Job Searching is itself a job

When they say you need to treat looking for a job just like a real job - they mean it.

You spend lots of time working on it, you get bored from time to time, you have snack breaks, work on it through the day, wonder where the time goes and finally are very glad when you quit for the day.

Mind you, I think I have better balance when I'm job searching, and in this case am not currently working while searching. Yes money running out is an issue, but it's amazing how much you save by not going to work, buying coffee and lunch, and anything else you use your cash for.

I only need to go to the bank for a cash infusion once every couple of weeks. While working it was every week or more often!

I also get to the gym a little later in the morning, but I'm home and working by 10am! Some people don't actually do any work till 10am, even if they've been in the office since 8am! Mind you, they are getting paid to be there. No one is paying me to be here. But money is still my main motivator. I need a job that will pay the bills. If I can also fing a job that I like maybe even finally LOVE would be an incredible bonus.

So the level of reserve funds impacts what I settle for in ways of a job. So far, I am still navel gazing a bit on what I can apply my fairly broad skill set to. Oh, I am applying for jobs, but I'm staring to look at the less traditional jobs that I would have looked at before.

My Mother still tells her friends I work in 'computers' which is IT mainly. I did once working on a technical help desk, I programmed code, built servers and applications. But I then moved towards more people oriented jobs. I kept getting moved into management roles with staff reporting to me. I've also been in consulting, worked for small companies, and fairly large corporations. Departments I've been in include HR, Learning, Sales, and of course Technology.

Well, I'm not sure blogging is part of my job description, so I should get back to 'work'. Of course, as my own boss, I could make it a prioroity!

SHH