to conquer it is the same as it ever was. Network diagnostic tools like ping, tracert, nslookup and ipconfig are not new, network concepts like Active Directory and Global Catalog Servers are not new. I am familiar with these and they're still in wide use, score +1 for me.

....

I'm nervous. I started the post and said 45 mins to interview time. now it's 18 mins. I'm gonna sign off now, and try to center myself.

WISH ME GOOD LUCK!!!

Good Luck! :-)

I've been there too often as well.
best luck buddy!

Good luck, mate :)