Thread: The Job I Just Lost

Originally Posted by icedog

Wow no it's not but in that picture it sure does look decidedly prosthetical I just checked and I have both originals at the time of this writing.

Check again, would you?

Originally Posted by JMS

Check again, would you?

Still two, still mine.

I had an uncle with two false legs. When I was a young boy he took me to the side one day and spun his false leg 360 degrees. My eyes must have popped out of my head! He then told me that with practice I could do the same thing! I kept trying and trying for who knows how long, but I just couldn't get my legs to cooperate!

Sorry about your misfortune. On the bright side I would say: to me you seem a skilled craftsman. Why not become self-employed? You make desireable cutting boards that you could sell yourself as well. You have been a consultant so you do have experience of being self-employed.
Just a thought.

Originally Posted by Kees

Sorry about your misfortune. On the bright side I would say: to me you seem a skilled craftsman. Why not become self-employed? You make desireable cutting boards that you could sell yourself as well. You have been a consultant so you do have experience of being self-employed.
Just a thought.

Thank you Kees. I hope I haven't given the impression that I am trolling for pity. My purpose in beginning this thread is that I am proud to have held such a great job. I am always self employed as everything I make is for sale. I actually have sold quite a few pieces to patrons in Belgium. You can check out my website: www.brmoroni.com Maybe you'd like to buy something very cool at an amazingly exorbitant price?

Originally Posted by JMS

I had an uncle with two false legs. When I was a young boy he took me to the side one day and spun his false leg 360 degrees. My eyes must have popped out of my head! He then told me that with practice I could do the same thing! I kept trying and trying for who knows how long, but I just couldn't get my legs to cooperate!

My maternal grandfather got around with one plastic leg for a while. When he had his other leg amputated he swore off the prosthetics and made my grandmother drag him aroung their little state owned apartment on a throw rug. He scoot onto the two foot by three foot carpet and yell, "Dammit Helen, take me to the kitchen I'm hungry! But I gotta stop at the bathroom so get going!"

You are obvisiouly very talented and you sure do have the right attitude. I am sure things will turn around soon. Good luck.

Attitude seems to make the whole difference. In the past year, I've been laid off from a job I liked and fired from a job I didn't.
My last job search was pretty grueling, about three months, 80 resumes and more than a few interview cycles that ended with "Sorry, but we lost that contract..."

At some point, I just got mad enough to have the sort of courage that allowed me to say "They aren't advertising for a job I want, I'm not qualified for what they advertise, but maybe they have something I don't know about. Worst they can say is no."

It worked. My current company was thinking about creating the job I now hold, then I come at them out of the blue.

The morale of this story: Fortune favors boldness.

Great attitude! I would think that there would be a demand for someone with your skills. I was unemployed from Jan-Mar and then a job opportunity fell into my lap - just in time as the $$$ I had set aside was running out. On the down side, once I got into the job, I found out that what they told me they had for goals was just lip service. Within a month, th guy that hired me jumped ship, followed by another 15 folks from several departments (All the while, the leadership did not take notice). I had to beg for work to do and in the end, they did not want project managers; rather, project clerks. I contacted a firm that had been waiting on projects to open up to hire me and, after interviewing with them (in Nov, Dec, and Jan, and then with their clients in Jan and Feb, and then again in May) they made me an offer and I start on Tuesday. That the Lord works in mysterious ways is an understatement. I hope and pray that this job with this new firm turns out to be a nice long period of employment.

Keep looking - you will find the right job!

Fortunately, right before you got laid off you put 400 giant wooden business cards in the hands of people that are rich enough to afford your services...people who think enough of you work to steal it and try to scam some more. It may be a good idea to put a nice big visible link to an online resume on your page.