Joining Carol!

As of today, I am, like Carol, unemployed. You can follow me on Twitter or hook up on LinkedIn. I suspect this experiment is a good example of how I'm headed in a different direction than the show I hosted the past few years.

A Fred Meyer Cattle Call - But Hope!

The good news first! Carol's connection to the recruiting company Boly:Welch, which happened through this blog, got her an interview for a receptionist position. The interview was today, the decision is due tomorrow, and the job starts Monday. So fingers crossed. . .Carol says it's a temp position the company is hoping to make permanent sometime. She was cheered by the fact another interviewee coming out was about her age, and that the interviewer said they are looking for a "career receptionist." Both lessen her worry that age discrimination will cost her.

In other news - the interview scheduled weeks ago with Fred Meyer, which is filling lots of jobs at a new store, was just a cattle call. The couple of positions there that had come up in Carol's iMatch searches were already filled, she was told when she showed up at her appointed time Saturday.

No other concrete leads at the moment. A "little" more savings. Still plugging away at LinkedIn and now she has a Facebook page. And a new resume:Carol Castle Resume NEW