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Non-academic job search Part IV
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Job Search
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By SeminoleNo1
Posted Tue Dec 17, 2002 at 06:07:37 AM PDT
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Follow on to: http://www.youngmath.net/concerns/story/2002/9/8/143654/1749
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Ok, Ok, I said I was going to make this weekly, so sue me, it's been a month.
:-P
Since Nov 7th, what happened?
Well, my wife and I decided to move up the search target for relo to the end of January. Not that it has driven any more interest -- I did turn away some earlier that needed me sooner than the previous relo date, but that really hasn't done any good to move it up.
The biggest frustration is all the attention from the DC area, only to have the interest die because no one wants to wait for me to get a clearance, or even pay for the clearance. I've worked in the past for the NSA, and spent four years on a black budget project with Raytheon (I'd tell you about it but then I'd have to kill you :-) ).
I've lost a couple of dozen prospects because my last debriefing was more than 2 years ago, the cutoff imposed on them by the contracting agency -- interestingly, always directly nameless, but they can give a location. In one case, I knew what went on at the location only because of my work at Raytheon, but for the rest, anybody with a little research can figure out the "code". I mean, who can't figure out what they really mean by "Ft Meade" or "Langley"?
Any hoot, I keep plugging. Sorry I don't have more to give you guys that might be useful. The private sector market is pretty bad for now, but that can change sometimes rather quickly. For me, it could change with a simple loosing of that pesky two year requirement, in which case I would probably be subject to a bidding war for my services. Ah, that would be nice!
Actually, I do have some useful info, but I am going to do that in a separate article, a follow on to an article I did in "Concerns" way back in '95 or so: Notes on the Electronic Job Search
Now if I can just find a copy of the original
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