It's been awhile but going forward I'm ramping things up

It's been awhile since I posted here. So long in fact that the last time I posted something here my wife was still pregnant with our first child.

Amazing how much has changed since then. You really learn what is important and what isn't once you have a child and become a parent.

For me professionally it is just something that is going to motivate and drive me even more to do whatever it takes to get to the position I want to be in that is sustainable and will give me much fulfillment and satisfaction.

So going forward this will not be as much on the what to do amidst a layoff, although I will on occasion post things here and there, but more so this is about surviving and striving in life, taking whatever is handed to you and making something out of it.

As the saying goes, when handed lemons make lemonade....well I hope everyone is thirsty!

Interesting site to check out

Kind of a combination of everything to look at when laid off....

http://mashable.com/2009/02/19/laid-off-sites/

Made the dreaded first payment yesterday

Thank god for the federal subsidy. If there is yet another reason to ramp up my job search even more than it already is, this is it.

On a personal note, my wife is considered full term as of tomorrow. We are both hoping that she goes the full 3 weeks however.

Trying to stay positive the fact that on Tuesday it will be almost 2 months. But if there is one thing I have finally come to grips with, it is the fact that eventually I will not only find what it is I want to do, but more importantly find the company with the right people to do it with and for the right kinds of customers to do it for.

It's been awhile, but it's good due to being busy

The last couple weeks have been pretty busy between career fairs, networking talks and job interviews.

Right now as it stands I have a solid 2-3 job opportunities available in which I have interviewed for. One job I have a 3rd interview upcoming, another job I interviewed with on Tuesday and they want me to come back next week for a 2nd, and the third job I just interviewed with.

Today was an off day of sorts which allowed me to catch up with others. I am actually in the midst of aiding a Venture Capitalist on doing some Marketing Research as it relates to Social Media as it relates to one particular field in how it can be used and benefited.

Another career fair next week this time for prospective MBA's as well as a couple lunch interviews with Bentley contacts within organizations I am looking to get into.

Doing what I can in stride to survive. I just hope I don't crash and burn in the end.

Brian

Finally a snowstorm that hits on target.

1 month in the books

I can't believe 1 month has passed since being let go. So much has changed, but at the same time I haven't seen much activity in terms of response to what I have looked at.

I think what's bothering me most about this is the fact that that things that I especially enjoyed doing when I was employed such as working out has fallen by the way side during this. This is the absolute worst time for me to do this and at the same time this is the best time for me to take advantage to optimize my workouts. On a normal workweek I was working out 4-5 times a week. Since I was laid off, I have only been to the gym 5 times total. I need to stop this and I need to stop it now.

It also seems like to me that on days that I do work out that a job opportunity develops and presents itself. I have to go along with the mindset that "by working out things will start working out."

But speaking from experience, getting out of that mindset and into that rountine is the hardest thing to do. I know I can do it, but I'm having a hard time actually breaking out and going back to it.

Right or Right Now

So my interview for a banking consultant position went extremely well. The position looks intriquing, the length of the contract being roughly 3 years is stable, and what could come out of is appealing.

However herein lays the question. Is this the right job or given my circumstances the right now job?

This is a position that I am qualified for, would probably pay me at least the same as I was making before and would offer training and development and a career progression plan for long term success.

Problem is, given my feeling of working in the industry, do I want more of the same thing or something different.

There are pro's as I mentioned to taking this position with the company should it be offered to me in that it would definitely enable me to provide for my family and especially allow Kerry to take 12 weeks off for maternity leave. But my issue is do I want to lead by example for my son and wait for the right opportunity and find something that I would be excited to do, or more or less be the responsible husband and father and take this to support my family?

In any event, I have to go with the feeling that nothing is definite. But situations like this are the only viable ones that I am seeing thus far and I may need to bite the bullet at least in the interim given what's going on.