Well, I left the story off at the end of August. More than two months of catchup.
September, no calls, nothing. Really a dead period. It became increasingly clear that a move may be necessary.
October Started opening up to the possiblity of relocating. Around the first, I started submitting to companies that would require relo. Early on, I discovered www.intelligencecareers.com. Since I had previously held a security clearance, this sounded like a possibility, so I submitted resume for their online posting.
This would work. My first choices for relocating would be southern east coast to mid atlantic, except South Carolina (sorry S.C. fans, I just can't see being there). The metro DC area sounds like the strongest possibility, because the unemployment rate there is low, there seems to be a broad job market for math PhDs, and I know something of the area having gone to school at the University of Virginia and worked in Maryland in the late '80s.
October Heavy in spending time and money on the yard, looking for that good drive by look if we have to sell in the spring. I plant close to 50 plants to complete beds that I had planned to fill over two or three years. That time table got moved up.
October 17 My first call in months!!
October 18 Another call!
Jumping ahead, I've received about 8 or 10 calls (losing track). Most don't like my time frame (not starting until March) or my lack of an active security clearance, but many say they will get me high on their list if one job fits my conditions.
November 1st recruiter wants me to go to New Mexico. Not yet willing to consider that, but we will stay in touch
November 7th After the third call this week, my wife and I discuss the March time frame issue. She is starting to get nervous that we are passing up too many opps somewhat arbitrarily. We agree to move the starting date target from March 3rd to January 27th. And with that, I am in the postion to get more aggressive (if you wrote me a personal note about positions at your company -- look for me to follow up soon: my time frame for relo consideration has moved up).
Well, with the increased activity, I'll start updating this more often. See you next week! |
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