Good news -- the next 6 months are locked in. I have a contract with the Texas Employee Retirement Systems to do InfoSec policy and guideline development work. Still prefer to be doing project management, but a job is a job is a job! Starting Monday. My former permanent coworkers at HHSC were asking that I keep their pensions and retirement ( Read more... )

The contract here in Austin is currently scheduled to end on March 30. However, the Recruiter has asked for a lunch date on Wed., I'm getting tons of praise, and Dell has positions open 15 miles N of here, which I'm applying for. Work, work, must have work. However, I also now have current work experience!

Night-time, Day One. About Midnight on my car clock, I was getting so tired I had no idea where I was going to be able to stop and stay. And, since the gas mileage on a heavily loaded Civic Hybrid driving into the wind is rather less than usual, I was filling the tank more often than usual. Yes, the gas prices were $.50 to $.75 cents less than in ( Read more... )

Turns out the hotel I had booked into was very far north from the work site -- the recruiter had given me their office site. (Thanks for the tip, noxcatThe manager of the hotel I had booked into sent me an email, and we talked on the phone, and she's booking me into a bigger room at the same rate at their sister hotel down the street from the work site ( Read more... )

I accepted a job today in Austin, Texas. It's a short-term contract, 3 months, and I'm continuing to look for something permanent beyond that, but I think it will be a good position. I'll be working with the IT Audit group for the Texas Dept of Health and Human Services ( Read more... )

A strange morning! Had an interview yesterday that may turn into an offer! Have sent clarifying questions about the role to the recruiter ( Read more... )

Interview shortly for an IT Auditor position (4-6 months) in Austin, TX, and a 3-4 month contract position in San Diego for a Tech Writer who walks on water (doesn't get paid enough, however!). Wow! Fingers crossed....

(And I had a great surprise today -- a friend I haven't heard from in years popped up on Facebook!)

• You know you've been spending quality time with your grandson when "Elmo's potty song" is an earworm and even a local dance studio production of the Nutcracker can't shake it.
• Your week is definitely starting out right when your recruiter double-books you with another client for the second stage interview for a job you'd really like to get.
• You ( Read more... )

Because I didn't get the job in the frozen north. Alas.

Whoo-hoo! Now to do company research.