Applied for three jobs today.
As usual, nearly every job is advertised by an agency on various web sites.
I phoned and got through to nearly every agency I'd emailed today and yesterday.
One was concerned about my work absence before my last role - a short contract assignment. Well, I was made redundant from an energy trading company just as the IT recession got going (and a bit later they went out of business). Then Enron collapsed, and WorldCom, then the massacre on 9/11, then other companies collapsed. Then I collapsed. An accident put me in intensive care then a specialist hospital for 16 days. It's hard looking for a job when you're unconscious. And UK hospitals don't have patient-side internet access. And it took quite a few months before I recovered. In fact, I'm still recovering although I am able to work.
Rant over - just pointing out that this career gap will live with me for the rest of my working life.
But so far, it's been a good week. Quite a bit surprising as it's the holiday season. I hope no-one wants to interview me next week when I'm in Finland.
A diary based on my latest attempts to get a job; this time in Munich. I'm an engineering graduate (and chartered engineer) with more than 10 years' experience in IT. Over five of these years have been spent in team leading and project management roles both in the UK and abroad.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
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