Thanks for nothing..

I decided to bite the bullet and take up the offer of career counselling the company I work for offerred. This isn't a face to face thing, it's phone conferences with someone almost 2,000 kms away in an entirely different province.

The initial conversation was the counsellor asking what they could do for me, and they decided that my resume should be the top priority. I was given some initial hints, then told that I should work on the resumé, and send it in for comments. The second call went like this:

Me: you got the resumé?
Them: Yes.. I just have a couple of comments.. where to begin.
Me: well, how is it?
Them: It's boring, not focused. With your experience in the industry, you haven't really done much. Who would hire you with this resume? No one. If I got this resume, I would say you aren't worth hiring.

This positive reinforcement went on for another20 minues or so, then when I was asked if I had any questions, I was cut off in the middle of things and heard:

Them: Whoa! our 30 minutes is up. Until you have something I can work with, there's really no sense booking another appointment.  Send me another resume, and when I see something worth talking about, I'll let you know when we can talk again.

It looks like I have a lot of work to do, and have been quite humbled.

Hello, I'm IN The ROOM!

Yesterday at work, I was given a quick project to do, nothing major. I was finishing the project up, and suddenly everyone was clamouring, talking about what I was doing, and telling each other how things were going to be done once I finished it. It's interesting to hear people talk about something, and getting it 100% WRONG.

Since I was 3 feet away from the conversation, you would figure that one of the people would say "So, how will this work?" nope.. I was invisible.

People have begun to act like I'm not there, and they're trying to problem solve for themselves.. that's good. But since they're getting things consistently WRONG, and not asking for guidance.. that's bad.

I can see the last 5 months are going to be hard to sit through in many ways.

I've been busy

Hi. It's been a while since I've posted, because I've been busy with 2 things:

Resume Writing: This is a lot harder than you would think, especially when someone like myself hasn't needed one on over 9 years. A lot has changed in the resumé writing world since I last made one up, and it's been hard to revise mine. What accomplishments have I had? that's hard.
I'm still working on it. Any resume tips anyone has would be appreciated. 1 page or 2?

I've also been trying to work on my networking. the first step in this is starting the Calgary Screening Group .
People come to screenings, and then we discuss movies and such after.

It's a great group of people, and we're having a blast.

Do you see movies, and DON'T live in the Calgary area? Wish you could chat about the movies you see with people from around the globe? Well, now's your chance.

Our group has started an online forum. It's located at http://screenclub.forumup.net . All you have to do is register, and start talking away!

Hope to see you online there!

So, everything is keeping me busy.

What's My Motivation?

There are a few people in my shoes. We were told we would be let go, but have been asked to stay on until January. I've talked to a few of the people, and there has been a common thread in their comments. Essentially, people say it's getting harder to come into work. The motivation just isn't there anymore to come in.

How do you keep motivation? Well, I can't talk for everyone however I find that there's no sense in burning bridges. The business is small, and you never know who you will run into over the course of your life.

I am finding however that little things that didnt bother me before are starting to now.