Job Hunting Sucks
I may or may not be looking for a new job soon. Let me explain.
I work for a government contractor and our contracts with the government last for a certain amount of time and then we either have to rebid or they can get extended. The contract I work on looks like it won’t get renewed and will get recompeted by small businesses (my company is not considered a small business). The contract expires in December but it looks like we may have a 120 day extension, but nothing in writing yet which makes me uncomfortable.
This is the way it is with gvmt. contractors so it is really no big shock it just kind of sucks. I love the work I do and I really love the people I work with. Now, I have only been with the job for 9 months now, so the expectation is that I would see the job until the end and then the company would put me on another contract. Some of the people who have been there longer would be pulled off first and put onto other contracts. One of my concerns is if other people are pulled off, will the people who are left on the contract (like myself) have the support we need to be successful in our job.
The other major concern is I may not like the job that I am being moved to. When I accepted this job, I had two other offers on the table but I chose this because of the type of work and my first impressions of the people. When I am looking for a job, I am as much interviewing them as they are interviewing me. By just being placed in another position, it takes the choice away from me which I don’t like.
So in the meantime, I am updating my resume and starting to bookmark jobs. I won’t know more for a couple of weeks which is driving me crazy. I can handle any situation as long as I know what it is. It’s the unknowing that really sucks.
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October 16th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Yep, job hunting sucks, I agree with ya! And it sucks even more when you are doing it after a long period in a single company since you go out of touch on handling interviews etc. pretty much! I’ve been in my current company for 4 years now & damn if I remember how it is facing interviews, eh!
Good luck to you though Sara! 
Coming back after a long time on your blog, nice to read it again. Now its subscribed in my feed reader!
October 16th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Btw, a suggestion if you don’t mind. Make the text colour a bit darker, the orange already kinda pierces the eyes & the faded grey doesn’t help in readability!
October 26th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Thanks amit and great to see you again! In the top right-hand corner, you can change your color settings if orange isn’t your favorite. I generally have mine on the brown
October 26th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Err, what I meant with faded grey is the text colour on white background, have to squint eyes to read! And thanks for telling me about the stylesheet setting, didn’t notice that earlier, black is what I prefer!