Moving on ...

Yesterday I had to be in Sacramento at 9am so I left my house at 6:30 so I wouldn't be late. I had a meeting with a man I work with about a problem I expect to come up in a meeting in a few days. I want to make sure the problem is not a problem during the meeting. I work for the National Guard recruiters and the Army recruiters are upset that one of our recruiters is doing what he is supposed to be doing, the way I trained him, and they don't get the chance to be lazy. I wanted to brief the man that will be running the meeting to prepare him for the questions the Army will bring up.

The National Guard recruiter asked me who will do that when I leave and I told him no one. He is on his own and I wish him the best. I will try to make the transition smooth when I leave. I am trying to prepare the staff for when I leave since I have only 80 days left for my job. I have been working in this job for 5 years and I want to leave a lasting impression. I want the Army recruiters all over the state complaining that the National Guard recruiters are more successful than the other services. I don't want anyone to think I am shirking my duties while I'm looking for another job.

Yesterday I updated my information on www.USAJOBS.GOV which is used to find government jobs. I put on the information about my current job and updated my references and contact information. I started getting emails from companies, mainly insurance companies, that saw my resume on www.monster.com. One was interesting and I responded to it. One insurance company said they were looking for someone to make presentations to businesses about changes in the national health insurance. I responded to the email that I wanted to know more about it.

 I am also letting my friends and acquaintances I meet that I am looking for a job. I know many people that speak English as a Second Language and one problem many of them have is their accent is so heavy that no one can understand what they are saying. My friend made the suggestion that I start teaching accent reduction. She sent me some advertisements about a person in this area that teaches it and charges $1600 for a six week class. I will start to look into getting certification for that. I want to keep my options open and look into all sorts of possibilities.