Unemployment Chronicles, Day 58: Same As It Ever Was

I have been neglecting my blog a bit -- it has been six days since I posted anything.  I have a reason for this:  The days are starting to seem very much alike, so I have little new to report.  I have contacted some people, submitted my resume, but I am not hearing much back, so the act of reaching out to companies isn't much of an event.  It gives me something to do, but it's not anything to write home about, so to speak.

I have several sources to look at for jobs now -- Indeed.com, SimplyHired.com, Craiglist, LinkedIn, the Washington State CPA website, things friends send me, Monster.com.  Any given website doesn't change much from day to day, so once I have gone through all of them, it doesn't take long to look for updates.  From there, I can look at more sites, like recriuter sites, then start searching individual companies.  I think it's a useful process, but it just isn't very interesting unless they call me back, which they are not right now.

A couple of issues I am dealing with.  I have been telling people so far that I left work to look for new opportunities, which is quite true, but they seem surprised that I would quit without another job in this economy.  Not surprisingly, I am leaving out the part about how frustrated I was.  I think I will have to expand a little bit on my story, just to add that I tried for two years to get something internally before I gave up.

Second, there is the question of management.  I would really prefer not to do it, but non-management jobs typically pay maybe $45K less than I was making at Farmers (although at Farmers it was more like a $20K difference.)  Also, the feedback from one senior accountant position I applied for was that I was over-qualified.  So management is starting to look more attractive, as long as it's not the job I used to do.

At least five recruiters have my information now, and a few companies.  I'm just going to keep expanding on that start, hoping that the longer the list, the more likely someone will respond.