“You Never Know”

(Advanced warning:  This is a rant, no question about it.

That’s what blogs are for, aren’t they?)

You Never Know.

It’s a great new Wilco song that came out this summer.

And a wonderful catch phrase.

 

 

Come on kids, your acting like children, act your age

Every generation thinks its the end of the world.

It’s a secret I can’t tell

It’s a wish down a well,

I don’t care any more, I don’t care any more.

But you never know…

Applies  to lots of things.

Like job job hunting.

There are days when I feel like singing that refrain out loud…

On the top of my lungs.

I don’t care anymore.  I don’t care anymore.

(I know, I know.  I’m not supposed to dare write those words, commit them to eternal blogosphere, in case a potential employer may be reading.  See warning above.)

So I ask those who are reading:

When’s the last time you had to do this?

And keep smiling all the while…

I wish that for just one time, you could stand inside my shoes.

So I try to stay positive.

All while networking, emailing resumes, going on interviews, trying to tune out the background noise of the monthly job statistics (no new jobs created in forever; more cuts on the horizon).

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

But we, the job seekers, we Gotta Stay Positive.

Gotta stay positive...

Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive
Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive
Whoahoho
We gotta stay positive

(with regards to The Hold Steady).

While keeping up on industry trends, reading about layoffs at media mainstays the New York Times, Time Inc. and Forbes.

FORBES!!!

The place where those sparkling, glittering Faberge Eggs and eternally battle-ready toy soldiers greeted me every morning for three years, along with a bunch of other millionaire’s chachkes.

Home of the Rich List. I worked on the very first one!  I spent a year compiling like a thousand names and researching (pre-internet!) the backgrounds of potential candidates.

I always thought that this privately held company would be immune to the whims of the stockmarket.

It’s the CAPITALIST TOOL, for cryin’ out loud.

The latest Rich List

Malcolm must be spinning his motorcycle wheels in his grave.

Gotta run.

Have a networking call to make.

Hey –

You Never Know.

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~ by prlady23 on November 5, 2009.