Sixteen weeks out of work, and no closer to a new job than before, it would seem. I was turned down out of hand for a user-support position because the state agency decided “oh, he’s over-qualified, so if we hire him, he’ll be gone the first time something better comes along.” This fails to take into account that I detest changing jobs, that I need some manner of job and I just might be inclined to stay with them out of gratitude for bailing me out of a mess.
I’m either over-qualified or under-qualified for everything, according to hiring managers and headhunters. My ten years’ experience, NT Server MCP, and A+ make me over-gunned for a help-desk job, but don’t give me enough firepower to get a network/systems/DB admin position, because I don’t have a CNE or MCSE or SQL or programming experience. It’s hell being neither flesh nor fowl nor good red herring.
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