Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Job Progress Report 5/10

Today is May 10th and I'm 46 days into my resignation and things are looking up in the jobs department at Me.Inc.:
  • I got a haircut
  • I've brushed up my resume
  • Updated my LinkedIn profile to include my notary commission as self employment
  • Joined monster, careerbuilder, branded.me
  • Multiple recruiters are in play 
  • Hiring managers have requested my resume
  • Recruiters are emailing/calling
I've tried to keep an open mind about what skills I have and how they can be applied to roles other than mortgage loan post closing. With that being said, I developed an administrative assistant resume with a role in mind with a large local employer. Also, I was contacted about a reports analyst job at a medical insurance company (which is attractive to me because everybody needs medical insurance but not everyone is in the position to obtain a home loan), so I'm brushing up on my Excel skills.

And even while I was typing up this blog post, I got a call from another recruiter asking me if I wanted to interview for a Correspondent Purchasing position. Now I understand why that company is the way it is if they are contacting people to interview for roles they need to fill with zero experience, hiring them at a lower salary because of that fact, and then when they go through their trial by fire and fail, bloop, they get canned and the role becomes open again shortly. I feel like I dodged a bullet.

It's also 8 days from my departure date to be with my family for my uncle's memorial. A decidedly somber event. I think we all agree that his passing was sad but also blessing having witnessed him living with Alzheimer's disease and watching his slow demise. 

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Minecraft Hacked!

I don't understand why the local news hasn't picked up on this story yet as it affects over 7 million users. Glad I didn't start playing this...
 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/seven-million-minecraft-accounts-hacked/

Monday, May 2, 2016

Finance in the News 05/02

Puerto Rico Defaults:

http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/03/investing/puerto-rico-default/

http://www.ibtimes.com/puerto-rico-default-how-we-got-here-what-happens-next-2034788

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/14/rescue-bill-for-puerto-rico-as-major-debt-deadline-looms.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-01/puerto-rico-will-default-on-government-development-bank-debt