Dateline: San Jose

I've been a little lax about keeping everyone in the loop on my job hunt. Time to fix that.

As most of you may know, I was laid off February 2010 and since been looking for something long term. I've had a couple of short term contracts and a failed attempt at full time employment this spring, but kept digging and digging.

About two weeks ago, I get an email from a staffing agency asking for a copy of my resume in Word format. Reply to the email with a copy of my resume in Word format and make a mental note to follow up one day later.

 One day later: I call the staffing agency and leave a voicemail with the recruiter who had requested my resume. Recruiter calls me back and begins a phone interview with me regarding the position I had applied for. After about 20 minutes or so of questions, I was asked to come in and fill out paperwork for employment.

 I fill out my paperwork, and schedule a drug test screening and tuberculosis screening and consent to a background check. A few days later, everything is groovy and I am given the go ahead to make travel plans for training. Plans are made and Monday the 26th comes. I fly out of Milwaukee, change planes in Dallas and get to San Jose, California.

The flights in went well; we were delayed in Dallas but about 90 minutes, but otherwise, travel was pleasantly uneventful. Catch a shuttle from the airport to the hotel, where I meet my new coworker, also from Milwaukee. We grab dinner and basically discover that we are the same person in different bodies. Scary, I know. It's now 11:35 PM PST, which means it's 1:30 AM CST, so I should go to bed. Goodnight everyone :)