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May 19, 2009

My Never-ending Journey Through Unemployment Land (Still Taking the Brady Bunch With Me)

When I began my blog I promised I wasn't going to be down and negative and whoa is me because I'm unemployed.  Yesterday, after submitting my resume for the billionth time (ok, a slight exaggeration, but not by much), I caught myself stepping foot closer to a downward spiral of self-pity and self-annihilation and so I quickly smacked myself back into happy land.

The problem that I'm having is I feel so unwanted.  I'm not saying this to brag or wave my flag high, but I've never in my working life had a problem getting a job before.  If I see something that interests me, I submit my resume, and wham, I have an interview, then I'm offered the job.  In the 3+ months that I've been unemployed, I've not had one call back (wait, I did have an interview with a large company who will remain nameless, passed two phone interviews and was being flown out for my final face-to-face interview when they had a hiring freeze).  My countless resume and cover letter submissions are either in resume abyss, lining bird cages, or in a cyber landfill somewhere.  Last week I actually received my first rejection letter!  I was so excited to have contact, even negative contact.  I opened a bottle of wine and celebrated over that rejection letter.  I think I just might frame it!  I'm serious.

I know it's the economy that is the problem and hopefully this dire state of affairs will come to a screeching halt (I would settle for slow coast, then a stop) soon.  In the meantime, I continue to submit my resumes to the "black hole of employment possibilities" and hope for the best.  I broke out my Brady Bunch CD again.  I'm now partial to singing along with track number 16, "Gonna Find a Rainbow" and I find I'm humming the song all day long.  My cats know it by heart now as well and they tap time with me.  I highly recommend getting a copy of this CD if you are unemployed and feeling down, full of self-pity or even half-way to suicidal thoughts.  This CD will snap ya out of it!

--Fortuitous Observer

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Posted by The Fortuitous Observer at 03:17:09 PM in Current Affairs, Music, Unemployment

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