Welcome to your new job. Finding a job. Don't get too over-whelmed. It can and is a pain in the butt. - Mathew A. Koeneker

good luck with the job hunting - Imabug

Good luck, Tina! I hope you find something wonderful soon. - Subtly LB

The paperwork is killer. Hoping you find something that makes this all worth it. - Jess

It's been a while since I've had this particular 'job', but I find it more challenging now than before: the company I worked at was bought and sold 3x while I was there, it makes for quite the paper trail for me to explain. Boo! - FFing Enigma

Good luck Tina, it's a drag, but exciting too. ...looking forward to finding out who the lucky winner is! - Edward Zwart

best wishes on this pursuit. i'm confident you'll find something goodo. :) - Joe Silence

It's a full time job! - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

I'm hoping so, DS. I'm in the process of revamping my resume and find myself at a crossroads: do I mention clients by name? The fact that our company worked with them is public knowledge so there wouldn't be any disclosure issues, and mentioning them by name will give some nice weight to my job duties. I'm not even sure why I'm waffling on it... - FFing Enigma

is there any way you can ask their explicit permission? that would certainly put my mind at rest if i was in your place. dunno if that's going too far or not. - Joe Silence

:((((( - Jim the Blatant

Good Luck!!!!! - sofarsoShawn <Jell-O>

There's not really a way for me to reliably ask for permission: the main client I worked with is a Fortune 500 company and just the request would get bounced around from department to department for who knows how long. You should've seen the hoops we went through when our mailing address changed... - FFing Enigma

I hope you find something that pays well that you enjoy, Tina. I'm sorry you're in this position. - Spidra Webster

I'm up in the air on that one too, Pea. My last 2 positions were very different and I'd take a new job in either field (development or trainer). Both used some similar skills but the duties themselves were very different. Perhaps I'll try both a skills resume and a chronological resume, see which one gets the most bites. - FFing Enigma

Thanks Abby =) At this point I'm just hoping I can find my last resume: it would be helpful right about now! Combing through data backups as we speak =/ - FFing Enigma

:( good luck!! - Rachel Lea Fox

:( - David Cook

Hope you get to something you like first and don't get caught doing burgers or something because of timing issues... may that unemployed delay not be applied anymore. - Zu from AOD

Unfortunately, I'd have to lie to get hired on to flip burgers =/ The last time I was out of work long enough to apply for store clerk jobs etc I was rejected for all of them because I was over qualified. - FFing Enigma

:( - .LAG liked that

Good luck in your search, Tina. Any company would be fortunate to hire you. - Anne Bouey

Good luck, Tina! I've been there a few times. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

Details of Unemployment: Is there a 3-month or 6-month extension available? When I first filed unemployment, I screwed up. I didn't realize there might be extensions. Also, you have to work X months out of Y months after your unemployment ends to get more unemployment. - Mitchell Tsai

In SC it's 13 weeks with a 13 week extension, but there might be a program for an additional 26 weeks at this point (not sure on that one yet). The working X months out of Y is the amount of time you worked before you were unemployed and not after (at least, that's the way it is here). - FFing Enigma

Yep, I was shocked to find that I was "over-qualified" to be the "fry guy" or even a bleeping "banquet server". - Mathew A. Koeneker

In SC, how do they figure out what to pay you? In CA, I think they pick the highest quarter out of the 3 months ago - 15 months ago (or something like that). - Mitchell Tsai

Good luck Tina. You're smart AND you've got 'street sense'. A great combination for any company. Don't get discouraged ..... We're all rootin' for ya! - Charlie Anzman

Good luck... :( - rowlikeagirl

Mitchell, in SC they take your highest quarter out of the past 18 months, not including the last 3 months of work, and will pay up to 50% of your earnings up to a rather low cap. - FFing Enigma

oh - sorry about that. looking for a new job IS a full time task. shout out if we can help in any way - Sofia @ SoMaFusion

Thanks Sofia, I appreciate it. I'm going to post a text version of my resume once I get it settled to solicit some feedback and edits. Between the jetlag and stress levels, my spelling isn't all that great right now! - FFing Enigma

Tina, If you don't already make sure you have a .pdf version of your resume. Bots are starting to crawl those. - Melanie Reed

Obviously... \o, I reach out, just get it done! Let me wake ya body and soul, have that job back! 9) - Zu from AOD

Well - let us know, 1000 friendfeed eyes are better than one :-) - Sofia @ SoMaFusion