I found my friends but It looks like they have disowned me. Scott Bentley and Randy Hilburn both maintain blogs. I like keeping up with friends so I often read and post comments to their blogs.� After leaving work, I was unable to find them until tonight. Scott does most of the blogging.� He keeps up with his even better then I keep up with my own.� Odd thing is, when I worked with them they keep links to my blog.

It’s now been four weeks and I’m still looking for full time work.� This may be be longest I’ve been without a job in thirty years.� But things are starting to look up. I have two interviews this week for contract jobs. They both sound like good work. I’ve also been getting more calls this last week. So I’m thinking businesses are coming out of the Christmas doldrums.� The interesting part of this process has been how impersonal it all has become.

Its been three weeks and still no income. With all the high tech workers on the street in Oklahoma City these days the job market is a bit thin. I have started talking consulting call through BitWine.� http://www.bitwine.com/advisors/mgrennan AOL laied off their entire OKC call center before the Hertz layoff. It was their last call center in the US.� All those jobs went over seas.� There are roomers that Hertz will be outsourcing some jobs.

Still no job

I’ve been searching for a new job for two weeks now and how things have changed since the last time I was actively looking.

I say actively because mostly jobs have found me. The last time I had to look for a job was in the late 90’s.  To find a job then you search the paper each day. Today there is nothing in the paper.  Well,  there are no professional jobs. 

I have posted my resume on all the job search sights, Monster,  Job Seeker, but all that has gotten me is calls from placement services.  I don’t mind working with them but I’ve never been sure they have my best interest in mind.  One of the companies that contacted me wanted me to pay them four thousand (4k) dollars to help find me a job. 

It shouldn’t be this way, but it looks like my biggest problem with finding a new job is my age.  Every placement services has told me be same.  This isn’t new, CIO magazine wrote about [Still no job

I’ve been searching for a new job for two weeks now and how things have changed since the last time I was actively looking.

I say actively because mostly jobs have found me. The last time I had to look for a job was in the late 90’s.  To find a job then you search the paper each day. Today there is nothing in the paper.  Well,  there are no professional jobs. 

I have posted my resume on all the job search sights, Monster,  Job Seeker, but all that has gotten me is calls from placement services.  I don’t mind working with them but I’ve never been sure they have my best interest in mind.  One of the companies that contacted me wanted me to pay them four thousand (4k) dollars to help find me a job. 

It shouldn’t be this way, but it looks like my biggest problem with finding a new job is my age.  Every placement services has told me be same.  This isn’t new, CIO magazine wrote about]2 back in 2001. Because of this I considered filing suit, but I have decided against it after talking to an atterney.  Even If I could win, it’s not worth what it would do to my reputation.

� � My Sweetheart � When the Angel came to whisper of the love, they were to share. They placed in the arms of a mother, a boy with curly hair. � He grew to be their Sunshine, They taught him how to play. They stood-by-him in every task His dark clouds, they rolled away. � Then, when our lover grew so deeply, He asked me for my hand.

They didn’t die.� They haven’t moved away. They have all taken down their web pages. A lot of my friends had personal web sites.� It was nice to be see what they where up to and leave them� comments.� One by one, they have taken them down.� Some told me they just didn’t have the time to keep up with them.� I think most just thought it was just silly to write about yourselves.