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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-18-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 10:09 am
Awww...HP.Im sorry. sadness. Head up dear! I have faith this will all work for you somehow! Don't give up. I was on unemployment for a year here and couldn't get a job to save my life. I finally gave up and went back to school taking out a bunch of student loans to help pay my bills. Now I am still jobless, one semester shy of a worthless AA degree and $12,000 in debt. Yuck. But, I will pound the pavement soon like the rest. Hope you don't let this get you too down dear Herc. Something will come along, it just has to!
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Schoolmarm
Member
01-08-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 10:27 am
Herc....DANG! Well, it's better to be overqualified than underqualified, but it still HURTS! Big hug to all who have had bad news or no news this week, and let's all look to next week with an outstandingly sunny attitude. (I'm still hoping for sunshine here in the frozen northlands!)
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Oregonfire
Member
03-14-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 10:48 am
Herckle, I feel your pain. It's even worse to get so close and have the job in your grasp, then yanked away so rudely. These days I'm feeling like Charlie waiting for my one golden ticket into Willie Wonka's factory. You had a ticket at the gate, but they decided that you'd pull a Veruca Salt and end up a rotten egg. (Sorry--apparently the only way I can make chronic underemployment interesting for myself is extended fantastical analogies.) Legalboxer, those sound like good leads! Good luck on them. I also have student loan debt, exacerbated by the fact that I went back for a year to get a degree in a different field. Sillicalmomma, I did something similiar to you: I took out a bunch of loans to stave off bills, but I was on a sinking ship. I was getting a graphic design degree, but it was too much money for the art supplies and frankly my fellow students were much too good for me to compete with them in the job market and I was always scrambling to keep up. Good luck to all of us. Those who are gainfully employed just don't know how much it sucks to have all your skills, training, and experience seem to amount to nothing. One thing's for sure: I'll never take another good job for granted again.
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Faerygdds
Member
08-29-2000
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 12:08 pm
quote:Good luck to all of us. Those who are gainfully employed just don't know how much it sucks to have all your skills, training, and experience seem to amount to nothing. One thing's for sure: I'll never take another good job for granted again.
Ain't that the truth. It took me MONTHS to find this job (for which I am definitely OVERqualified, but loving)! But I'm not letting go of it and am hoping to move up in the company at some point. Others have sat at this desk and gone on to bigger and better things within the company and so shall I! HP: (((((((((((BIG HUGS)))))))))) I know it sucks, but there is a reason for this too... I'm just sure of it! 
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-22-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 12:33 pm
Thank you every one of you, including Rosie, who sent me a PM. SBG, exactly what I was thinking! Thank you for saying that out loud. I had myself a good cry and am wondering if I will ever shake this dark cloud hovering over me. Good thing Herc needed a walk. The sun was shining and that helped. And so did watching Herc just being himself . . . his tail wagging with joy; his awkward attempts to dig while hampered by booties; and his comical, snow-covered face. My dh stopped home--to check on me after I sent him a rather morose email. Patted me on the back and all but also told me to just get right back in there. I know that, but . . . it is just that you really start to question yourself. I mean, it's been 13 months now!!!!! Ok, so dh left to go back to work, and not 10 minutes after the gal from Leon & Lawrence called me on my cell. I knew it was her day off today, so I held my breath for good news. It was. She called to let me know her client wanted to go ahead with the telephone interview. It will be Monday at 3. It was so nice of her to follow up with me like this on her day off and I could tell she was happy for me. She finally told me the name of her client. It is The Student Loan Corporation, which is a division of Citibank. Good company. I know a little bit about student loans, so I do feel a little more comfortable about the topic now. My gal at L&L will be emailing me the full job description so I can prepare for the interview. I am tired of this bobbing. When am I going to swim?!! Thank you all for your wonderful support. It means so much to me. I know you know how I feel. It's good to have your hugs and support. Really good. I am still rooting for you all, too. Good job, Legal and SBG, for pushing forward with other explorations. That's just what I will do now.
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 1:12 pm
HP, I'll check my paperwork when I get home, but I'm 99% positive SLC is who I JUST consolidated my students loans with! I'm not sure if they have a bunch of different offices, but I have talked with several of the loan officers over the last year since I've been working on my consolidation, and my loan officer is great!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-22-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 1:44 pm
Good to know, Spy. It helps to know these people are ethical and have happy customers. That really matters to me. The job duties will include crafting copy and managing vendors to produce the following: * internal and external communications * quarterly newsletters * ads * buck slips * brochures * sell sheets * sales talking points * presentations * promotional copy And skills they are seeking in a candidate include strong: * project management skills * communication skills with emphasis on writing * skills as a team player * background securing approvals on all collaterals
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-18-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 2:24 pm
Hey HP that sounds good! My student loans are actually with them! Ha! Small world, eh? Well good luck and chin up. It will work out it will it will it will!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-22-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 2:37 pm
Golly, wish I knew programming. I'd cancel all your loans, Silly. Thank you, dear.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-25-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 2:44 pm
one of my loans is with them too HP - hehehe
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-22-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 3:50 pm
Spy, Silly and Legal--I'd scrub those files clean if I could!! Uh. Oh. Better not become a Scruples question!!!
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Sweetbabygirl
Member
09-15-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 4:07 pm
Herk, your dh is such a sweetheart....Frank would do something like that too, in fact he did when I was upset over a job that I really wanted. It is good to have someone in your corner as you 'bob and weave', lol. Everything that I can cross, is done for you and for everyone else that posts here too!!
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Rosie
Member
01-02-2004
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 4:25 pm
So glad to hear that you are all moving forward again. Enjoy your week-end.

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Herckleperckle
Member
11-22-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 4:48 pm
SBG and Rosie: 
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 2:56 pm
This time I will not jinx myself. I had my 3 pm phone interview from the Rochester branch of Citigroup (Citibank?) for The Student Loan Corporation Marketing Communications Management position in Stamford. The telephone interview went very well--and the gal on the line (in Rochester) told me she is would forward my resume to the Director of Marketing (in Stamford) today and recommend I be interviewed. The Stamford gal will be setting up interviews. Evidently filling the position is a priority, so I could hear something this week about an interview. We'll see. Also, today I got an email from a business acquaintance of my dh. He owns a small communications company in White Plains and sent me an email that he is now expanding his business and would like me to come in for an interview. How nice. I have yet to reply to him, but will. You didn't find any exclamation points in this post, did you? That is purposeful and reflects my new modulated attitude (when it comes to this job search process, anyway). No excitement til the deal becomes real. Plus I have a stress headache.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 3:02 pm
....I hope your stress headache goes away soon. I think you're one fine lady and I still hold positive thoughts that a job you'll be content with comes your way.
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 11:17 pm

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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 9:40 am
well i got an email today from one of the places I applied to- it was the weird one, that is for director of legal services, but they only have paralegals working there, no lawyers and they only do basic family law stuff for people coming out of prisons and its ONLY $23000 - anyway, i still applied since any job is better than no job and they emailed me with a really extensive description of what they do, letting me know all the facts etc, and saying they would like to interview me - their executive director is out til the middle of next week, so i will probably have an interview sometime after she comes back- but i was thinking, why not go ahead, interveiw, and we will see what happens with the other places i applied to in the meantime... anyway that is the latest
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 10:04 am
Agree with you Legal. Go ahead and do the interview. A job may just lead to something better. Glad you got the email and good luck.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 12:39 pm
Good Luck and ~~positive vibes~~ to HP and Legal.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 1:07 pm
Ok, I actually DID get the last batch of applications mailed off. I now have eleven active apps out and one dead app (from a University in Iowa). Open apps: New York: NYU and Nazareth Michigan: University of Michigan and Michigan State North Carolina: UNCG(reensboro) Texas: SMU Wisconsin: UW-Madison, UW-Whitewater Illinois: Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Illinois College Iowa: UNI (DEAD--seach cancelled) Sigh! I sit and wait. It will be about a month before anything happens with these. We are most likely going on strike this week or next. I heard a rumor that we have resumed negotiations, but I don't know. I HATE THIS! I am wondering if I need to clean out my office.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 1:11 pm
good luck schoomarm UNCG is a good school- i say that because i went to undergrad and grad school there
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Sweetbabygirl
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 1:48 pm
Well, just got a "Thanks, but no thanks" from one of the two interviews I went to. I will give the lady props, as she did say that she would contact me this week and let me know the status....that's all I ask for. The hospital one I am assuming is still interviewing, I was thinking of sending another e-mail to the lady I interviewed with, but my friend talked me out of it, saying that one e-mail is enough....more inquiries, and it would seem like I was desperate. Sigh....I'm so sick of this crap.
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 2:18 pm
Marm, if you end up at SMU, I will come down and help you move in - guaranteed!!
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Faerygdds
Member
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 2:44 pm
Spy... if you come down and help her, then DH and I would be glad to help also... and we could have our own little TVCH moving party! I'm selfish, so I'll say I hope you get SMU too! 
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