A Chronicle of an Un/Underemployed Former Architect - Part 4

[celebrian_3]

Holiday Madness, Round Two?That’s when I got the call from Corestaff. When I was dismissed at the end of the season, I was informed that I should maintain contact with Corestaff weekly by email if I wished to be referred to other job opportunities. Diligently I sent my weekly email to Corestaff, occasionally checking their website for positions,

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[croneitude]

I'm following along with each installment. Thank you for sharing this story... And I'm hoping for an upturn soon, though also know the economic reality out there. Sending love!

[celebrian_3]

Yes, it is pretty tough out there. I'm trying my best to keep my head up and have a positive outlook. Thank you for your kind words and love! <3

[cbertsch]

These are very hard to read. I wish there were something I could do to help.

[celebrian_3]

Hard to read because they're so long and boring, haha?

Joking aside, I think I know what you mean. I found this quite difficult to write, and it is only because a lot of it is past that I have enough emotional distance to put it down. But it seems to me there is little documentation of these stories 'out there' and wonder if enough of us wrote them down in public forums where they could be read en masse that somehow a change could be effected in this economic reality. But perhaps that is wishful thinking.

In the time that you were not teaching what kinds of things did you do for employment? Do you have any tips?

[locakitty]

Can i do some physical damage to that recruiter? Ugh. It drives me nuts how these agencies treat people.

[celebrian_3]

You're certainly welcome to try. Personally, I know I wanted to strangle her :-).

Unfortunately it seems that recruiters are not the brightest crayons in the box. I often think ruefully about how I could probably do a better job than most of them are doing, but no one will hire me for it because I don't have the experience--haha!

[yonica]

Oh, E! I'm so glad to hear about what had been going on for you, but so sad to hear how bad it has been. Of course I know the story is not caught up to now yet and I'm hoping that things are better for you in the present. I'm waiting eagerly for the next installment. <3