The gas from the manure farm horses continues. Finally got an official FOAD letter from one of those early interviews. Not planning to bother asking about the other one. Had a phone interview a couple of days ago that ended with a discussion of my potential commute. That F2F interview is now scheduled for next Wednesday. Another recruiter-originated interview is next Friday, bypassing the phone interview entirely. Today, I had an in-person interview that came from a phone interview before my Thanksgiving trip. That one is a consulting job, through a different consulting group than my last contract.
However, I made the mistake of telling the consulting recruiter that I had the other two interviews next week. Next thing I know, the original contact from the group called me in a snit that I hadn't told them I was looking for other jobs. This was not true, and it turned out she had confused me with someone else. Even so, she seemed upset that I wouldn't immediately accept their consulting job (not even offered yet), and how they couldn't wait for me to decide, and so on. I told her, after explaining that I had been actively in the job market since at least mid-September, that I was keeping my options open and wanted to pursue these other opportunities before accepting their (unoffered) job.
I'm a bit ticked off about this. I'm still not sold on consulting because of just the situation I'm in - no new contract or job available when another ends (which I also explained to the recruiter). I thought I was being reasonable with her in my explanation, but she still seemed astounded that I wouldn't immediately take their contract job. The attitude was like "How dare I not take this job? Yes, they've put in some work here, but as the manure farmer said, I can't live on promises. I gotta think of what's best for me. That still may be the consulting gig.
But if I get better offers for full-time jobs, or better offers, period, well, how is that any different than making any choice from among several options?
Job search - continued
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I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.
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Re: Job search - continued
You're right, the woman in a snit is wrong. I've never had anyone get into a snit in over 20 years of contracting off and on.
They way you survive between contracts is making a shipload of money when you are working and not spending it all.
They way you survive between contracts is making a shipload of money when you are working and not spending it all.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
