Be very, very quiet...I'm huntin' jobs

I've been jobless now for about 2 1/2 weeks.  That is not long at all with this job market so I haven't been too stressed over it.  I have doingthe whole networking thing a lot lately.  Even before I quit this last job I'd been going to different events around town and posting to the message boards.  I hadn't realized how many people I had met that are now in a position to help me with my job search.

I've gotten to know the president of the local chapter of an IT organization that I belong to.  When I mentioned to him that I was looking he started sending my resume to his many contacts.  I wasn't sure if anything would come of it but I got a phone call yesterday from one of them.  They wanted me to come in for an interview.  So I went in today to meet with the recruiter.  He was very nice, funny.  We spoke for a while after I filled out a lot of paper work.  Then he told me about a QA position that sounds right up my alley.  They are looking to hire right a way and one of the guys there knows the hiring manager personally.  He said he'd give him a call for me.  So I am hoping to get a call this week asking me in for an interview with the hiring manager and then to get the job.  It is a short term position most likely lasting for a few months.  I am just glad to be getting any offers at all.  The more I meet with people the better I feel about my skills and background.  I am constantly being told that I have the skill level that companies are looking for and that I'm in a good place to move forward into project management.  So I think that is going to be my next move.  To work my way into a project manager.  That can turn into a 6 figure position if you play your cards right.

I think a lot of my praying has been working.  While I was out today on my interview I received an email from someone else wanting me to come in for an interview.  I have a voicemail in to them but I'll call tomorrow.  Who knows maybe I'll have multiple job offers in the next month or so.  That would be a first.  Maybe my prayers have truly been answered.  I just need to find a new job before my 401K money run out.  If that happens then I'll actually be in a better financial place than I was before.  I could pay off a few of my late bills and basically just start back at zero.  Then I can move on with the rest of my life.  Who knew quitting your job could be such a good thing.

The only thing I'nm worried about is this meeting I'm attending on Thursday.  Reggie is going to introduce me to several upper level management people.  He is hoping that they will be able to help me get a job.  I love the idea of getting to meet some of the key players in the industry, I'm just not sure what to say to these people.  I guess I will just try and me not normal outgoing self and hope that's enough.  My friend Angela said that it was time for me to be the best me I can be.  She knows I'm always second guessing things when it comes to my career.  I do need to be a lot more outgoing when it comes to my career.  I did do the 1st step.  I left the job that I felt so stuck in and now I'm opening myself to new things.

Pray for me...