Agencies that Suck

Career Group, Access, Strategic Workforce, Segue, Winston, A List Associates, JemWorks, Forum, OfficeTeam, CareerBlazers, Forrest Edwards.

Agencies that have helped: First Choice, Hemisphere, Execu-Search, Carol Personnel.

The holidays are upon me, which means two things--I'm still here (makes me feel like herpes) and I'm still broke.

Turkey, stuffing, trees, giftwrap, and credit card bills will be what all these places will be worried about very soon, not me actually getting a new place to work where I can be 1) well-paid and 2) happy.

So, it's back to my books and back to Monster. If ya want anything done correctly, ya gotta do it yourself, kiddies. I redid my resume yet again, and tomorrow I'm going to conquer my cover letter for the gazillionth time. I am worth more than this. I hate the auditing team who keeps thinking they know more after working here one month than I do, after working here almost five years. Pretty soon, they are going to stamp me with a bar code, tell me to change my name, and put a computer chip inside my hand and chain me to the desk. It's coming, I'm telling you. Judge Dread was a terrifying comic strip, but all citizens were tracked.

Still, I've picked up my knitting again, have started to hoard cookie recipes, and I've started to tune in to the Food Network for gingerbread/cake/holiday contests for ideas and inspiration. It sure ain't coming from other areas of my life, so in my post-mortem Halloween blues, I'll just have to think about whether I want to cook turkey or a really good chicken this year. Dexter and Kashi love when I make cornish hens with creamed gravy, maybe I'll make a plate just for them.

I won't give in and I won't give up. I refuse to stop fighting and I refuse to compromise. That will be the death of me.