Retirement - beta test
Jul. 30th, 2012 09:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI have, all my life, woken to an alarm. Since the mid 70's that alarm has been set to National Public Radio. Mostly it has been set for 6 am. Last night I set it for 7. I woke up nearly every hour on the hour. I don't know why. But I stayed in bed with the lights out until about 7:30. So I can say that on my first day of retirement I slept in.
I started the unemployment insurance this weekend. It's all done online and while not a bare bones operation, they clearly wasted no money on design and tackled user guidance not with programming but with text. But it was totally doable and not IE dependent. The instructions say that it takes 72 hours for the application to complete but in less than 24 it let me back in to file for week one. Which it turns out is last week, not next week so I have to wait until next Sunday. But I was able to scope out the process and it is very efficient.
I also scoped out a few job options. To comply with unemployment insurance requirements, I need to make job hunting contacts each week. But, I was also interested in what was out there. I am not looking in must-have mode but more in maybe mode. If something interesting drops in my lap, I'm not going to shoo it off.
My resume needs two minor tweaks. The last time I overhauled it, I did such a good job that it's nearly evergreen. Plus it doesn't hurt to be older than dirt and have large chunks of really solid experience at name companies. I am very lucky.
But today I am retired or at least road testing it.
I told my boss that I would drop off my computer there at 10. That will leave my Orca card. I have a Microsoft paid card that gives me a free ride on nearly all public transportation in the area. I love the thing and I hate to see it go, but go it must. There is a Microsoft office on the other side of downtown and I can turn it in there OR, I can run it over to Redmond which I might just do because I can. I do want to hand it in and get those last ties cut.
It's a lovely cloudy morning so the sun won't fry my efforts. It's supposed to be sunny and hot towards the end of the week. My plans are to draw the shades and stay in and cool.
I started the unemployment insurance this weekend. It's all done online and while not a bare bones operation, they clearly wasted no money on design and tackled user guidance not with programming but with text. But it was totally doable and not IE dependent. The instructions say that it takes 72 hours for the application to complete but in less than 24 it let me back in to file for week one. Which it turns out is last week, not next week so I have to wait until next Sunday. But I was able to scope out the process and it is very efficient.
I also scoped out a few job options. To comply with unemployment insurance requirements, I need to make job hunting contacts each week. But, I was also interested in what was out there. I am not looking in must-have mode but more in maybe mode. If something interesting drops in my lap, I'm not going to shoo it off.
My resume needs two minor tweaks. The last time I overhauled it, I did such a good job that it's nearly evergreen. Plus it doesn't hurt to be older than dirt and have large chunks of really solid experience at name companies. I am very lucky.
But today I am retired or at least road testing it.
I told my boss that I would drop off my computer there at 10. That will leave my Orca card. I have a Microsoft paid card that gives me a free ride on nearly all public transportation in the area. I love the thing and I hate to see it go, but go it must. There is a Microsoft office on the other side of downtown and I can turn it in there OR, I can run it over to Redmond which I might just do because I can. I do want to hand it in and get those last ties cut.
It's a lovely cloudy morning so the sun won't fry my efforts. It's supposed to be sunny and hot towards the end of the week. My plans are to draw the shades and stay in and cool.
Don't leave holes in resume
Date: 2012-07-30 04:47 pm (UTC)Even a non-paying, part-time, job is often sufficient. I haven't worked full time for many years, but I've been on the Board of Directors of my Condo Association and have other Neighborhood credits. These stave off odd questions and lingering doubts of jail time or drug rehabilitation or whatnot. I can prove I was busy, if not actually raking in the bucks.
Re: Don't leave holes in resume
Date: 2012-08-07 03:11 pm (UTC)Your plan, however, for you, is quite creative and, I expect, very effective!