So, its been two weeks since <Company Name Here> laid me off. You’re probably wondering what I have been doing in that time.
Well, it took alot longer than i thought to get my resume in tip-top shape. No thanks in part to the management consulting group that <Company Name Here> hired to help with the transistion. These people thought that spending two weeks on a resume was just fine!
I’m here to tell you that two weeks to write a resume seems way too long to me.
Anyway, this managment consulting firm thinks that they can just take there own sweet time helping “through this transition” - to hell with that, all I need is a job, not psychiatric counseling.
Recruiters have been pretty cool. The best ones are the ones that take the time to get to know you so that they can help to sell you. So far I’ve had three do that, and one not. I think that if you find yourself in this situation, you need to get your face in front of as many of these peopple as you can, take the shotgun approach, let them do the leg work for you. Be a shotgun.
But, remember that you are in control of the process, and if they do not make you feel comfortable, then beg off, and go somewhere else.
Its really funny right now, that guiys like me are a dime a dozen, just like the recruiters are too. So, its a well populated jungle out there, use it.
