Guess what.... I still suck as a human being!

Hello my lovelies,

As you are all well aware now that I am out of my house and settled in my new little apartment I am officially looking for a job.  More accurately I am officially engaging recruiters to help find a great job for me.  I have a few great leads, including one company that is working to create a brand new position for me, so I am confident I will land something soon.  The downside of this strategy is that I am getting a lot of hits from a lot of recruiters a few that I question how reputable they are and a handful that I am fairly certain are scams.  

I mean, it's probably totally legit that an international cruise line, that can't disclose the actual company name, wants to pay me $150/hr + travel expenses for a release management role in Miami, but they need me to start next week.   According to the bit I was able to understand, from the Indian recruiter that called me, they are so impressed with my resume that they don't need to interview me.  I will have to pay for my first trip to Miami, then once all the paperwork is done they will reimburse me. Great, my bags are packed.....  WTF!  I tried to remain polite and tell him that I am only considering opportunities in the Denver metro area at this time, but when he got belligerent I finally just told him that I was not interested in his scam and to remove me from his list.   I mean seriously, with this mop of naturally curly (read frizzy) hair in the Miami humidity, $150/hr won't begin to cover the amount of product it would require for me to not look like an electrocuted poodle on a meth bender.

I also got a linkedin hit from a recruiter based in Detroit for a role in the Denver Tech Center.  It's a Change Management role, but much more organizational change management focused than the IT Change Management that I have on my resume.  I told the recruiter that I was confident in my ability to do the job outlined in the job description, but that I assumed the client would be looking for someone with more specific OCM experience.  He insisted that he liked my resume and that he and his account manager would like to talk with me to see if I would be a good fit.  Fine!  I'm unemployed, I can spare 30-minutes to chat with these guys.  I won't go into the details other than to say, I wasn't overly impressed with either of them, but somehow they both seemed very impressed by me.  We concluded the call with the account manager saying that he thinks this company absolutely needs to talk with me and he also indicated that based on my experience they could actually pay me $20/hr more than they indicated at the beginning of the call.  Really?   That doesn't seem fishy at all...  WTF!  A few minutes later the recruiter called back to tell me that they both think I am "fucking awesome" and that they are "committed to getting me on their team."  Rah!  Rah!  Everything about this whole interaction was completely bizarre, so in true Ronda-fashion, rather than being a polite professional, I simply said that I couldn't disagree about that awesomeness and for him to let me know what the client says and I hung up.  A few minutes later I checked my email and I had a note from him that in order to submit my resume they would need my birthday.  Huh?  I told him I would prefer to not provide that information that this point, but would be happy to provide all of the necessary detail if and when the client wants to proceed with an offer.   At that point he said he would just note my birthday as 01/01 to submit my resume, then we can update it later if necessary.   Did I mention the whole thing was bizarre?  Seriously?  

My other experience this week, completely not job related, is that I got harassed by a homeless dude on Monday afternoon.   I walked downtown for an appointment and as I was walking back I saw a shaggy man, on the sidewalk side beside a patio, swig the last bit of backwash/beer that a couple had just left on the patio table, as he did that he dropped the newspaper and the dog leash that he was holding in his other hand.  Instinctively, I couldn't let the dog wander into traffic, so I grabbed the leash and tapped the man on the shoulder to hand it back to him.  He seemed very grateful and polite initially, but then he wouldn't leave me alone.  When we got to the corner I was trying to ignore him and wait for the traffic to stop, so I could extricate myself from his presence.  As I was waiting to cross he was still talking beside me and I was trying to move closer to the only other person (it was a scrawny little dude wearing skinny jeans with his underwear showing and music thumping from his beats headphones - clearly not my best friend) waiting to cross at which point the bummer pushed my arm (please note he didn't shove me, he just sort of a nudge me on the arm) and said, "I know you have money in that purse, why don't you give me some money so I can feed my dog."  Thankfully, at that moment the light changed and I was able to quickly get across the street.  It was the middle of the afternoon, so it wasn't a big deal, but it certainly made me realize that I need to be much more aware and probably less polite.  HA! It's not often that I get accused of being too nice.

Until next time....

XOXO