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BadStoryDan

BadStoryDan

Vancouver, BC
January 2005

JUN 06, 2005 06:46 PM

and I didn't do anything fun on my way out.

Got any stories to cheer me up? Advice on getting back in the saddle? Ideas as to how to spend my two weeks severance pay in the next two days and have nothing to show for it?

Let's hear 'em!

(sorry if this is in the wrong board. seemed appropriate.)

clara

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

JUN 06, 2005 06:50 PM

What was your job? I've worked in recruiting a little bit in the past, so I may have a tip or two, depending upon the industry.

Doghouse_Reilly

doghouse_reilly

I'm lost
February 2004

JUN 06, 2005 06:56 PM

Call in to AM radio talk shows and rant incoherently.

BadStoryDan

BadStoryDan

Vancouver, BC
January 2005

JUN 06, 2005 06:56 PM

I was a property manager for a medium sized property management firm, I'm looking to get into Commercial Financial Analysis but anything in Commercial Real Estate would be sweet... biggrin

clara

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

JUN 06, 2005 07:12 PM

CaptainJim said:
I was a property manager for a medium sized property management firm, I'm looking to get into Commercial Financial Analysis but anything in Commercial Real Estate would be sweet... biggrin


I don't have experience with that industry, but in general here are a few things I learned:

Be sure you include your contact information and reference any job codes you see listed in ads you reply to on every piece of communication you send.

If you send your resume to a recruiter they may put you on a mailing list. That's actually a good thing, because even if the first few jobs they send notices about aren't the right one you could still find a great opportunity that way. Don't opt out until you're happily employed. Even after you're employed you may still be eligible for referral bonuses if you send a notice to a friend and they get the job.

If you include your resume as an attachment it pays to also copy and paste the text of your resume into the body of your email message just in case they have trouble opening it.

Do not let spell check think for you. That's how one poor bastard wound up sending out a cover letter that began, "Dear Human Recourse Reprehensive."

Good luck!

Bastardo

Bastardo

Boston, MA
January 2005

JUN 06, 2005 07:18 PM

Hookers and crack
Hookers and crack
I'm gonna get some
hookers and crack

That's what I sing whenever I get a big check.





What?

crazybeautiful

crazybeautiful

France
May 2005

JUN 06, 2005 07:44 PM

Doghouse_Reilly said:
Call in to AM radio talk shows and rant incoherently.




Yes, I do promote AM Coast To Coast With Art Bell.



tongue

pmonkeyEsquire

pmonkeyEsquire

I'm lost
May 2004

JUN 06, 2005 07:54 PM

Good Luck. Maybe you should go around town and film girls who want to be in "gonzo" ass worship/cream pie porn?

Hope you find work soon! smile

Altoid

Altoid

Huntsville, AL
November 2003

JUN 06, 2005 07:57 PM

I got laid off one year ago this month, and now I'm making almost twice what I made before (after collecting unemployment for 2 months.)

So hang in there . . . it very possibly will work out for the best. Things like this usually do.

justwatching

justwatching

Middletown, NY
May 2005

JUN 06, 2005 08:02 PM

i been out since january, it blows arse

pmonkeyEsquire

pmonkeyEsquire

I'm lost
May 2004

JUN 06, 2005 08:06 PM

I wish you all WORK, and much, and soon!!! smile

Chitin

Chitin

New York, NY
December 2004

JUN 06, 2005 08:12 PM

It's funny how "laid off" and "laid" are only a word apart, but complete opposites on the emotional scale...

pmonkeyEsquire

pmonkeyEsquire

I'm lost
May 2004

JUN 06, 2005 08:17 PM

Chitin said:
It's funny how "laid off" and "laid" are only a word apart, but complete opposites on the emotional scale...



and off and "get off". Language is funny!
smile

big_trouble

big_trouble

Plymouth, MI
OLD SKOOL

JUN 06, 2005 08:52 PM

I'm really sorry.

The last time I was laid off (3 times over the years) I had no ride home because I drove a company car and had to leave it. They called me a car and I stole all the liquor and glassware from it before I got out.

The driver knew it too, he gave me what he had up front and told me he'd bill them for everything.

StaticBeliefs

StaticBeliefs

Fort Irwin, CA
June 2005

JUN 06, 2005 09:41 PM

Whenever your down on the slums just go Hunter S Thompson on the world. Vegas and drugs, it always makes a good combination. Sure you might feel like crap after your done, but you will have good memories from it.

jholtsnider

jholtsnider

I'm lost
February 2004

JUN 06, 2005 10:05 PM

Hmm. I'd say order some Chinese and watch some comedy. But that's just because it's cheaper than an all nighter binger involving $2700 bar bills* and strippers...



*see Bartending group for the SG member who ran this up... eeek

PaulNikon

PaulNikon

Palm Bay, FL
February 2003

JUN 07, 2005 03:46 AM

Definately relax.

Nudie bars, strippers, pole dancers, lap dances, table dances. Get the picture.

SoEffinHappy

SoEffinHappy

Philadelphia, PA
April 2003

JUN 07, 2005 09:53 PM

I hope you used a condom....oh wait.

DrNecessitor

DrNecessitor

San Jose, CA
January 2003

JUN 07, 2005 10:06 PM

Network, network, network....

Most jobs are found through friends, acquaintances, former coworkers, etc.

Ecto_Cooler

Ecto_Cooler

Bronx, NY
April 2004

JUN 07, 2005 10:14 PM

crazybeautiful said:

Doghouse_Reilly said:
Call in to AM radio talk shows and rant incoherently.




Yes, I do promote AM Coast To Coast With Art Bell.



tongue



The one and only time I listened to that show, on a late night drive through Pine Bush, N.Y., (a supposedlly haunted town) a guy called in and said he could speak in some ancient tongue, so the host asked him to do it. It was structured, fluid, demonic- and ancient-sounding, and definitely sounded like some long-dead language. Freakiest shit I have ever heard.

Zundapp1

Zundapp1

Seattle, WA
November 2003

JUN 08, 2005 01:25 AM

I think all you need is one solid night of booze. Keep it under $100. Relax for a couple days to let it sink in, then.... Well, that's as far as I've gotten.

fpkk

fpkk

United Kingdom
June 2003

JUN 08, 2005 06:59 AM

It's funny but in the UK getting 'made redundant' happens so often it's not such a big event. This is because we have the world's largest stockpile of clueless assholes that don't know how to run a business. Plus the economy of the UK seems to be pretty set against helping you make a success of your new business.