As of tomorrow, it will be one month since the last day I worked. It has been a week and a half since I last heard anything from any recruiter, and I doubt there will be much activity this week, although I will contact them. Things are just very, very quiet.
Most likely Thanksgiving has something to do with that. With luck, companies will start to gear up in December in order to be ready for year end. I can't say that I have a lot of faith in that possibility, or at least any faith that it will impact me, but it could. If there is any time of year that companies need accountants, it is year end. Whether they want someone with my background who wants to get paid well is another matter.
My job for now is to contact employers so that I can file for unemployment payments. And to keep letting my recruiting contacts know that I am still here.
I can afford this life of relative leisure for now, but it is not something I could do for years at a time. I have known people who can make contracting work, but I may not be one of them. Still, it seems to me just as likely that this work could lead to a permanent job as any other efforts, so there is that potential benefit. Meanwhile, at least while I am working, I can make enough to get by.
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