I’m reporting a piece on job-hunting in the great and growing wildness of the twittersphere. I’m finding hype, hope, good and bad, lots of noise. It’s a wonder you tweeting job-hunter don’t have your heads explode after a few hours in that place. The piece should run later this week sometime. Let me know what you think.
Sometimes, feeling financially secure can be uncomfortable when everyone around you seems to be struggling: Read the rest of this entry »
Musings from our Pink Slip 2.0 guy, laid-off aviation worker Kris Rowberry: Read the rest of this entry »
This note comes from Terry Blanchard, the generous restaurant owner who reached out to Elise…. Read the rest of this entry »
As we follow the ups and downs of our Pink Slip 2.0 gang, the jobless among you out there can take heart - check out the Lighter Side of Layoffs… Read the rest of this entry »
How do each of our participants feel about Web 2.0 tools like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter in their job searches? How do YOU feel about them? Read the rest of this entry »
This report just in from Kris Rowberry, one of our Pink Slip 2.0 job-seekers, taken to cold-calling to find work with charter-jet managers he used to work with at the airport in San Jose:
Dai came out twice to “harass” me at the airport, where he made me feel like a celebrity being followed by TMZ. I even got a new call sign on the radio, “480, ‘Hollywood.’” He also came along with me on one of three “Cold Call” driving sessions where I researched aircraft I worked with, and then personally dropped off my credentials at the address listed. Funny thing - they’re sometimes not that easy to find! (What a surprise, lol!)
One of our three job-seekers has proven by far to be the most stubbornly prodigous of the bunch. Elise Sandusky, the laid-off bookeeper from South San Jose, tells me this week that she’s now applied for 1,700 jobs online. But wasn’t it Einstein who defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”? Read the rest of this entry »
I’m back from a brief vacation, ready to check back in with the three folks we’ve been following since they were laid off from their Silicon Valley jobs. Are they still searching for work? Have they found new jobs? Are they coping well or barely coping? How are their spouses and children and other family members doing? Read the rest of this entry »
Roopa is tapping into the outlacement service provided by her old company. Elise had another promising job interview today. And Kris has been contacted by a jet-charter company interested in seeing his resume. Read the rest of this entry »
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