Vigurl

WordsmithMom

thanks for your response - do you mind my asking, did you have to change companies to get bumped back up to your same rate of pay? 

vigurl

Yes!  Quite a few times too.  Sorry but it is just the nature of the beast and the sucky economy rolled into one.

WordsmithMom

The beast is insane and misogynistic, I'm starting to think... 

So it didn't make you look like a job hopper, having to change companies quite a few times in just 2 years?

vigurl

EspressoBean:

The beast is insane and misogynistic, I'm starting to think... 

So it didn't make you look like a job hopper, having to change companies quite a few times in just 2 years?

Only one idiot I interviewed with tried to imply very strongly that I was a job hopper.  I still had tons of calls from employers after viewing my resume anyway so I guess the majority did not care.  I actually had 4 offers at the same time and picked this job all while I was already employed somewhere else.

vigurl

 

Oh and this is my 4th position since Sept 2009.  Each with one with a salary increase and a shorter commute.  My first job back in the US I stayed at 9 months and then I moved on to a new role.  I actually left that one off my resume b/c I was trying to transition out of that industry.  Prior to leaving the US I had worked 6 yrs in the old industry for the same employer so on my resume there is some longevity.

WordsmithMom

That's great for you that you were able to bounce back in such a relatively short amount of time! (Even though those 2 years must've sucked). 

So you're saying that basically, once I have a full-time, W-2 job I'll start to be more attractive to employers again, and even if I have to take something I'm less than thrilled with, I can explain it as "I had to get back into the permanent workforce somehow"? 

I love hearing stories like yours, thanks.

vigurl

EspressoBean:

So you're saying that basically, once I have a full-time, W-2 job I'll start to be more attractive to employers again, and even if I have to take something I'm less than thrilled with, I can explain it as "I had to get back into the permanent workforce somehow"? 

Yes!  But take a job you really enjoy doing but may not really enjoy the pay.  B/c you dont want to take a job you hate with a pay you hate or you will be miserable until you can transation up again.