Had an initial “get to know you” thirty min phone interview with an IT director at Thrivent Financial last night (for the Appleton WI contract-to-hire position). And, my recruiter just called – Thrivent wants a face to face interview with me, scheduled for 7/21 (due to hiring mgr/director now on vac until then). Fortunately, Thrivent […]
Career
Recruiters – faux pas
Had a very awkward realization just now. One of the two recruiters I spoke with on the phone yesterday, sent me a LinkedIn invite a few minutes ago. The person I was saying “no mam”, “yes mam” to, is male. In my defense, their name is Abhinav, and seemed to have a high pitch accent. […]
Maps – Houston, and Appleton
I love maps. I really do. I can stare at them for hours. I absolutely love looking at them. But, sometimes, even when I look at these things for hours, some stuff doesn’t “sink in”. Like, I know, the Twin Cites is way, way north of Detroit (where I grew up). Way, way, north, meaning, […]
Recruiters calling…Houston and Appleton
Had a recruiter contact me (today) about a six month contract job in Houston, and a second recruiter (yesterday) for a contract to hire position in Appleton, WI. This second one I’m not so sure about, since it seems to be from one of those recruiter job mill firms that send out hundreds of emails […]
Memories of last few days at Unisys
Can’t believe it’s been seven years. The day I wrote this, they (Mgmt) were saying I was going to be outsourced instead of laid off. A couple/few days later, I was laid off…after almost twenty nine yrs with Unisys (formerly Burroughs). ==== From June 15, 2009: “Inside sources say layoff date is this Thursday. TM […]
