Resumé

Today I went to my Right Management Resumé course. So I basically had to rewrite my resumé from scratch. In doing so, I was reminded of jobs and places, both literal and spiritual, from over a decade ago. Looking back at those years in Houston and those early years in Dallas was not a lot of fun for me. Stuff like this one:

SPERRY-SUN, Houston, TX 1991 - 1992
Programmer
Designed and implemented a Microsoft Windows based application for simplifying the data input for the worldwide movement of capital equipment and related information. (MS C)

really make me feel like this has all been a waste and I don't want to do it anymore. I'm talking about programming. I'm not getting all Owen Wilson on you.

Right Management

I finally made it to my "Getting Started" orientation meeting. I'm now a small Laotian boy.

But seriously folks. One of the benefits of getting laid off from Nortel beyond the mere benefit of not having to work at Nortel anymore, is they set you up with Right Management. This is a company who's goal is to train and counsel me so I can move forward to the appropriate next step in my career. So I guess they're paying for my penile lengthening and body waxing for my desired porn-star gig.

But seriously folks. The first step is a career assessment test they call the Birkman First Look. And it peered into my dark soul and discovered that I should be a programmer. Gee. Thanks.
My results will be explained and analyzed in a meeting I have on Monday. So stay tuned.