So a little over a month ago -- we adopted a 16 week old puppy who we named, Lexi. I thought, "hey -- this will work, I'm home all day, I can train her." -- but within a week of bringing her home, my little world turned oddly upside down.
I got a call from a temp agency. I never applied with them so I don't know how they got my resume, but they had a long-term temp position for which they thought I was an excellent fit. Turns out they were right -- it was m OLD JOB!! OK, several of us had the same function and "one of us" was going out on maternity leave.
When they told the hiring manger they'd found someone, then told her my name, she was like -- OMG!! Get her in here tomorrow! Of course that begs the question of why she didn't think of me herself, but no matter. I was the right person at the right time so they brought me on to cover a maternity leave.
I signed on on 5/9 and have been having the best time ever since. This version of the job has all the things I liked about the work, with nothing that I didn't like. I get up every morning and head off to work with a smile on my face. It's really nice.
At this point, I try not to focus on the fact that the temp pay is 30% less than what I made when I left the job. Welcome to the new normal.
My advice for all my friends in a long term job search -- get a puppy! Your phone will ring immediately!
POST SCRIPT: A few weeks later, while I was enjoying the temp job, I got offered a great, "real" job. The whole get-a-puppy, get-a-job thing really played out! I start at ING 8/1/11! Two years and 2 weeks post layoff. It was quite an experience.
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